Drowsiness detection eyewear

Sleep Diagnostics needed to commercialise their pioneering technology that detects driver drowsiness and fatigue. We worked with the founder, a pioneer in sleep medicine, to develop Optalert, the world’s first validated drowsiness detection eyewear system.

Summary

Industry

Safety & Industrial

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Industrial Design
Mechanical Engineering

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Project Details

We worked closely with transport industry representatives and truck drivers to design Optalert so it would appeal to transport workers.

The technical eyewear also needed to be comfortable and safe so it didn’t impinge on a driver’s performance. Our designers carefully styled and detailed the glasses to help overcome industry apprehensions about wearing a driver-performance assessment system.

Our team developed a flexible, modular design for the eyewear.

We researched variations in nose-bridge geometry, removable sun-shade and prescription lens attachments and the look and feel of conventional sunglasses and how they can be combined.

We made sure the position of the micro-electronic sensor array sat correctly beneath a driver’s eye to monitor their eye and eyelid movement and detect the onset of drowsiness.

We constructed virtual 3d ergonomic models to provide early and ongoing product format and design validation.

Outerspace fast tracked development with Sleep Diagnostics to validate and commence production and launch the technical eyewear within a year. Transport industry representatives provided input during the product development process.

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