A Novel Neural Network Model Based on Real Mountain Road Data for Driver Fatigue Detection

Mountainous roads are severely affected by environmental factors such as insufficient lighting and shadows from tree branches, which complicates the detection of drivers' facial features and the determination of fatigue states. An improved method for recognizing driver fatigue states on mountainous roads using the YOLOv5 neural network is proposed. Initially, modules from Deformable Convolutional Networks (DCNs) are integrated into the feature extraction stage of the YOLOv5 framework to improve the model's flexibility in recognizing facial characteristics and handling postural changes. Subsequently, a Triplet Attention (TA) mechanism is embedded within the YOLOv5 network to bolster image noise suppression and improve the network's robustness in recognition. Finally, the Wing loss function is introduced into the YOLOv5 model to heighten the sensitivity to micro-features and enhance the network's capability to capture details. Experimental results demonstrate that the modified YOLOv5 neural network achieves an average accuracy rate of 85% in recognizing driver fatigue states.