摘要 |
<p>DISCLOSED HEREIN IS A METHOD OF DETECTING A MICROSLEEP EVENT IN A SUBJECT.THE METHOD INCLUDES DETERMINING A NUMBER OF EYE OPENNESS FACTORS BY MEASURING A NUMBER OF DISTANCES BETWEEN AN UPPER EYELID AND A LOWER EYELID OF AT LEAST ONE EYE OVER A TIME PERIOD. GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF THE EYE OPENNESS FACTORS ARE THEN GENERATED.CHANGES IN THE EYE OPENNESS FACTORS OVER THE TIME PERIOD ARE CORRELATED WITH A REFERENCE EYE CLOSURE PATTERN INDICATIVE OF THE MICROSLEEP EVENT.ALSO DISCLOSED IS A MICROSLEEP EVENT DETECTION DEVICE (100).</p> |