Smart Car Seats Warn Drivers Who Are About To Fall Asleep - Nottingham Researchers

Thanks to the sleep that starts kicking in at the wrong moment, the incidents where drivers who lose their alertness while driving a car have given a rise to deadly road accidents in many countries. Bringing an innovative solution to this problem, a team of researchers from Nottingham Trent University has developed smart car seats that can warn the drivers if they are about to fall asleep. Working together with a firm named Plessey, members of the University's Advanced Textile Research Group are trying to integrate the ECG sensor system into the car seats, so that it detects the heart signals of the driver who is losing alertness due to fatigue or other reasons.

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In their aim to lessen the number of motorway accidents, they are planning to employ a fabric based sensor system within the car's seat, that will be capable of sending a warning to the driver, asking him/her to pull over. In case the driver ignores such warning, the system can either trigger in-car systems such as active cruise control or lane departure technology to lessen the likeliness of accidents or send the information to a nearby control centre via a wireless network.

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The folks over at Plessey have already found that the capacitive sensors are capable of measuring cardiac signals. Their challenge now lies in improving the reliability and consistency of the data generated through sensors, to be put to the intended purpose. For this, they will need robust electrodes that can be easily installed inside the automotive seats. Thankfully, the University’s knitted conductive textile technology is able to provide for that.

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  • deepikanataraj
    deepikanataraj
    Very superb...please provide this technology in all 4wheelers

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