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Virika Nanda

Bharat ka D3: Driver drowsiness and distraction detection using camera and AI models

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"World Health Organization and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data highlight drowsiness and distraction as major contributors to road crashes, yet most existing solutions are either vehicle-dynamics based or rely on uncomfortable wearables.

Bharat ka D3 is a non-invasive, real-time driver monitoring system that uses a simple camera and computer vision to detect drowsiness and distraction. Built with MediaPipe and OpenCV (with a lightweight Tkinter interface), it tracks facial landmarks to compute Eye Aspect Ratio (EAR) for prolonged eye closure and estimates head orientation to flag when a driver looks away from the road. Designed for budget-sensitive settings, it can be integrated into infotainment systems or mobile devices, with future improvements focused on robustness across lighting, face variation, and real-world driving scenarios."

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