Eye-Com Corporation presents its eye-tracking technology at the 88th Transportation Research Board Meeting

Eye-Com Corporation (ECC) was present at the 88th annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board which took place in Washington, D.C. January 11-15, 2009. ECC representatives were just a few of the over 10,000 transportation professionals from around the globe who attended the 5 day event. The attendees were a combination of policy makers, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academic institutions. The meeting consisted of more than 3,000 presentations with topics focused on the meeting’s theme “Transportation, Energy, and Climate Change.”

ECC presented its wearable eye-tracking device, the Eye-Com Biosensor, Communicator and Controller (Eye-Com™), as a technological solution for reducing accidents caused by drowsiness and fatigue. The Eye-Com™ is an evolving eye monitoring technology that uses a series of frame-mounted micro cameras to collect a range of optical measurements (oculometrics). ECC has used the Eye-Com™ to develop the Composite Oculometric Fatigue Index (COFI)™ to determine how various oculometrics, such as Eye Blink Duration (EBD) and Percentage of Time Eyes are Closed (PERCLOS), relate to vigilance and drowsiness. Using eye-tracking technology, the Eye-Com™ can assist an onboard computer to awaken a pilot, train engineer or truck driver to take control of a vehicle or piece of equipment when its operator has fallen asleep or lost consciousness, thus improving overall safety on roads, in the air, and even at construction and mining sites.

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