When fully autonomous vehicles begin cruising on public roads, they will have to be able to detect when people enter or exit a vehicle, who the person is, whether they have left anything behind in the car, and especially if a person has become disabled (because of intoxication or a medical emergency).
New safety concerns have prompted technology for cameras that recognize facial expressions, sensors that detect heart rates and software that assesses a driver’s state of awareness are increasingly viewed as part of an inevitable driving future. Eventually technology could be able to judge the emotional state of people in the car.
Read the article at The New York Times.