Smart Eye and Cerence are set to unveil an emotionally aware in-car assistant at CES 2024, showcasing their collaboration in bringing human-like capabilities to automotive AI. This innovative partnership aims to enhance safety, comfort, and entertainment for drivers by enabling the in-vehicle assistant to react to a user’s state and behavior.
By leveraging Smart Eye’s driver monitoring system (DMS) software and Cerence Assistant, the companies have created a cutting-edge solution that analyzes a driver’s face, eye gaze, and expressions to determine their focus, emotions, and reactions. This integrated offering also includes drowsiness detection, which aligns with increasing driver monitoring regulations worldwide.
Cerence Assistant, powered by Smart Eye’s human-centric insights and contextual information from the vehicle, can adapt its reactions in real-time, providing more natural, personalized, and relevant interactions with the driver. Whether the driver is tired, distracted, in a bad mood, alert, attentive, energetic, or joyful, the emotionally intelligent assistant will react accordingly, resulting in a safer and more engaging driving experience.
The CEO of Smart Eye, Martin Krantz, emphasizes the growing need for drivers and passengers to interact with vehicle human-machine interfaces (HMIs) in a more natural and personalized manner. This collaboration with Cerence paves the way for advanced in-vehicle AI companions that go beyond basic voice command control.
Stefan Ortmanns, CEO of Cerence, highlights the importance of integrating expanded driver awareness and intelligence into the AI assistant. By joining forces with Smart Eye, they aim to deliver a seamless solution that enhances safety and comfort for drivers, ultimately transforming the way individuals interact with their vehicles.
The emotionally aware in-car assistant will be showcased at CES 2024 in the Cerence booth in the West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. Visitors will have the opportunity to witness firsthand how this collaboration between Smart Eye and Cerence is revolutionizing the automotive industry by creating a more immersive and personalized driving experience.
Smart Eye, the global leader in Human Insight AI, has been at the forefront of developing technology that understands and predicts human behavior in complex environments. With their expertise in driver monitoring systems and interior sensing solutions, Smart Eye is spearheading the movement towards safer and human-centric mobility.
As an industry leader, Cerence specializes in creating unique and intuitive experiences for the mobility world. By partnering with the world’s leading automakers and mobility original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), Cerence is driving the future of connected mobility through AI-powered interactions between humans and their vehicles.
Together, Smart Eye and Cerence are poised to redefine the possibilities of in-car assistants, enhancing driving experiences and setting new standards for automotive AI. Their emotionally aware assistant represents a leap forward in human-machine interaction and ushers in a new era of safer, more comfortable, and engaging journeys on the road.
