Fundamental Concepts of Driver Drowsiness Detection

Abstract

Drowsiness appears in situations when one feels stressed and fatigue. It is unexpected and unfortunate, that the drowsiness may be due to insufficient sleep over night, some types of medicines used, and even, boring for drive, for example, driving continuously over a period of time. Feeling sleepy while driving may decrease the level of alertness / focus resulting in possibility of road crash or accidents. In this paper we will discussed about characteristics of driver, causes and symptoms of driver drowsiness and effects of fatigue driver.