WAKE UP! Mercedes-Benz developing systems to combat microsleep behind the wheel
MERC DEVELOPS FATIGUE DETECTION
Mercedes Benz has thrown some light into its thinking and processes as it develops a system that will detect when you're in danger of falling asleep at the wheel.
Over the course of their investigations, the company's team of engineers, cyberneticists, mathematicians, computer scientists and psychologists is testing out a variety of methods for detecting driver fatigue as soon as it sets in.
One of these techniques is the eye-blink observation method: an infrared camera directed at the driver's head permanently monitors the eye-blink frequency, enabling microsleep to be detected the instant the eyes stay closed for a certain period of time. A warning signal sounds in the car's cockpit in response.
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Mercedes Benz has thrown some light into its thinking and processes as it develops a system that will detect when you're in danger of falling asleep at the wheel.Over the course of their investigations, the company's team of engineers, cyberneticists, mathematicians, computer scientists and psychologists is testing out a variety of methods for detecting driver fatigue as soon as it sets in.
One of these techniques is the eye-blink observation method: an infrared camera directed at the driver's head permanently monitors the eye-blink frequency, enabling microsleep to be detected the instant the eyes stay closed for a certain period of time. A warning signal sounds in the car's cockpit in response.
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