EU RESEARCH PROJECT LAUNCHES SENTIENT DRIVER ALERT SYSTEM
September 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
IN-CAR technology recording and analysing driver motoring styles, then releasing alarms if motorists depart from these norms in dangerous circumstances, has been unveiled by a European Union-funded research project. Researchers from Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Spain, Italy and Lithuania in the DRIVSCO network say their system produces fewer false alarms than sensors focused on standardised driver-error prompts and external risks.
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IN-CAR technology recording and analysing driver motoring styles, then releasing alarms if motorists depart from these norms in dangerous circumstances, has been unveiled by a European Union-funded research project. Researchers from Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Spain, Italy and Lithuania in the DRIVSCO network say their system produces fewer false alarms than sensors focused on standardised driver-error prompts and external risks.
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