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Saturday 19 February 2011

Drowsiness Monitoring with EEG-Based MEMS Biosensing Technologies

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Authors
Chih-Wei Chang1, Li-Wei Ko1, Fu-Chang Lin1, Tung-Ping Su2, Tzyy-Ping Jung1, 3, Chin-Teng Lin1, Jin-Chern Chiou1, 4
1National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
3University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
4China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
Abstract
Electroencephalography (EEG) has been widely adopted to monitor changes in cognitive states, particularly stages of sleep, as EEG recordings contain a wealth of information reflecting changes in alertness and sleepiness. In this study, silicon dry electrodes based on Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) were developed to bring high-quality EEG acquisition to operational workplaces. They have superior conductivity performance, large signal intensity, and are smaller in size than conventional (wet) electrodes. An EEG-based drowsiness estimation system consisting of a dry-electrode array, power spectrum estimation, principal component analysis (PCA)-based EEG signal analysis, and multivariate linear regression was developed to estimate drivers’ drowsiness levels in a virtual-reality-based dynamic driving simulator. The proposed system can help elders who are often affected by periods of tiredness and fatigue.

Journal
Publisher
Verlag Hans Huber
ISSN
1662-9647 (Print) 1662-971X (Online)
Collection
Issue
Category
article
Pages
107-113
DOI
10.1024/1662-9647/a000014


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