Car driving could induce fatigue and an altered sensorimotor control of foot muscles. Also, the use of a cruise controller (CC) or an adaptive cruise controller (ACC) could delay the brake reaction time when an emergency braking response is needed. The literature brings very few information on fatigue of the leg muscles during prolonged car driving and no data was found on any lengthened brake ...

Driving a vehicle is a complex activity that requires high-level brain functions. This study aimed to assess the change in effective connectivity (EC) between the prefrontal cortex (PFC), motor-related areas (MA) and vision-related areas (VA) in the brain network among the resting, simple-driving and car-following states. Twelve young male right-handed adults were recruited to participate in an...

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) have made driving safer over the last decade. They prepare vehicles for unsafe road conditions and alert drivers if they perform a dangerous maneuver. However, many accidents are unavoidable because by the time drivers are alerted, it is already too late. Anticipating maneuvers beforehand can alert drivers before they perform the maneuver and also give ...

Figure 1: Autonomous Formula SAE-Electric Car This dissertation describes the development of a high level control system for an autonomous Formula SAE race car featuring fusion of a 6-DOF IMU, a consumer grade GPS and an automotive LIDAR. Formula SAE is a long-running annual competition organised by the Society of Automotive Engineers which has recently seen the introduction of the new class SA...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the contribution of driver sleepiness to the causes of car crash injuries. DESIGN Population based case control study. SETTING Auckland region of New Zealand, April 1998 to July 1999. PARTICIPANTS 571 car drivers involved in crashes where at least one occupant was admitted to hospital or killed ("injury crash"); 588 car drivers recruited while driving on public road...

We describe a computer vision system for tracking the eyes of a car driver in order to measure the eyelid separation. This measure is used as part of a larger system designed to detect when a car driver is becoming drowsy. The system runs unattended in a car on modest hardware, does not interfere with the driver's normal driving actions, and requires no co-operation from the driver.