Paper Info
Title
CarSafe app: alerting drowsy and distracted drivers using dual cameras on smartphones
Abstract
We present CarSafe, a new driver safety app for Android phones that detects and alerts drivers to dangerous driving conditions and behavior. It uses computer vision and machine learning algorithms on the phone to monitor and detect whether the driver is tired or distracted using the front-facing camera while at the same time tracking road conditions using the rear-facing camera. Today's smartphones do not, however, have the capability to process video streams from both the front and rear cameras simultaneously. In response, CarSafe uses acontext-aware algorithm that switches between the two cameras while processing the data in real-time with the goal of minimizing missed events inside (e.g., drowsy driving) and outside of the car (e.g., tailgating). Camera switching means that CarSafe technically has a "blind spot" in the front or rear at any given time. To address this, CarSafe uses other embedded sensors on the phone (i.e., inertial sensors) to generate soft hints regarding potential blind spot dangers. We present the design and implementation of CarSafe and discuss its evaluation using results from a 12-driver field trial. Results from the CarSafe deployment are promising -- CarSafe can infer a common set of dangerous driving behaviors and road conditions with an overall precision and recall of 83% and 75%, respectively. CarSafe is the first dual-camera sensing app for smartphones and represents a new disruptive technology because it provides similar advanced safety features otherwise only found in expensive top-end cars.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1145/2462456.2465428
MobiSys
Keywords
DocType
Citations 
overall precision,drowsy driving,driver safety application,dangerous driving condition,12-driver field trial show,embedded sensor,dangerous driving behavior,alert driver,rear-facing camera,carsafe app,new disruptive technology,carsafe fuses event,android phone,dual camera,blind spot,front-facing camera,carsafe deployment,rear camera
Conference
56
PageRank 
References 
Authors
3.20
10
11
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Chuang-wen You125434.68
Nicholas D. Lane24247248.15
Fanglin Chen331417.33
Rui Wang435518.53
Zhenyu Chen547025.35
Thomas J. Bao6795.16
Martha Montes-de-Oca7795.50
Yu Ting Cheng8636.39
Mu Lin922910.94
Lorenzo Torresani102756120.63
Andrew T. Campbell118958759.66