AI looks for sleepy drivers

Artificial intelligence computer vision company Seeing Machines has teamed up with Analog Devices to create an in-vehicle driver fatigue and driver distraction monitoring system.

They are aiming at in-cabin DMS and OMS (driver and operator monitoring systems), used in semi-automated vehicle driving systems to improve the chances that the driver is participating appropriately.

Seeing Machines is supplying human-monitoring software that tracks eye gaze, eye lids, head pose and body pose, from which the driver’s attention is deduced.

ADI is supplying an infra-red lighting power supply and GMSL (gigabit multimedia serial link) camera connectivity.

“The combined solution will readily meet European Commission GSR [general safety regulations] and Euro NCAP [European new car assessment program] requirements,” according to ADI, which claimed: “It is also conducive to enabling future occupant monitoring features and a range of in-cabin camera placement options, previously unworkable due to challenges related to power efficiency, functional safety, hardware footprint, and image quality.”

ADI’s lighting PSU will provide up to 100W(peak) through a MAX25614 IC to infra-red or near-IR illuminators that will allow associated cameras to operate in a variety of ambient lighting conditions. “This allows for a non-intrusive, smaller camera module in a vehicle’s cabin,” it said. The GMSL interface is a serdes (serialiser-deserialiser).

Seeing Machines Seeing Machines was founded in 2000 and has its headquarters in Australia as well as offices in USA, Europe and Asia.

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