Abstract

With increase in technology fatigue detection systems with more accuracy are overcoming their previous versions. The main focus of these systems is on robustness, accuracy and cost. Based on these factors this study presents a driver fatigue detection system design. This design uses facial features (eyes and mouth) to determine driver’s vigilance. A hybrid of two commonly known techniques Viola Jones and skin color detection is used as detection technique. Lastly some experimental results are given showing the accuracy and robustness of the proposed system.

Keywords:

Eyes state detection, fatigue monitoring, mouth detection, pixel color detection, threshold, viola Jones, yawning detection,

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