Mahatma Gandhi University’s artificial intelligence-based technology can identify driver drowsiness in real time and provide immediate notifications to avoid collisions.
Are you feeling drowsy while driving? Mahatma Gandhi University has created a novel artificial intelligence (AI)-based system that can identify driver drowsiness in real time and provide immediate notifications to avoid collisions.
Patent Approval and System Creators
The Indian government has now given the institution a patent for the invention. Pushpalatha K.P., Vineeth Vijayan, and a research researcher from the School of Computer Sciences created the system, which they called “A Drowsiness Detection System.”
How the System Works
The system, according to the researchers, attempts to address one of the main issues with road safety: driver weariness. It detects the first indications of sleepiness by analyzing tiny visual signals such as changes in eye movements and facial expressions using a metric-learning architecture.
In order to warn drivers before weariness becomes harmful, the system operates in real time, sending out warnings in milliseconds. Additionally, sophisticated AI technologies aid in increasing accuracy and decreasing false alarms. They clarified, “The idea has tremendous promise for real-world testing across a number of driving scenarios.”
Adaptive Module
The creation of an adaptable module that improves communication between the driver and the car is the project’s next phase. This will turn drowsiness detection from a straightforward alarm into a clever, proactive accident-prevention tool by enabling the system to modify its responses based on the driver’s state and the surrounding environment.
Technological Recognition
Comparisons with other foreign patents, including those from the United States, have confirmed the system’s technological brilliance. Under the Kerala Startup Mission, the Research Innovation Network Kerala (RINK) has also provided seed financing in recognition of its societal value.
