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Driver’s drowsiness inhibition by subcutaneous stimulation based on SNS activity

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The overall aim of the study is to develop the ambient drowsiness control programs based on driver’s physiological states. this study is developed and verified of a system that controls a driver’s drowsiness a stimulus that is too small to be noticed by a driver. Most studies on driver drowsiness have focused on the detection or evaluation of psychological states in some way. Our system assumes that a small change in temperature affects peripheral thermoreceptors and that afferent fibers transmit this stimulus to the cerebral center via the spinal nerves. To evaluate the system, we constructed a virtual reality system for automobile driving using an experimental method described in our previous studies. In this study, drowsiness was controlled by our system, and the effectiveness of the system was tested. The results suggest that this is an efficient method for controlling driver drowsiness.

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  1. Graduate School of Engineering, Kagawa University, 2217-20, Hayashi-cho, Takamatu, Kagawa, 761-0396, Japan

    Yasutaka Kajiwara

  2. Faculty of Engineering, Kagawa University, 2217-20, Hayashi-cho, Takamatu, Kagawa, 761-0396, Japan

    Hirotosi Asano

  3. College of Science and Engineering, Aroyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1, Fuchinobe, Cyuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-5258, Japan

    Shizuka Bando

  4. Department of Management and Information Systems Science/Management Systems Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, 1603-1, Kamitomioka-cho, Nagaoka, Nigata, 940-2137, Japan

    Shusaku Nomura

  5. Department of Informatics Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, University of Electro-Communications, 1-5-1, Cyofugaoka, Cyofu, Tokyo, 182-0021, Japan

    Tota Mizuno

  6. Faculty of Engineering, Kagawa University, 2217-20, Hayashi-cho, Takamatu, Kagawa, 761-0396, Japan

    Shigeaki Ogose

  7. College of Science and Engineering, Aroyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1, Fuchinobe, Cyuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-5258, Japan

    Akio Nozawa

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Correspondence to Yasutaka Kajiwara.

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This work was presented in part at the 20th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, Beppu, Oita, January 21–23, 2015.

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Kajiwara, Y., Asano, H., Bando, S. et al. Driver’s drowsiness inhibition by subcutaneous stimulation based on SNS activity. Artif Life Robotics 20, 341–346 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-015-0236-7

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