Toyota’s Eyeball Camera To Save Sleepy Drivers
There’s nothing like taking forty winks when you’re tired - just not while doing 70mph on the motorway.
Toyota is working on a system that could help save lives by monitoring a driver’s eyes for signs of drowsiness or lack of attention to the road.
The Lexus LS600H already has a face monitoring system in front of the driver that emits a loud alarm if it catches you spending too long looking away from the road and will apply the brakes if it thinks a crash is imminent. The new twist employs an eye monitoring camera that first stores what the normal position of your eyelids are and then watches for signs of sleepiness. Very sci-fi indeed.
Again, an alarm will sound if it looks like you’re nodding off and the system will hit the brakes if the proximity sensors sense anything coming up too fast. Like a wall. In a statement, Toyota said:
“Driver-condition evaluation technologies are vital to improving overall vehicle safety performance, as driver condition is a key factor in traffic safety, with driver error being the main cause.â€
Toyota says the new system will be deployed in more of its cars in the coming years.-Martin Lynch
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