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UNOBSTRUSIVE DRIVER EYE MONITORING SYSTEM (UDEMS)

Award Information
Agency: Department of Transportation
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 21847
Amount: $72,221.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1993
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
13766 S Hawthorne Blvd
Hawthorne, CA 90250
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 R Wade Allen
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Research Institution
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Abstract

THIS PROPOSAL CONCERNS THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN UNOBTRUSIVE DRIVE EYE MONITORING SYSTEM (UDEMS). AN UNOBTRUSIVE EYEBALL/EYELID MOVEMENT SENSOR HAS ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED THAT AMOUNTS TO THREE ELECTRODES MOUNTED IN A HEADBAND. THE ELECTRODES NEED NO PREPARATION, AND THE SENSOR PROVIDES STRONG, RELAIBLE EYE MOVEMENT WAVEFORMS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY UPON DONNING THE DEVICE AND ACTIVATING THE ELECTRONICS. WE PROPOSE HERE TO WORK TOWARDS THREE PHASE I OBJECTIVES: 1) CONDUCT DRIVING SIMULATION TESTS THAT WILL ESTABLISH THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EYE MOVEMENT SENSOR OUTPUT AND RIVER DROWSINESS AND INATTENTION DURING LONG DRIVES; 2) OPTIMIZE SENSOR OUTPUT SIGNAL PROCESSING AND CRITERIA FOR DETECTING DROWSINESS AND INATTENTION; AND 3) CONDUCT PRELIMINARY VALIDATION TESTS WITH AN OPTIMIZED UDEMS AND ALARM/WARNING SYSTEM TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF MAINTAINING DRIVER ALERTNESS OR ENCOURAGING REST BREAKS. GIVEN A SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME, THE UDEMS COULD OPERATE AS A STAND ALONE DEVICE, OR COULD WORK COOPERATIVELY WITH VEHICLE BASED SYSTEMS THAT MONITOR DRIVER PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS ASSOCITED WITH DROWSINESS SUCH AS STEERING MOVEMENTS AND LATERAL LANE DEVIATIONS.

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