交通事故死亡率總是佔國內前十大死因之一，其中肇事原因之一是因為駕駛者精神不集中而發生交通意外。故許多學者積極地在車內裝設偵測眨眼頻率的設備，以便預測駕駛者的精神狀態，若是想打瞌睡的時候，趕緊發出警告喚醒駕駛者。
本論文的目的在於使用一般攝影設備拍攝駕駛中的駕駛者，克服光線變化的問題即時從影像中偵測駕駛者眨眼狀況，以應用於偵測駕駛者的精神狀態。在偵測駕駛者眨眼狀況的過程中，主要可分成四步驟：臉部偵測、眼睛偵測、眼睛追蹤與眨眼偵測。首先從輸入的影像中，結合不同來源的色度偵測膚色的區域，快速地擷取駕駛者的臉部，並且使用邊線的資訊修復這個臉部，之後使用橢圓的資訊找出臉部真正的位置。在偵測到駕駛者臉部後，依據人臉比率找出眼睛的範圍，並在這範圍內根據膚色的資訊、眼睛的特徵以及連續數張影像的輔助，準確偵測出駕駛者的眼睛部分。接著使用眼睛的形狀與位置，在連續影像中追蹤眼睛的位置，並且同時利用顏色的資訊判斷駕駛者的眨眼狀況。

Since car accidents may be caused by a driver's drowsiness, some assistance systems have been designed to warn the driver before he falls asleep. Such a system could monitor the driver’s eyes to detect blinking. If the blinking becomes to frequent or prolonged, then it may indicate drowsiness.
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