DVE modules (S/W and H/W) have been released successfully as first prototypes, 1 December 2005

DVE S/W and H/W has been released successfully as first prototypes. DVE modules provide perception capabilities to the Interaction and Communication Assistant (ICA) and in general AIDE system by monitoring the driver- the vehicle and the environment. The sensor set that is deployed is remarkable for a safety system including:
  • Surround sensors (radars, laser scanners, cameras, etc.)
  • Monocular vision for eyelid activity
  • Stereo vision for eye gaze and head tracking
  • Positioning systems and digital maps
  • Microphones
  • Vehicle sensors
According to the AIDE functional requirements and design scenarios five DVE modules have are released as prototypes:
  1. The Traffic and Environment Risk Assessment Module (TERA) released by ICCS
  2. The Driver Characteristic module (DC) released by HIT
  3. The Driver Availability Estimator module (DAE) released by INRETS
  4. The Cockpit Activity Assessment module(CAA) released by Volvo Technology and VTT
  5. The Driver State Degradation module (DSD) released by Siemens VDO
a) The Traffic and Environment Risk Assessment Module (TERA)
     released by ICCS

a) The Traffic and Environment Risk Assessment Module (TERA) released by ICCS

The TERA module attempts to assess the criticality of the current traffic and environmental conditions by calculating a level of traffic and environmental risk respectively. The module is supervising the surroundings using sensing input devices (active and passive sensors, digital maps, etc.), establishes a view of activities, manoeuvres, locations and properties of road elements and from it assesses what is happening or going to happen and the severity which events will occur.


b) The Driver Characteristic module (DC) released by HIT

b) The Driver Characteristic module (DC) released by HIT

The DC module attempts to personalise the warning and/or information provision media, timing and intensity according to driver’s profile, explicit and implicit preferences. Initially, DCM specified the key driver-related static, semi-dynamic and dynamic parameters for HMI adaptation and personalization.


c) The Driver Availability Estimator module (DAE) released by INRETS

c) The Driver Availability Estimator module (DAE) released by INRETS

The Driver Availability Estimator (DAE) module aims to assess the driver's "Availability/ Unavailability" to receive and process information, according to the requirements of the primary driving task (depending on the nature of the road infrastructure, the goal followed at this time, the current driving actions carried out, the event occurrences, and so on).


d) The Cockpit Activity Assessment module(CAA)
     released by Volvo Technology and VTT

e) The Driver State Degradation module (DSD) released by Siemens VDO

The Cockpit Activity Assessment (CAA) module is intended to monitor the activities of the driver to detect visual distraction, cognitive distraction, and signs of lateral manoeuvring intent. The first version of the CAA module implements preliminary algorithms for detection of "eyes-off-road" visual distraction and cognitive distraction, using a stereo camera based head/eye tracker as main input.


e) The Driver State Degradation module (DSD) released by Siemens VDO

d) The Cockpit Activity Assessment module(CAA) released by Volvo Technology and VTT

The DSD module intends to detect and to diagnose, in real-time the driver hypo-vigilance state due to drowsiness and sleepiness situations. It gives an indication about the driver ability to execute the driving task. The DSD is based on the fusion of information provided by physiological (eyelid sensor) and mechanical sensors.

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