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The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems Vol.7 No.6 pp.133-139
운전자 졸음 방지용 플라스틱 광섬유 센서
Plastic Optical Fiber Sensor for an Anti-Drowsy Driving
Abstract
In this paper, the feasibility for producing a plastic optical fiber sensor to be used as an anti-drowsy driving sensor is discussed. This sensor consists of a plastic optical fiber wound on the steering wheel covered by soft material. When a driver hold a steering wheel, the gripping force is induced and causes to the bend of the plastic optical fiber which decreases the power of light propagated inside the plastic fiber. The experimental results show that the detected optical power decrease as the gripping force increase and that this sensor can be used as the anti-drowsy driving sensor.