In Europe, a third of road accidents are caused by distraction and 20 to 25% by numbness
‘startup’ Port created a mobile application that identifies driver behavior behind the wheel, using a facial analysis technology installed in the front chamber of smartphones, and alert them to distractions or drowsiness.
according to one of the founders of HealthyRoad, “incubated” in the Science and Technology Park of the University of Porto (UPTEC), André Azevedo, when the application detects distraction or numbness in users, they are warned by a beep and look.
the system uses facial biometrics technologies in the processing of information collected by the camera, determining in real time the driver of the state, “the eye is open or closed” or “is looking at a place other than the road. “
” in Europe, a third of road accidents are caused by distraction and 20 to 25% by sleep, “he said, adding that these figures” do not stop increasing and people are not aware of this reality. “
HealthyRoad application, which has the same name as the ‘startup’, took three months to be created and was presented this Monday. However, André Azevedo, Filipe Oliveira and Filipe Monteiro, the company’s founders, developed the technology that underpins the ‘app’ since 2013.
The team has partnered with BMW, which you allowed testing purposes in the company’s simulators, receive feedback and plan the ‘roadmap’ (road map) technology development “to meet the industry’s needs.”
“If all goes well within two to three years we will have our technology to work in vehicles of this group “, also indicated André Azevedo.
at this time, they are developing a product that can be installed in vehicles, capable of detecting – in addition to sleep and distraction. – fatigue, emotions and stress of the driver, for example
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