Real-time system for monitoring driver vigilance

In this paper we present a non-intrusive prototype computer vision system for real-time monitoring driver´s vigilance. It is based on a hardware system, for real time acquisition of driver´s images using an active IR illuminator, and their software implementation for monitoring some visual behaviors that characterize a driver´s level of vigilance. These are the eyelid movements and the pose face. The system has been tested with different sequences recorded on night and day driving conditions in a motorway and with different users. We show some experimental results and some conclusions about the performance of the system.