In this paper gives ever-increasing number of traffic accidents that are due to a diminished driver’s vigilance level has become a problem of serious concern to society. Drivers with a diminished vigilance level suffer from a marked decline in their perception, recognition, and vehicle-control abilities and, therefore, pose a serious danger to their own life and the lives of other people. Stati...

The sleeping patterns of postanaesthetic state and behaviour in unrestrained cats were studied for two weeks. The percentages of wakefulness, slow wave sleep, drowsiness, and paradoxical sleep were not affected by nitrous oxide anaesthesia. Sleeping patterns were changed for several days after halothane anaesthesia; firstly paradoxical sleep decreased and drowsiness increased, then paradoxical ...

Considerable progress has been made in measuring drowsiness and understanding its effects upon human performance in the laboratory and in simulated and operational driving conditions. This work builds upon previous research and identifies an appropriate design for a drowsy driver detection interface. A participatory design process was used that included both design experts and drivers in separa...

An overview of several methods of electroencephalography (EEG) analysis in order to assess driver sleepiness is presented. All methods were applied to one single data set obtained from overnight driving simulations in our lab. 10 young adults (age 22.4 ± 4.1 years) participated and drove on rural roads; time on task was 7 x 40 min and time since sleep ranged between 16 and 22 hours. Results sho...

In recent years, driver drowsiness has been one of the major causes of road accidents and can lead to severe physical injuries, deaths and significant economic losses. Since car accidents may be caused by the driver’s tiredness, there are some assistance systems designed for bringing the attention of a driver. In this paper, we review different measures and discuss its advantages and limitation...