New EU vehicle safety rules create tailwind for biometric driver monitoring
European road safety rules are being tightened and the changes could give biometric driver‑monitoring technologies a significant boost. From 7…
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Tesla app code shows cabin camera identity check for FSD
Tesla appears to be developing a cabin camera identity check that will verify who is behind the wheel before allowing…
Innovatrics’ VC backs biometric driver monitoring startup Mettis AI
Biometric Ventures, the venture capital arm of biometrics company Innovatrics, has invested in Mettis AI, a Spanish startup developing AI-based driver monitoring…
Lip reading, emotion sensing, face biometrics vie for place in smart auto stack
Your car may soon know when you’re tipsy, stressed, or just mouthing words into the wind. From Ford’s lip-reading patent…
Are we ready for biometric tachographs?
By Professor Fraser Sampson, former UK Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner Driver inattentiveness is a significant cause of road traffic collisions….
Smart Eye buys competitor Sightic to expand its driver monitoring system
Smart Eye, the biometric driver monitoring systems (DMS) supplier for auto makers such as Volvo, Nissan and BMW, is acquiring…
Samsung, Hyundai advance biometrics, digital wallets as car keys
Both vehicle manufacturers and tech companies have been vying to put biometric technology into our cars. The mass adoption moment…
Biometric driver monitoring trend presents opportunities for Smart Eye, trinamiX
Biometric technologies are reshaping the possibilities for safety measures in the automotive sector with the likes of Smart Eye, Sony…
In-car face biometrics can help stop sleepy, distracted drivers from crashing
AI chatbots are turning out to be dubious companions, but automated systems for monitoring drivers’ alertness could turn out to…
Not so fast: driver monitoring systems put on biometric brakes for drunk drivers
Imagine, if you will, a 19th sequel in the Fast & the Furious franchise. Protagonist Dominic Toretto is angry at…
