Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

Sang Tae Ahn

Eung Hwan Kim

Seul Ki Jeon

Nam Woong Hur

Hyun Sang Kim

Sung Chan Jun

Hyo Jung Jang

An apparatus and a method is provided for detecting biometric signals of a driver and classifying the driver into a normal state or a fatigued state based on the biometric signals. An apparatus may include: a biometric signal measuring part configured to measure the biometric signals including a blood flow rate of a brain of the driver using an electro-encephalography (EEG), an electro-cardiography (ECG), and a functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) of the driver; a biometric signal integral part configured to integrate the measured biometric signals, to extract characteristics of the respective biometric signals from the measured biometric signals and to then integrate the extracted characteristics, or to classify the extracted characteristics of the biometric signals and to then integrate the classified characteristics; and a driver state detecting part configured to detect the state of the driver based on the integrated biometric signals.

Apparatus and method for detecting a state of a driver based on biometric signals of the driver

Growing community of inventors

Gwangju, South Korea

Sang Tae Ahn