Caterpillar backs eye-tracker to combat driver fatigue 卡特彼勒公司支持利用眼球追蹤技術對抗駕駛疲勞

Caterpillar backs eye-tracker to combat driver fatigue
卡特彼勒公司支持利用眼球追蹤技術對抗駕駛疲勞
2013-07-15◎管淑平


Eye and face-tracking technology that aims to prevent accidents caused by fatigue is being rolled out by the world’s biggest mining equipment maker.
全球最大採礦設備製造商推出旨在防止因疲勞導致意外事故的眼球與臉部追蹤技術。


BHP Billiton and gold producer Newmont Mining have already carried out trials. The firms believe it out-performs earlier systems that needed workers to wear special equipment.
必和必拓公司和黃金生產商紐蒙特礦業公司已在試用這套設備。這些公司相信，它比之前需要工作人員穿戴特殊裝備的系統還要好。


Driver Safety Solution（DSS）also benefits from the fact it does not need to be recalibrated when one worker swaps shift with another.
「駕駛安全解決方案」（DSS）也得益於工作人員換班時不需要重新校正。


The product was developed by Australian firm, Seeing Machines, which secured the tie-up with Caterpillar after a panel of experts selected it over 21 rival technologies.
這項產品由澳洲「洞察機器」公司開發，該公司在這項產品擊敗21個對手產品，被一個專家小組選上後，爭取到與卡特彼勒公司合作。


DSS uses a camera to detect a driver’s pupil size, how frequently they blink, and how long they keep their eyes shut. In addition it tracks where the user’s mouth is in order to work out when the workers are not looking at the road.
DSS利用一具相機偵測駕駛人的瞳孔大小、眨眼頻率，以及闔眼時間多長。此外，它追蹤使用者嘴巴位置，以偵測工作人員有沒有看路。


An accelerometer and GPS chip are also installed to confirm the truck is being driven at the time, and the data is processed by a computer mounted behind the driver’s seat.
同時也安裝了一具加速度計和全球衛星定位系統晶片，以確認卡車是在行進間，這些資料由一台安裝在駕駛座後方的電腦處理。


新聞辭典
roll out：動詞片語，推出。例句：We have rolled out our latest products.（我們推出最新產品。）
out-perform：動詞片語，表現優於、勝過。例句：You will out-perform other teams.（你們的表現會比其他隊好。）
tie-up with：名詞或動詞，合作、結盟。例句：The tie-up with A&B Limited will boost our global competitiveness.（與A&B公司結盟將提升我們的全球競爭力。）