Implementation of Driver Fatigue Detection System with PCNN Algorithm Based on FPGA

Abstract

This work presents the design and implementation of drivers fatigue detection system based on FPGA to prevent car accidents. According to the bright pupil phenomenon, which is produced by the retina when the incident lights wavelength is 850 nm, drivers eyes can be detected easily. While acquiring the real-time video of the drivers face by camera, the system accomplishes the detection of drivers eyes by using a simplified PCNN (pulse coupled neural network) and the computation of the PERCLOS (Percentage of Eye Closure) to decide whether the driver is fatigue or not. All the designing and accomplishments of the system are based on the FPGA platform Xilinx Virtex Pro Development Board. During the experiments, the system has the ability of processing 25 frames/sec, which is the speed of collection of the used camera. Also, the fatigue detection system has good stability and accuracy.