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Micro-Sleep Alerter –
Prevents Drivers from Dozing off at the Wheel
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Driver’s micro-sleep is among the most
Cost-efficient
Fraunhofer Micro-Sleep
common causes of road traffic accidents.
The Fraunhofer Micro-Sleep Alerter comes
Alerter built into a car.
The Micro-Sleep Alerter by Fraunhofer is an
as a system on chip solution, which means
assistance system that recognizes when the
that the device works without an additional
driver is about to doze off and produces an
computer and can be produced cost-
acoustic warning signal. Due to its compact
efficiently.
design the Micro-Sleep Alerter can be used
in limited installation space. It is provided
as a retrofit solution for all kinds of motor
Technical details
vehicles as well as an OEM solution.
Components
HDR-image-sensor, infrared illumination,
Advantages
system on chip processing unit (i. a. ARM
architecture)
Easy to use
The Fraunhofer Micro-Sleep Alerter simply
Hardware interfaces
needs to be installed inside the vehicle
optional for development purposes:
similarly to a navigation system. After a
USB, RS-232, LAN, CAN bus
one-time configuration to the driver’s indiFraunhofer Institute for
vidual requirements the system can be used
Output
without having to reconfigure it every time.
acoustic warning on detecting microsleep
Digital Media Technology IDMT
and optical indicator for system status
Applicable under any conditions
Ehrenbergstr. 31
Due to the Micro-Sleep Alerter using
Distance to user 98693 Ilmenau
infrared illumination in combination with
approx. 80 – 120 cm preadjusted
Germany
High Dynamic Range (HDR) camera sensors,
Contact
the device is working reliably at day and
Headbox
in the night, regardless of ambient light
approx. 80 cm x 60 cm (at 100 cm user
conditions. The system is also suited to be
distance)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Husar
used by people who wear glasses. As the
Phone +49 3677 467-258
infrared illumination is not visible to the
Power supply
[email protected]
human eye, the driver will not be glared by
12 V (vehicle electrical system voltage)
the system.
www.idmt.fraunhofer.de
Power consumption
Unobtrusive appearance
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As the Micro-Sleep Alerter uses a special
overall design, it does not require much
space for being integrated in the vehicle’s
interior. A special housing design makes
sure the camera is not visible to the driver.
version 02/2015
mini camera and comes in a very compact