Abstract:
Road accidents are happening mainly due to the sleepiness of the driver while driving. The driver loses control
when he falls asleep. It will lead to an accident. Thus, here we are proposing a device which can able to prevent
such accidents. The device contains a pair of goggles, an obstacle sensor (IR), an Arduino board, a GSM module
and a buzzer. The obstacle sensor mounted on the goggles monitors the driver’s eyelid to check whether it is
open or not. If the eyelid is kept closed for more than predefined three seconds, the sensor will find and send the
signal to the Arduino to make an alarm via buzzer. There is also a communication facility that can make a call to
the user via the GSM module. These two alerting methods ensure the reliability of the device. The programmed
mobile number can be altered in the Arduino code in order to assign a new mobile number by connecting the
Arduino with a laptop/PC through the port present at the lower end of the box. The device has designed to alert
the driver/passengers when the driver falls asleep. The ultimate aim of the device is to prevent accidents due to
the sleepiness of the driver. The device can be further developed by adding vibration technology to the goggles,
which can alert the driver through tangible interaction.
