How Multimodal Sensing Is Transforming Occupant Monitoring
Understanding the occupant is moving beyond traditional camera-based monitoring.
Radar, physiological sensing, audio and vision can work together to build a richer picture of a person’s physical, cognitive and emotional state, opening new possibilities for safety, wellbeing and personalisation. Diego Val, Head of Research Programs – New Solutions & Technologies in the Innovation Department at and Iñigo Mateo, Corporate Innovation Directorate at Antolin, discuss how multimodal sensing and sensor fusion could enable more robust occupant monitoring, and the challenges of integrating these technologies seamlessly into the vehicle interior.
Beyond Compliance: How Agentic AI Could Unlock the Next Generation of Occupant Monitoring
Occupant Monitoring Systems (OMS) are evolving from regulatory necessities into intelligent platforms capable of understanding occupants, context and intent.
As legal requirements and Euro NCAP establish the baseline for safety, the next wave of innovation lies in using the same sensing infrastructure to enable proactive safety, personalised assistance, comfort and more natural human-vehicle interaction. We spoke with Dr. Frederik Diederichs, Head of Perceptual User Interfaces Group at Fraunhofer IOSB, about how agentic AI, multimodal sensing and rapid prototyping tools such as AktiMeter are helping the industry explore what comes next for intelligent in-cabin systems.