Active safety improvement through effective use of driver's alertness level information.

Author(s)
Yamamoto, K. & Hirata, Y.
Year
Abstract

Most traffic accidents these days are caused by human error. Because of this it is necessary to come up with effective solutions to prevent accidents caused by a drop in the driver's level of alertness. A system was developed that estimates accurately a driver's level of alertness and issues an alarm when necessary. This time, the effective use of information on drivers' level of alertness, and how this can improve safety was researched. As a result of the study, two systems were developed. One is a system that adjusts the timing of a headway distance warning according to the driver's state of alertness. The other is a system that releases aroma when the driver's monotony is increasing, thus maintaining his/her alertness at an appropriate level. This paper describes these systems and their effects.

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Library number
C 23003 (In: C 22454 CD-ROM) /83 / ITRD E114790
Source

In: From vision to reality : proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Intelligent Transportation Systems ITS, Turin, Italy, 6-9 November 2000, 8 p., 1 ref.

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