Context sensitive driver assistance based on gaze - Road scene correlation

Introducing a new approach to intelligent vehicle systems. Previous systems have focused on one or two aspects of: environmental sensing, vehicle dynamics or driver monitoring. Our approach is to consider the driver and the vehicle as part of a combined system, operating within the road environment. A driver assistance system is implemented that is not only responsive to the road environment and the driver's actions but also designed to correlate the driver's gaze with the road scene to determine the driver's observations. Driver observation monitoring enables the system to anticipate the driver's needs, enabling: context relevant information selection, redundant information suppression and a natural acknowledgement interface.