Driver Drowsiness Detection system can help prevent the accidents.

Long hours of monotonous driving on motorways or expressways is tiring. It results in fatigue and also causes the loss of concentration to the driver. Many studies have been carried out all over the world on this issue. They conclude that the driver's loss of concentration is the main cause of almost 25% of all the road-accidents.

Hence, to reduce such accidents; the automotive engineers invented the Drowsiness Detection system. Thanks to the new Drowsiness Detection tech which consists of highly sophisticated electronic sensors. And rightly so, it helps to detect the driver behavior accurately.

Driver Drowsiness Detection System Working:

This system analyses the driver's consistency while driving. And, it does so in the first few minutes of driving. Also, it continuously monitors the pattern of steering input given by the driver from time to time. The drowsiness detection system observes the driver behavior. It detects if the driver has not given the steering input for a long time and then suddenly made corrections. If so, then it clearly indicates that the driver is tired and is losing his/her concentration.

In such a case, the system starts analyzing the other parameters. They include the speed of the vehicle, time of day & ambient weather conditions. It also takes into consideration the time for which the driver is driving and if he/she used other controls of the vehicle. Then, the system integrates all these factors. It then compares them with the original pattern of driving and calculates the ‘tiredness index’ of the driver. If the value of this index exceeds a certain limit, the system alerts the driver by means of an audio-visual and vibration signal on vehicle's dashboard. Thus, it prompts the driver to take a break or rest for some time.