InterCore's DADS(TM) Alertness System May Have Prevented Walmart Accident
June 16 2014 - 8:45AM
Marketwired
InterCore's DADS(TM) Alertness System May Have Prevented Walmart
Accident
DADS(TM) Likely Would Have Detected Loss of Alertness
DELRAY BEACH, FL--(Marketwired - Jun 16, 2014) -
InterCore, Inc. (OTCQB: ICOR) -- "The horrific nature of the
accident last week, in which a Walmart tractor-trailer was involved
in a multi-vehicle accident that killed one man and left four
others injured, including actor/comedian Tracy Morgan, highlights
the risks we take daily on our highways," said James F. Groelinger,
CEO of InterCore, Inc. "Whether the early reports of the truck
driver falling asleep prove to be true or not, accidents like this
happen all too often as the result of drowsiness or other causes of
drivers losing attentiveness. Our Driver Alertness Detection
System -- DADS™ -- is a unique and effective solution."
DADS™ utilizes a small camera and a smartphone to perform
biometric monitoring of multiple points of a driver's face to
continually evaluate the operator's real-time level of
alertness. DADS™ signals drivers when they are becoming
fatigued and their skills are becoming impaired (often before they
even know it themselves). In fact, DADS™ has the ability to
warn drivers as much as two hours before the probable onset of
sleep. This enables appropriate action to be taken well before
fatigued drivers become a hazard to themselves and
others.
In applications such as truck, bus, or train operations, DADS™
would provide visual and audible alerts of decreasing levels of
alertness and the probable onset of sleep to both the drivers and
their dispatch control centers.
Remy Babin, CEO of SRG, Inc., InterCore's wholly-owned
subsidiary that has been developing DADS™, said: "In our view, work
rules were implemented because there was nothing available to
directly determine the state of a driver and something had to be
done. However, no matter how good we get at logging and
controlling the hours a driver operates, up until now there has
been no sure way to know...and he or she could be in a drowsy state
just a few minutes after getting behind the wheel. Drivers
have said that, many times, work rules make them try to sleep when
they're not tired and drive when they are. DADS™ can help
prevent that from happening."
DADS™ is currently deployed in a commercial demonstration
program in 5,000 trucks insured by a major insurance
carrier. ICOR intends to make a full commercial launch by
mid-summer as an iPhone app, with a consumer iPhone version and
Android products to follow shortly afterwards.
About InterCore, Inc.
InterCore, Inc., (OTCQB: ICOR) is a public company focused on
the commercialization and deployment of DADS™ and related products
through its wholly-owned subsidiary, SRG, Inc. Designed around
proprietary alertness detection technologies and developed in
correlation with the electroencephalogram (EEG), DADS™ helps alert
operators to their work activity capability based on real-time
monitoring of their state of alertness. See www.icorinc.com
and srgint.com.
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CONTACT: James F. Groelinger jgroelinger@icorinc.com
561-806-6509 Remy Babin r.babin@srgint.com http://www.icorinc.com
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