DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS

This application provides a driver assistance method and a driver assistance apparatus, which may be applied to the field of autonomous driving or intelligent driving. The driver assistance method includes: determining that a driver is in an abnormal state; determining that a first operation performed by the driver on a first terminal is an abnormal operation; and performing first processing, where the first processing includes outputting indication information and/or control information, and the indication information or the control information is used to indicate a second operation performed on the first terminal, or the first processing includes controlling the first terminal to perform a second operation. The first terminal may include a mobile device that can move in space or change a spatial shape through a human operation, such as a vehicle, an airplane, an unmanned aerial vehicle, a ship, a bridge crane, or a tower crane. The driver assistance method provided herein can avoid generating of an unnecessary or unpleasant alarm, improve efficiency and accuracy of a driver monitoring system DMS, and further reduce an occurrence rate of traffic accidents.