After prolonged periods of continuous driving, drivers experience mental and physical functional disorder. Lack of a proper sleep prior to driving can lead to fatigue in even short periods of driving. Fatigue affects a drivers attention, feeling, perception, judgement, decision making and reaction times.
Warning signs of fatigue are able to be easily detected by a driver through early signs and physical warning signs. Teaching drivers which behaviours or patterns may indicate that they are experiencing fatigue will allow them to identify when fatigue may be affecting their judgement.The symptoms of fatigue can be categorised into two sections; early warning signs, and physical warning signs.
The Ixonn DS Technology facial recognition system is able to detect physical symptoms of driver fatigue through analysis of facial features and use this information to alert the driver and headquarters. Ixonn DS Technology also monitors early warning signs that present in the form of the vehicles movements, such as inconsistent and sporadic speeding and slowing of the vehicle and hard breaking. By monitoring the drivers physical signs and reaction times, Ixonn DS Technology is able to effectively identify driver fatigue and counteract its effects.
Driving tired can cause a person to drift in and out of sleep without realising. This is called a micro-sleep and usually lasts 3-5 seconds. Micro-sleep has been found to be the main cause of fatigue-related crashes.
A micro-sleep for 5 seconds at 110/km/h means the vehicle has traveled 152m without a driver in control