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Digital Dashboard Device Detects Driver Drowsiness

Posted by timothy on from the string-between-ceiling-and-nostril dept.

Pickens writes "Science Daily Headlines reports that researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology have developed a self-contained, dashboard-mounted assistant system that tracks a driver's eye movements and issues a warning before the driver has an opportunity to nod off to sleep. 'What we have developed is a small modular system with its own hardware and programs on board, so that the line of vision is computed directly within the camera itself,' says Professor Husar. 'Since the Eyetracker is fitted with at least two cameras that record images stereoscopically — meaning in three dimensions — the system can easily identify the spatial position of the pupil and the line of vision.' The cameras, which can be installed in any model of car, evaluate up to 200 images per second to identify the line of vision. If the camera modules detect that the eye is closed for longer than a user-defined interval, it sounds an alarm. The Eyetracker also has applications in computer games where players could look around themselves without requiring a joystick to change their viewing direction, and in marketing and advertising, where researchers could determine which parts of a poster or advertising spot receive longer attention from their viewers."

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  1. Dormant D Device Disturbed Drilling Dentist. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think the title has only got Ds in it.

    1. Re:Dormant D Device Disturbed Drilling Dentist. by telchine · · Score: 4, Funny

      Do Dying Drivers Defy Death Deploying Drowsiness Device?

    2. Re:Dormant D Device Disturbed Drilling Dentist. by L4t3r4lu5 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Doubtful. Dreamy Driving Death Doesn't Dissuade Defiant Dickheads.

      Damn.

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  2. nice alliteration by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    does it also sell sea shells by the sea shore?

  3. Pretty neat, however.. by Combatso · · Score: 2, Funny

    What if you, like me, drive while wearing these: http://rosem.aloak.ca/acatalog/250315.jpg

    1. Re:Pretty neat, however.. by need4mospd · · Score: 2, Funny
      And I wear my sunglasses at night too.

      Corey

  4. Awesome title by Haedrian · · Score: 3, Funny

    ++ Definitely Diminishing Distinct Danger

  5. Great for congestion by Gandalf1957 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Because every day the sun shines there'll be thousands of cars at the side of the road with their sunglasses-wearing drivers taking a nap :-)

  6. Re:Who cares about the article's content... by Soulskill · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't disregard delving deeply despite distracting descriptors.

  7. Game applications. by the_saint1138 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I for one am looking forward to this. Time Crisis 2015: (Please look away from screen to reload)

  8. Substandard performance. by blair1q · · Score: 2, Funny

    I give it a D.