Drowsiness detection by skin potential activity

Author

Sone, Takuma ; Yagi, Takeshi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. & Environ. Inf., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2013

fDate

23-25 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Conventional drowsiness detection devices are usually equipped with infrared LEDs and CCD cameras; however, they are adversely affected by factors such as ambient light and the use of eyewear. Drowsiness detection by other methods would thus improve such devices. This study examines skin potential activity, which is not affected by the aforementioned factors. Response performance during monotonous work using visual stimuli was quantified as drowsiness and compared with skin potential activity.

Keywords

bioelectric potentials; biomedical equipment; skin; sleep; visual perception; CCD camera; ambient light effect; conventional drowsiness detection device; eyewear use effect; infrared LED; monotonous work condition; response performance quantification; skin potential activity; visual stimuli; Cameras; Correlation coefficient; Electrodes; Indexes; Skin; Switches; Visualization; drowsiness detection; monotonous work; skin potential activity; skin potential level; skin potential reflex;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Engineering International Conference (BMEiCON), 2013 6th

Conference_Location

Amphur Muang

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1466-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BMEiCon.2013.6687699

Filename

6687699