Driver Emotion And Fatigue Monitoring With Vehicle Speed Intervention

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current vehicle safety monitoring systems fail to effectively monitor and intervene in potential accident risks caused by abnormal driver emotions and fatigue, leading to increased traffic accidents, particularly in commercial and passenger vehicles.

Innovation Solution

A driving safety management system that monitors driver emotions and fatigue in real-time using facial expression dynamics and seat pressure analysis, integrating with vehicle control systems to enforce speed limitations, emergency braking, and provide warnings to prevent accidents.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If traditional fatigue driving time thresholds are used for monitoring, then the system structure remains simple, but the monitoring precision and reliability of detecting actual driver fatigue status deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefatigue detection precisionVSAvoidmonitoring system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The fatigue detection system is segmented into multiple independent modules: facial expression recognition module, head posture recognition module, eye state recognition module, and seat pressure distribution module. Each module independently analyzes specific aspects of driver state, and their results are integrated to comprehensively determine fatigue status. This segmentation enables precise multi-dimensional monitoring while maintaining modular system architecture that manages complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The vehicle-mounted terminal integrates multiple functions into a single system: emotion recognition, fatigue detection, real-time warning, and vehicle control linkage. The system uses a unified analysis framework that processes data from multiple sensors (cameras, pressure sensors) through the same gateway and control interface, achieving multi-functionality without proportionally increasing system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Reliability

If real-time emotion and fatigue monitoring with active intervention is implemented, then driving safety is improved, but the device complexity and cost increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedriving safetyVSAvoidcontrol system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary detection and analysis of driver emotion and fatigue status before actual dangerous situations occur. The vehicle-mounted terminal continuously monitors driver state, identifies potential risks in advance through pattern recognition, and triggers warnings or control interventions proactively. This preliminary action approach improves safety by preventing accidents before they happen while managing complexity through structured risk assessment protocols.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system establishes a closed-loop feedback mechanism where the vehicle-mounted terminal continuously monitors driver state, compares it against safety thresholds, and automatically triggers warnings or control interventions when abnormal states are detected. The system provides real-time feedback to both the driver (through warnings) and the vehicle control systems (through automated interventions), creating a self-regulating safety mechanism that improves reliability while using standardized feedback protocols to manage complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS12420807B2Driving safety management system based on driver emotion and fatigue degree analysis
Publication Date: 2025.09.23 THE THIRD RES INST OF MIN OF PUBLIC SECURITY
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AI summary

The present invention discloses a driving safety management system based on driver emotion and fatigue analysis. The system performs emotion recognition and/or sensor monitoring data analysis, and performs operations such as automatic speed limitation, speed control and braking to control vehicle actions. The system monitors a driver emotion and a fatigue status in real time during driving, and controls a vehicle driving status and/or issues a safety warning to a driver according to a monitoring result, so as to ensure the traffic safety of various vehicles from the perspective of the driver.