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Drowsy Driver Detection
Unmet Need: Effective prediction of loss of driver alertnessIn the U.S., falling asleep at the wheel is believed to cause at least 100,000 crashes annually. As many as twenty eight percent of polled American drivers have admitted to nodding off at the wheel at least once. Various techniques, which typically rely upon monitoring lane departure, large...
Published: 10/8/2024
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Inventor(s): Hans Van Dongen, Pia Forsman
Keywords(s): Computer Hardware/Software
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Systems and Methods for Probability-Based Prediction of Fatigue and Fatigue Risk
Abstract Fatigue is a safety risk in aviation because of performance deficits in flight crews that have been shown to be correlated with fatigue. At FedEx, owing to the around-the-clock and across-time-zones nature of its operations, the development of a science-based system for tracking and managing fatigue risk is critical for safe operations and...
Published: 10/8/2024
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Inventor(s): Hans Van Dongen, Suresh Rangan, Richard Lewis
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Rostering on the Basis of Sleep/Wake-Based Performance Prediction
Abstract Personnel rostering in operational settings -- e.g., air, road, rail and sea transportation, first responders (police, fire, and rescue), medicine, power generation, resource extraction, and military operations – has, thus, far centered on the logistics of resources and availability of employees, largely ignoring the performance capability...
Published: 10/8/2024
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Inventor(s): Gregory Belenky, Hans Van Dongen
Keywords(s): Computer Hardware/Software
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