Automatic Monitoring of Driver's Physiological Parameters Based on Microarray Camera

Driver's physical and mental states are very important factors affecting the driving states. Traffic accidents are occurred by accompanying abnormal physiological parameters. So how to monitor automatically driver's physiological parameters is an important problem. A real-time driver's physiological parameters monitoring method based on microarray camera is proposed in this paper. Firstly, we use a microarray camera to acquire videos in real time without contact. Secondly, the videos are registered and fused into a high quality video. Thirdly, deep learning framework is used to capture driver's facial data quickly. Then based on the principle of imaging photoplethysmography (IPPG) algorithm, physiological parameters such as heart rate (HR) and oxygen saturation (SpO2) are monitored in real time. Results of expression analysis can further support the physiological parameters monitoring results. The experimental results show that the method proposed in this paper can monitor the physiological parameters of drivers in real time and accurately, and it is hopeful to play an active role in improving traffic safety.