Lytx Introduces Camera System to Detect Driver Fatigue, Distraction 

Lytx Inc., provider of the DriveCam video-based safety program, is launching a new system designed to help fleets prevent distracted and fatigued driving. The company’s new ActiveVision service, set for industrywide release in January, uses analytics to detect patterns of driving behaviors — such as lane departures, improper fitness to the lane or following too closely — that are prime indicators of distracted or drowsy driving, and then uses onboard video to pinpoint the root causes. The service uses new hardware to monitor lane departures and following distance, expanding the driver-behavior data already captured by the onboard cameras and event recorders used by its DC Enterprise and DC Protect programs. The San Diego-based technology supplier said it will also continue to offer integrations with third-party suppliers of active safety systems. “The most sophisticated technology in the cab will always be the human operator,” CEO Brandon Nixon said. “We created a system to augment the natural strengths of the human driver that leverages vast amounts of data, understands what that data means and what’s important, and how that data can be used to make the roads safer for everyone.” ActiveVision will use Lytx’s new ER-SV2 event recorder, the company’s fifth-generation device. The device records video both outside and inside the cab and can collect data from the truck’s engine control module and third-party onboard technologies. In addition to its forward- and driver-facing cameras, the event recorder includes accelerometer and gyro sensors and systems to provide lane-departure and following-distance warnings. The device also includes Bluetooth and Ethernet connectivity. ActiveVision is available now for select Lytx DriveCam users, with the industrywide rollout to follow in January, the company said.