Real-time monitoring system using RGB-infrared in a vehicle black box

Abstract

Red, green, and blue (RGB)-infrared technology for imaging systems is developing in many research areas including surgery and monitoring systems. This article proposes a driver fatigue monitoring system that detects the face and eye regions (especially the pupil area) of the driver and measures the opened-closed eye status using RGB/infrared cameras. In the proposed system, the mean values of the eye region are used to enhance the accuracy of the extracted pupil area. The results show that the accuracy rate of classification for the eye opened/closed states is more than 93%. Therefore, we have confirmed that our proposed system is practical and accurate.