Abstract: A system for providing driver status to a driver of a vehicle includes a data processor, a plurality of sensors mounted within the vehicle and adapted to send vehicle information to the data processor, a driver monitoring system within the vehicle adapted to send driver information to the data processor, the data processor further adapted to collect information from external sources via a wireless data communication network, and a driver state display adapted to receive information from the data processor and to display a short-term status indicator, a long-term status indicator and contextual information.

Abstract: A brake assistance system of a host vehicle includes: a memory that stores brake pressure versus brake actuator distance profiles; an object detection module that detects a nearing object and determines a location of the object relative to the host vehicle or a distance between the host vehicle and the object; and a brake assist module that determines a speed of the host vehicle relative to the object, and based on the speed of the host vehicle and the location or the distance, to generate a brake apply alert message instructing a driver of the host vehicle to actuate brakes of the host vehicle, and to initiate modification of the at least one brake pressure or force versus brake actuator distance profile or selection of one of the brake pressure or force versus brake actuator distance profiles to provide a boosted brake pressure or force profile for assisted braking.

Abstract: A system for providing driver status to a driver of a vehicle includes a data processor, a plurality of sensors mounted within the vehicle and adapted to send vehicle information to the data processor, a driver monitoring system within the vehicle adapted to send driver information to the data processor, the data processor further adapted to collect information from external sources via a wireless data communication network, and a driver state display adapted to receive information from the data processor and to display a short-term status indicator, a long-term status indicator and contextual information.