DESIGN OF DROWSINESS ALARM USING INFRARED SENSOR AS MEAN OF ACCIDENT PREVENTION

Abstract

Driver drowsiness is one of the common reasons for most of vehicle accidents. The purpose of this final project is to make an affordable drowsiness alarm for accident prevention. A system is created to detect fatigue symptoms of the driver to avoid accidents. It involves detection of eyelid position whether it is open or closed. An IR transmitter is used to transmit the infrared rays to the driver’s eyelid. An IR receiver is used to receive the reflected infrared rays from the eyelid. When drowsiness is detected, an alarm will be activated. The alarm will be deactivated only after the driver pushes a correct button sequence. Every drowsiness event is also recorded to a smartphone via Bluetooth connection.