It is closed-loop because it can make interventions such as adjusting temperature, audio settings and lighting
“Using neuroscience, artificial intelligence and machine learning, Ready Care classifies a driver’s behaviour into a focused versus distracted state and initiates a personalised in-cabin response to help mitigate dangerous driving situations, such as stress, anxiety, distraction and drowsiness,” according to the company.
Via driver-facing infra-red camera or radar, the new features are contactless measurement of human vital signs including heart rate, breathing rate and inter-beat levels to determine driver well-being.
It can also detect if a child is left unattended in the vehicle using radar. “Child presence detection will become a future NCAP safety requirement in automotive,” the company said.
There is an associated software design kit with supporting APIs. “For example, third-party developers like Gentherm can leverage the SDK to provide in-cabin interventions through its ClimateSense solution. Other partners will be added and named in the future,” said Harman, which acquired Caaresys along with its Ready Care product in September last year.
