The invention discloses a driver intention understanding module of an unmanned operation control system. The driver intention understanding module comprises a signal acquisition module, an automatic driving function matrix, a multi-sensor state machine and an automatic driving algorithm matrix, wherein the signal acquisition module is used for acquiring the intention of a driver and transmitting the intention to the multi-sensor state machine, the automatic driving function matrix stipulates various automatic driving or auxiliary driving functions of a vehicle and is used for representing thevarious automatic driving or auxiliary driving functions in a matrix mode, the automatic driving function matrix provides information input for the multi-sensor state machine, the multi-sensor state machine performs state machine design according to the information transmitted through the signal acquisition module, the automatic driving function matrix and the automatic driving algorithm matrix tocomplete comprehensive deployment and management of the multi-sensor information and the selection of automatic driving algorithms, and the automatic driving algorithm matrix stipulates various automatic driving or auxiliary driving algorithms of the vehicle and is used for representing the various automatic driving or auxiliary driving algorithms in a matrix mode so as to provide information input for the multi-sensor state machine. According to the driver intention understanding module, the data calculation amount of the control system can be remarkably reduced, and the treatment efficiencyis improved.