The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, has come up with ways to check the alertness of locomotive pilots, both before and while they are at the wheel. This comes at a time when Indian Railways is battling the challenge of trains wrongly or dangerously crossing signals, resulting in avoidable rail accidents.
A tamper-proof device for the online monitoring of drowsiness can be used for real-time assessment of a loco pilot’s alertness based on the analysis of normal and near-infrared facial images.
