Driver fatigue and drowsiness monitoring system with embedded electrocardiogram sensor on steering wheel

Real time driver health condition monitoring system with drowsiness alertness was proposed. A new embedded electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor with electrically conductive fabric electrodes on the steering wheel of a car was designed to monitor the driver's health condition. The ECG signals were measured at a sampling rate of 100 Hz from the driver's palms as they stay on a pair of conductive fabric electrodes located on the steering wheel. Practical tests were conducted using an embedded ECG sensor with a wireless sensor node, and their performance was assessed under non-stop 2 h driving test. The ECG signals were measured and transmitted wirelessly to a base station connected to a server PC in personal area network environment. The driver's health condition such as the normal, fatigued and drowsy states was analysed by evaluating the heart rate variability in the time and frequency domains.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-its.2012.0032
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/1751956X
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of the Institution of Engineering and Technology.
• Authors:
  • Sang-Joong, Jung
  • Heung-Sub, Shin
  • Wan-Young, Chung
• Publication Date: 2014-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 43-50
• Serial:
  • IET Intelligent Transport Systems
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
  • ISSN: 1751-956X
  • EISSN: 1751-9578
  • Serial URL: https://ietresearch.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/17519578
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alertness; Driver monitoring; Drowsiness; Electrocardiography; Heart rate; Physiological fatigue; Steering wheels
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01525292
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 27 2014 9:41AM