A team of young engineers from the laboratory No. 5 “Digital and unmanned technologies for agriculture” of the Moscow Aviation Institute tested the AgroGuard system, designed to monitor the driver’s condition and prevent accidents. The system monitors whether the driver has fallen asleep and reacts if the driver is not in the cabin or if an attempt is made to turn off the camera. In such cases, it records all events for analysis by giving light and sound signals.
The system consists of a module with a camera installed in the cabin of the car. The camera records the driver’s face, and the algorithm recognizes it using a grid of nodal points. The program determines whether the driver has fallen asleep by determining the degree of eye closure. According to engineer Daria Sosova, the device automatically analyzes the situation and draws a conclusion about the driver’s condition, saving the results to the internal memory.
Initially, AgroGvard was planned to be used in agricultural machinery, but it turned out that it could be used in other types of transport. The system has already been tested and confirmed among tram drivers in Verkhnyaya Pyshma. The developers plan to expand the functionality of the device and increase its computing power.
Source: Ferra
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