Project Proposals

This proposal outlines a new project aimed at standardizing key aspects of Vehicle Occupant Monitoring Systems (VOMS) in the automotive industry. The focus is on two main areas: Quality assurance of VOMS and the application interface of VOMS. By developing standardized frameworks, we aim to enhance road safety, improve integration and interoperability of VOMS solutions, and foster innovation.

While this is a new initiative, it may align with existing ASAM standards related to automotive systems and interfaces, such as the ASAM OpenX standards for data formats and Simulation models. Specific connections to other standards will be identified and explored during the project.

The object of standardization consists of five subject areas:

• verification procedures – to assess VOMS accuracy and reliability,
• thresholds for warnings – with scientifically validated alert levels,
• reference dataset requirements – accounting for demographics (for example, ethnicity, age, and gender),
• key performance indicators (KPIs) – such as detection accuracy and response time,
• the application interface – focusing on logical data models features, and optionally data formats (like XML and JSON), and lower OSI layers for consistent communication.

The main purposes of this Standard are:

• enhance safety by ensuring that VOMS solutions detect driver impairments effectively,
• enhance driver comfort,
• enable driver identification,
• enable reduction of motion sickness,
• improve integration by simplifying incorporation into vehicles, ensuring interoperability across platforms,
• reduce costs by lowering development and integration expenses,
• enable easy comparison of various VOMS products for OEMs and Tier1s.

The Standard will not replace existing testing procedures (like Euro-NCAP's DMS testing), define hardware specifications for VOMS, or address non-VOMS vehicle systems.

The project goals are to identify critical elements of VOMS that need standardization, develop effective strategies for standardization, and create a proof of concept to demonstrate the feasibility and benefits of the proposed standards.

Project proposal