Smart Eye and Green Hills unveil integrated driver monitoring and mixed-criticality software demo at CES 2026
Press Release, 5 January 2026
At CES 2026 in Las Vegas, Sweden’s Smart Eye and U.S.-based Green Hills Software teamed up to showcase a production-ready demonstration that blends real-time driver monitoring with a secure, consolidated vehicle computing platform a step toward safer, more efficient software-defined vehicle (SDV) architectures. The joint exhibit illustrates how Smart Eye’s Driver Monitoring System (DMS) software can run alongside other critical automotive functions, like a digital instrument cluster, on a single automotive control unit (ECU) using Green Hills’ ASIL-certified INTEGRITY real-time operating system (RTOS). This setup proves that safety-critical applications can coexist securely without interfering with each other, helping manufacturers reduce system complexity and shorten development and validation times. The integrated solution also aligns with evolving safety standards such as the EU General Safety Regulation (GSR) and Euro NCAP driver monitoring requirements.
The live demo connects a network of in-vehicle ECUs with a cloud-linked gateway and realistic driving events generated by a simulation environment. When Smart Eye’s software detects driver distraction or reduced attention, it triggers visual alerts on the instrument cluster, sends event logs to the gateway ECU, and forwards data to the cloud for analytics and diagnostics — highlighting how in-car intelligence and connectivity can work hand-in-hand in future vehicle systems. In addition to showcasing mixed-criticality execution on a shared compute platform, Green Hills’ development tools provide engineers with unified system debugging and diagnostics, helping them trace events across multiple ECUs and applications from a single timeline view. According to company leaders, this collaborative approach offers automakers and Tier-1 suppliers a clear path to deploy advanced driver-centric safety systems faster while maintaining strict safety and performance requirements, further supporting the transition to more capable, software-driven vehicle architectures.
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