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Development of Drowsiness Checking System for Drivers using Eyes Image Histogram

눈 영상의 히스토그램을 이용한 운전자의 졸음 상태 체크 시스템 개발

  • Kang, Su Min (Department of Electronics Engineering, Dankook University) ;
  • Huh, Kyung Moo (Department of Electronics Engineering, Dankook University) ;
  • Yang, Yeon Mo (Department of Electronics Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
  • 강수민 (단국대학교 전자공학과) ;
  • 허경무 (단국대학교 전자공학과) ;
  • 양연모 (금오공과대학교 전자공학부)
  • Received : 2014.11.24
  • Accepted : 2015.01.30
  • Published : 2015.04.01
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Abstract

Approximately 23% of traffic accidents appear to be caused by drowsiness while driving. This fact shows that drowsy driving is a big factor in many traffic accidents. Therefore, the development of a drowsiness checking system is necessary to prevent drowsy driving. In this paper, we analyse the changes of the histogram of eye region images which are acquired using a CCD camera. We develop a drowsiness checking system using this histogram change information. The experimental results show that our proposed method enhances the accuracy of checking drowsiness by nearly 98%, and can be used to prevent vehicle accidents due to the drowsiness of a driver.

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