Multimodal Wearable Based Automated Driver Inattention State Assessment Using Multi Devices and Novel Cross-Modal Attention Framework

• Published in: IEEE sensors letters pp. 1 - 4
• Main Authors: Pavan, Kaveti, Singh, Ankit, Pawar, Digvijay S., Ganapathy, Nagarajan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2025
• Subjects: Accuracy; Biomedical monitoring; Cross squeeze-and-Excitation; driver inattention detection; Electrocardiography; Feature extraction; Frequency modulation; inattention monitoring; Monitoring; multimodal physiological signals; Vehicles; Wearable devices; wearable sensors; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks
• ISSN: 2475-1472; 2475-1472
• DOI: 10.1109/LSENS.2025.3596610

Driver inattention detection remains a critical challenge in driver's well being, requiring robust systems that can distinguish stress-induced mental load during naturalistic driving. Current approaches face limitations in multiple wearable based data fusion and real-time biosignals assessment. This study proposes a novel cross-squeeze-and-excitation convolution neural network (crSE-CNN) framework to process simultaneously acquired multiple wearable from 15 participants in controlled driving scenarios. The multimodal signals are applied to multi-stage attention mechanisms (ECG <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">\leftrightarrow</tex-math></inline-formula> EDA, ECG <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">\rightarrow</tex-math></inline-formula> EDA, EDA <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">\rightarrow</tex-math></inline-formula> ECG) with 1D-CNN blocks, optimized for 10-second signal segments. The proposed approach is able to classify drive inattention state. It is observed that ECG <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">\rightarrow</tex-math></inline-formula> EDA attention achieves 76.54% average accuracy using Leave-One-Subject-Out Cross-Validation, outperforming unimodal approaches by 12.4% and bidirectional attention by 4.8%. Feature visualizations confirm enhanced pattern discrimination in inattention conditions. This work advances driver health monitoring systems through effective wearable integration and adaptive feature weighting, with potential for edge deployment and clinical stress assessment applications