Drowsy driver warning system based on smart phone

Abstract

Drowsiness is one of the major causes of road accidents and can lead to severe physical injuries, deaths and significant economic losses. Statistics indicate the need of a reliable driver drowsiness detection system which could alert the driver before an accident happens. Researches have been done to determine driver drowsiness using the several measures like vehicle-based measures, behavioral measures, and physiological measures. In this project it is expected to build a system to detect and warn the driver based on behavioral measures like eye closure of the driver just before fall to sleep. System is based on a smartphone with external IR capable WIFI camera. Drivers who ware spectacles are not considered in this project scope. Main focus on this project is exploring fast real-time algorithms which is suitable for a smart phone which resources may low compared with computers.