Design and implementation of a warning system for detection of sleepiness/drowsiness/sleep state in pilots

Authors : İbrahim Halil Çoban, Fatih Alpaslan Kazan

Pages : 1590-1603

Doi:10.28948/ngumuh.1674005

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Publication Date : 2025-10-15

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study introduces a warning system designed for small training aircraft pilots flying below 10000 feet. The system detects the pilots\\\' sleepiness/drowsiness/sleep states. If the system detects such an undesirable situation, it immediately transfers the image of that moment to the predetermined cloud service and activates the warning system consisting of audio and vibration equipment so that the pilot can escape from the current situation and recover. The warning system continues to operate until the pilot exits in that situation. The basic hardware used to implement the system is a Jetson developer kit, a Jetson Wi-Fi module, a vibration motor, a motor control circuit, and a camera. Tests of the designed system were carried out under two main headings: eye condition and head/neck position. In the tests performed according to eye condition, situations in which the eyes are constantly open (sleepiness) and situations in which the eyes are closed (drowsiness) are considered. In the tests performed with and without glasses, depending on the head/neck position, the cases of head tilting forward, backward, right, and left (sleep situation) were examined. It has been observed that the designed system successfully detects the relevant situations in all tests, both warning the pilot and sending the images of that moment to the cloud service.
Keywords : Uçak, Kaza, Dalgınlık, Uyuklama, Uyku, Pilot ikazı

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