A non-invasive approach to detect drowsiness in a monotonous driving environment

Many researchers have found that one of the major contributing factors of road accidents is driver drowsiness. Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is a non-invasive method to observe the influence of autonomic nervous system (ANS) of the human body. The ANS consists of parasympathetic and sympathetic nervo...

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Main Authors: Awais, M., Badruddin, N., Drieberg, M.
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Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2015
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spelling my.utp.eprints.262362021-08-30T08:54:59Z A non-invasive approach to detect drowsiness in a monotonous driving environment Awais, M. Badruddin, N. Drieberg, M. Many researchers have found that one of the major contributing factors of road accidents is driver drowsiness. Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is a non-invasive method to observe the influence of autonomic nervous system (ANS) of the human body. The ANS consists of parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous activities and its relation to driver drowsiness is observed by means of HRV analysis. In this study, twenty-two subjects participated in an experiment based on simulated driving environment. The temporal changes for low frequency (LF), high frequency (HF) and LF/HF ratio are observed. LF and HF spectral powers show significant changes from alert to drowsy state. Paired t-test is used to find the statistical significance. The analysis shows that there is a significant (p<0.01) decrease in the LF/HF ratio when subject is in drowsy state. The observations also conclude with significance that LF decreases (p<0.001) and HF increases (p<0.05) from alert to drowsy state. This study shows very encouraging results that can be used to prevent drowsiness related accidents. © 2014 IEEE. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84940562961&doi=10.1109%2fTENCON.2014.7022356&partnerID=40&md5=22869e449e4a96096f05cfe8b42fdc0b Awais, M. and Badruddin, N. and Drieberg, M. (2015) A non-invasive approach to detect drowsiness in a monotonous driving environment. In: UNSPECIFIED. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/26236/
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description Many researchers have found that one of the major contributing factors of road accidents is driver drowsiness. Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is a non-invasive method to observe the influence of autonomic nervous system (ANS) of the human body. The ANS consists of parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous activities and its relation to driver drowsiness is observed by means of HRV analysis. In this study, twenty-two subjects participated in an experiment based on simulated driving environment. The temporal changes for low frequency (LF), high frequency (HF) and LF/HF ratio are observed. LF and HF spectral powers show significant changes from alert to drowsy state. Paired t-test is used to find the statistical significance. The analysis shows that there is a significant (p<0.01) decrease in the LF/HF ratio when subject is in drowsy state. The observations also conclude with significance that LF decreases (p<0.001) and HF increases (p<0.05) from alert to drowsy state. This study shows very encouraging results that can be used to prevent drowsiness related accidents. © 2014 IEEE.
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author Awais, M.
Badruddin, N.
Drieberg, M.
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Badruddin, N.
Drieberg, M.
A non-invasive approach to detect drowsiness in a monotonous driving environment
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Badruddin, N.
Drieberg, M.
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title A non-invasive approach to detect drowsiness in a monotonous driving environment
title_short A non-invasive approach to detect drowsiness in a monotonous driving environment
title_full A non-invasive approach to detect drowsiness in a monotonous driving environment
title_fullStr A non-invasive approach to detect drowsiness in a monotonous driving environment
title_full_unstemmed A non-invasive approach to detect drowsiness in a monotonous driving environment
title_sort non-invasive approach to detect drowsiness in a monotonous driving environment
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