According to a World Bank study, sleep disorders can increase the risk of road accidents by 300%. India’s market share is 1% of total vehicles in the world but is responsible for 11% of all road accidents. India is one of the countries with an alarmingly high number of deaths attributed to road accidents. Last decade, road accidents resulted the deaths of 13 lakh people, 50-lakh people injured, as revealed by World Bank.
The Driver State Monitors (DSM) and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) have been developed and are being used in many developed nations worldwide. DSMs are cameras that use advanced AI algorithms to monitor a driver’s face and gesture to ensure that the driver is not falling asleep, smoking, using a mobile phone or being distracted from looking at the road ahead. DSM cameras use advanced AI algorithms to monitor a driver’s face and gestures to ensure that the driver is not falling asleep, smoking, using a mobile phone or being distracted from looking at the road ahead. As nearly 40% of accidents are caused due to drowsy driving, this invention can prevent a lot of road deaths.