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Type Journal Article
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title SAFECAR: A Brain–Computer Interface and intelligent framework to detect drivers’ distractions
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Enrique Tomás Martínez Beltrán
  • Mario Quiles Pérez
  • Sergio López Bernal
  • Gregorio Martínez Pérez
  • Alberto Huertas Celdran
Item Subtype Original Work
Refereed Yes
Status Published in final form
Language
  • English
Journal Title Expert Systems with Applications
Publisher Elsevier
Geographical Reach international
ISSN 0957-4174
Volume 203
Number 117402
Page Range 117402
Date 2022
Abstract Text As recently reported by the World Health Organization (WHO), the high use of intelligent devices such as smartphones, multimedia systems, or billboards causes an increase in distraction and, consequently, fatal accidents while driving. The use of EEG-based Brain–Computer Interfaces (BCIs) has been proposed as a promising way to detect distractions. However, existing solutions are not well suited for driving scenarios. They do not consider complementary data sources, such as contextual data, nor guarantee realistic scenarios with real-time communications between components. This work proposes an automatic framework for detecting distractions using BCIs and a realistic driving simulator. The framework employs different supervised Machine Learning (ML)-based models on classifying the different types of distractions using Electroencephalography (EEG) and contextual driving data collected by car sensors, such as line crossings or objects detection. This framework has been evaluated using a driving scenario without distractions and a similar one where visual and cognitive distractions are generated for ten subjects. The proposed framework achieved 83.9% -score with a binary model and 73% with a multiclass model using EEG, improving 7% in binary classification and 8% in multi-class classification by incorporating contextual driving into the training dataset. Finally, the results were confirmed by a neurophysiological study, which revealed significantly higher voltage in selective attention and multitasking.
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Digital Object Identifier 10.1016/j.eswa.2022.117402
Other Identification Number merlin-id:23175
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