Detecting Driver Drowsiness good-bad © canstock photo/stuartmiles, chip courtesy of freeimages.com/dimshik A survey of system designs and technology. image licensed by ingram publishing By Mario I. Chacon-Murguia and Claudia Prieto-Resendiz D riving and transporting goods are necessary for human activity. As a consequence of drivers spending a considerable amount of time at the workplace, and usually under pressure, vehicular accidents have become a great contributor to mortality in several countries. Traffic accidents in countries such as the United States are a central concern. For instance, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Fatality Analysis Reporting System Encyclopedia [1] shows that there were approximately 55,926 vehicles involved in collisions in 2007, 9,797 of which were due to driver fatigue and inattention. The reported driverrelated factors include Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MCE.2015.2463373 Date of publication: 29 October 2015 2162-2248/15©2015IEEE october 2015 ^ IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine 107http://www.freeimages.com/dimshik