Smartphone App Aims to Alert Drowsy Drivers

摘要

A new technology to combat dozing off when driving is being developed by two Barcelona universities with industry partner Ficosa.The drowsine alerter, Somnoalert, is a smartphone application that uses inertial sensors and GPS data to detect movements that are characteristic of nodding off at the wheel, such as deviation from the driving lane or sudden corrections. A later prototype also incorporates biomedical sensors to analyze respiration data.