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Automotive Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) can now achieve both EU General Safety Regulation (GSR) compliance and European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) assessment using Optalert’s non-invasive Johns Drowsiness Scale (JDS™) as the ground truth. Numerous automotive technical services firms in Europe, including UTAC, TÜV Rheinland, and Applus+ IDIADA, have reviewed the evidence and confirmed...

When we commonly speak of drowsiness, we may use a range of terms interchangeably, such as fatigue, tiredness, or sleepiness. In common speech, this is fine. But for the purposes of understanding the underlying science, we need to be more precise around what each of these words mean. Drowsiness is not fatigue Fatigue is defined...

What is Optalert’s experience in measuring drowsiness in the field? How do we see this technology reaching maturity in the automotive sector? What is the difference between objective and subjective measures of drowsiness? How does Optalert see drowsiness measurement evolving in the future? In the lead-up to the InCabin conference in Phoenix next week, our...

Optalert has more than 20 years’ expertise in drowsiness, developed primally in their work for the mining industry, wherein the equipment and vehicles; the payloads; the operator cognitive loads, and the consequences of an accident caused by drowsiness are all enormous. That’s the demanding environment in which Optalert has grown their know-how. Follow the link...

Join us at InCabin 2022 and hear from Dr Trefor Morgan, Optalert General Manager – Research and Development, who will be delivering a session on Measuring and Demystifying Drowsiness. Session Synopsis If done correctly, drowsiness can be quantified from its early stage through to the late stages. There is a biological based change that occurs...

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Optalert is excited to announce Release 7.0 of the Optalert Drowsiness Software Development Kit. The updated SDK will be available at the end of June 2022 for Tier 1 and OEM customers and all developers of Driver Monitoring Systems for the Automotive industry.  Headline features include: Objective and predictive drowsiness protection Now with real-time driver state detection and...

Drowsiness in the Field In the previous episodes, we first looked at the sleep-wake cycle and the drowsiness processes we are all subject to. The last episode addressed the different types of drowsiness measures and weighed in on why one was better than the other. In this episode, we will use a case study from...

How is Drowsiness Measured? Last episode, the drowsiness regulation process in humans was discussed. However, to apply this understanding to real world situations we need to be able to objectively measure drowsiness levels. So how is drowsiness measured? There are two classes of methods for measuring drowsiness: objective and subjective. Objective measures are independent of...

How your Body Regulates Drowsiness Last episode, we uncovered the two different types of drowsiness and what they mean. This week we discuss how our body regulates drowsiness throughout the day by covering the sleep-wake cycle, a process that drives drowsiness in humans. Our drowsiness level is regulated by the sleep-wake cycle that contains complex...