The aim of the EU AWAKE (System for Effectiveness Assessment of Driver Vigilance and Warning According to Traffic Risk Estimation) project was to develop a system that can reliably detect worsening driver performance caused by drowsiness or lack of concentration. The project is based on the SAVE (System for Effective Assessment of Driver State and Vehicle Control in Emergency Situations) project, that produced a prototype of a system that detects problems in a driver's situation, including drowsiness. This paper describes the involvement of VTI researchers in the AWAKE project and the components of the AWAKE system: the Hypovigilance Diagnosis Module (HDM), the Traffic Risk Estimation module (TRE), the Hierarchical Manager module (HM), and the Driver Warning System (DWS). The HDM diagnoses the driver's wakefulness in real time using sensors and data on how the driver is driving, with the aim of diagnosing a tired driver with 90% accuracy with only 1% chance of a false alarm. The TRE uses data from a digital map, a positioning system and an anticollision radar system to evaluate the traffic situation. The HM module coordinates the HDM and TRE. The DWS uses noise, light and movement to warn the driver.
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