Mobileye Driver Monitoring System (DMS): Extending Road Safety to the Vehicle

Shanghai, July 23, 2025 / Mobileye / — For years, driver monitoring systems have been committed to addressing the most significant risks on the road: human factors. Despite efforts to prevent accidents caused by fatigue, distraction, and drunk or drugged driving, these problems still result in hundreds of thousands of traffic incidents every year. As vehicles take on more driving tasks, achieving large-scale safe driving depends not only on the vehicle's "field of view" but also on real-time understanding and interaction between the driver and the system.

To help automotive manufacturers address these challenges, Mobileye leverages its expertise in artificial intelligence computer vision and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) to develop a driver monitoring system. By integrating Mobileye DMS™ with Mobileye ADAS directly on a single chip, we provide a highly integrated platform that simplifies the development process, reduces system costs, and easily adapts to various vehicle projects around the world. As a result, the driver and vehicle establish a direct connection, enabling a more natural and coordinated driving experience.

"Through continuous technology development, solving our customers' challenges has made us a global leader in ADAS," said Nimrod Nehushtan, Mobileye's business expansion executive vice president. "Our new Mobileye DMS™ solution not only solves the commercial problems of integrating driver monitoring systems (DMS) and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), but also enhances the synergistic effects between the two systems, providing a better driving experience for drivers."

Unlike traditional independent solutions, Mobileye DMS™ can work with external sensing systems. The system cross-compares the driver's visual field with the real-time road conditions captured by the vehicle's advanced driver-assistance cameras and adjusts its response settings based on the assessment of whether the driver is paying attention to critical targets or road users (such as pedestrians, cyclists). If the driver fails to notice a risk, the system can trigger an alert in real-time. This seamless collaboration between humans and vehicles allows drivers to focus their attention on the correct position.

In-Vehicle and Out-of-Vehicle Monitoring

Mobileye DMS™ uses an infrared camera installed at the driver's seat to capture eye movements and blink rates at a frame rate of 60 frames per second. The system then analyzes the driver's gaze direction and attention level using our AI-driven neural networks, tracking the driver's visual field and focus with high precision. The system can detect signs of fatigue (such as yawning), distraction behaviors (such as using a phone while driving), and other drunk or drugged driving signals.

Mobileye's unique approach fuses in-vehicle monitoring with real-time road information provided by ADAS cameras. By correlating the driver's visual field with actual road conditions, the system can detect traditional driver monitoring systems' blind spots, such as drivers who are looking but not scanning for critical risks. This situational awareness capability not only detects basic physiological signs (such as yawning) but also identifies complex distracted driving behaviors that in-car monitoring systems cannot recognize, thereby enhancing the detection of drunk or drugged driving states.

Global regulations are rapidly advancing, requiring driver monitoring systems to meet safety standards. For instance, Euro NCAP's 2026 evaluation criteria include driver participation and occupant monitoring requirements, while other regulations also require the installation of driver monitoring systems to ensure compliance. However, existing driver monitoring system solutions often increase overall system costs and complexity.

For automotive manufacturers, Mobileye DMS™ eliminates the need for separate processing units, reducing costs and supporting the implementation of SoC/ECU integration targets. The system can run on Mobileye EyeQ™6 Lite or EyeQ™6 High chips and offers various camera and sensing options to meet specific requirements.

Futurescope

In the future, as driver movement detachment and advanced driving automation continue to expand, these technologies' importance is likely to further increase. By integrating driver status with environmental perception on Mobileye's surround-view ADAS, Mobileye SuperVision™, and Mobileye Chauffeur™ platforms, we can achieve more intelligent takeover requests, ensuring that drivers are always prepared to take control when necessary.

Driver monitoring systems are crucial for the next generation of safety and driving automation. Mobileye's integrated solution combines in-vehicle sensing with external advanced sensing, simplifying the delivery process for automotive manufacturers and establishing a collaborative cognitive system between drivers and their environments, laying the foundation for large-scale safe and intelligent travel.