Speculation: UI includes face tracking using rear-facing camera

[nuclearfusion]

Face-tracking technology will be used in the Model 3 to monitor driver alertness, in my opinion.
Its use explains both the purpose of the rear-facing camera and a cryptic statement in a press release about the technology from last May.

"... Seeing Machines, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange but headquartered in Canberra, specialises in face-tracking technology in vehicles, used largely to date in the mining and trucking industries to ensure drivers are staying awake and focused. The technology is to be commercialised in cars in the United States from September. ..." ​

For full release see: Canberrans to be recruited for driverless car face-tracking technology
The bolded sentence probably related to the then expected time of general release of the Model 3. The press release announced a $1 million autonomous driving research grant that utilised a Tesla and AP 2.

Face tracking technology has been used widely in trucking and mining but for cost reasons (required a rear-facing camera and related hardware and software) has not previously been widely implemented in cars.

Is anyone aware of any other US car released in Q3 2017 that is using the face-tracking technology?
Did the recent hack of AP 2.5 reveal anything about the use of the camera?

 

[Zaphod]

Only other car I believe that has the interior camera facing the driver is in the Cadillac CT6 with the Supercruise package. I think the camera is actually mounted on the steering column though.

 

[ElecFan]

Maybe the face-tracking technology will be used in case of accidents to see whether the EAP/FSD system is to blame or the driver wasn't focussed on driving.

 

[RDoc]

It's to provide evidence that the car owner is using the FSD mode to carry paying passengers without being enrolled in the Tesla car sharing system. Video from all Teslas is uploaded and scanned by an advanced AI system which can recognize that neither the owners, nor none of their friends, are in the car. After 3 occurrences, Tesla's legal department is alerted.

I've heard they've stopped software development of FSD and most of AP 2.x features to focus on getting the networked AI capable of recognizing this act of blatant fraud. Once that's working, they'll release FSD.

 

[ElecFan]

I just read in the M3 manual the interior camera is not working at this moment in time.

 

[aronth5]

Would certainly be a popular feature among parents when their teenagers take the car out. I know it would have improved my driving and my friends behavior. I had at least a few rides that if my parents only knew about I would have been grounded!!

 

[CMXI]

Can your face be a security feature so if the Tesla 3 does not recognize you then the car won't move? Maybe alert the owner that a stranger is in the car trying to take off with it?