ams 3D technology to address driver drowsiness and distraction: new demo system combines 3D sensing with eye tracking
Summary
PREMSTAETTEN, Austria--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ams (SIX: AMS), a leading worldwide supplier of high-performance sensor solutions, today enables automotive manufacturers to create proof of concept demonstrations through a new automotive driver monitoring system (DMS) demonstrator which implements 3D and eye tracking for use in advanced safety functions such as drowsiness detection and distraction alerts. Now, by developing a 3D demonstration system for eye tracking, ams and Eyeware have shown the industry the way to integrate the 3D sensing hardware and eye-tracking software elements and produce a reliable method for detecting drowsiness and distraction.” Bastjan Prenaj, Co-founder and Chief Business Development Officer at Eyeware, said: “Driver monitoring has the potential to make a vital contribution to improving road safety, but the systems and components used in a DMS must be ultra-reliable. That is a key benefit of the Eyeware software: together with the ams 3D sensing technology, it performs in all lighting and usage conditions, and gives accurate data on which OEMs can build applications such as drowsiness alerts.” Flood and dot pattern illuminators from ams are used in the ASV-based demonstrator to provide robust illumination, resisting interference from sunlight and reflection from sunglasses. Using 3D images and 3D head pose estimation enables precise monitoring of the so called “micro sleeps” for early detection of sleepy drivers, not possible with 2D systems. Customer implementations can use a dedicated software development kit supplied by Eyeware, which is fully compatible with the ams 3D sensing components.