An improved and portable eye-blink duration detection system to warn of driver fatigue

Instrumentation Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 429-444

  Hsieh, Chin Shun ^a   Tai, Cheng Chi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

eye blink duration; fatigue; microcontroller; portable; regression

Indexed keywords

DETECTION SYSTEM; DRIVER FATIGUE; ELECTRODE PADS; EYE-BLINK DURATION; PORTABLE; REGRESSION; SAMPLING RATES; VEHICLE ACCIDENTS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; INSTRUMENTS; MICROCONTROLLERS;

ACCIDENTS;

EID: 84882433962     PISSN: 10739149     EISSN: 15256030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10739149.2013.796560     Document Type: Article

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