RE: Volvo DMS4 Jan 2019 14:39
Shall/Chris
On seeing the original last week i poo pood it because looked like just a camera in the right ups. Now iam not so sure. It seems like they have not decided from this report i read just now. But got ready for it. Maybe still deciding what system to go with but DMS a good option.
“[Volvo chief digital officer] Atif Rafiq was discussing what camera technologies potentially can do in terms of safety features such as attentiveness detection in the future, however Volvo Cars does not have any plans for driver facing cameras or related features this year,” Volvo spokesman Stefan Elfström told Digital Trends via email. He added that the in-car camera is only at the concept stage, and it may not appear on a regular-production car in the near future.
In the original report, Rafiq presented the camera as yet another feature Volvo can add to its cars to make them safer. The prototype camera he was referring to monitors the driver’s vital stats on a regular basis, and takes preventive measures if it detects something is wrong.
“[Driver-facing cameras] are very advanced these days: they can determine a driver’s glucose levels by looking at their pupils, so [it] could call a loved one or hospital if it detected a health problem. Cars will understand your state and de-stress you on your way back from work,” explained Rafiq in an interview with British magazine Car.