IBM and Toshiba work on a driver monitoring system

IBM Japan and Toshiba have agreed to work on a joint project, the purpose of which is to control fuel consumption and CO2 emissions during the operation of a car engine. At the same time, it is planned to create a cloud system that will monitor various routes of vehicles, analyzing the condition of drivers in almost real time. The coordinates of the movement of cars, as well as recordings from DVRs will be sent to the “cloud”.

If with traffic control everything is more or less clear, then the question of monitoring the condition of the driver is a question. According to the plan, within the framework of the project, special bracelets will be released, akin to fitness gadgets, which are now very popular among users. These bracelets will collect information about some parameters of the human body and transfer all data to the same cloud.

Further, data arrays will be processed using key IBM technologies. A special system will process all received data, followed by structuring and analysis. Supervision will be carried out for drivers of various transport companies that will conclude a cooperation agreement. Most likely, partnerships will also be offered to insurance companies that already express a desire to try out a new system in their work.



The system itself will determine the most dangerous sections of routes, conducting continuous analysis of data on the status of drivers. If some areas are recognized as the most dangerous, the route of the vehicle will be changed. In addition, if the system notices that the driver wants to sleep, appropriate recommendations will be issued immediately on choosing a rest mode.

Already this year, the corresponding system will be tested in Europe, and then, if the tests prove to be good, the system will be open to everyone.