VISUAL OPERATIONAL FEEDBACK AND DESIGN OF VEHICLE FRONT-END ILLUMINATION FOR NIGHT DRIVING PERFORMANCE

VISUAL OPERATIONAL FEEDBACK IN VEHICULAR CONTROL IS THE SPATIAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ROADWAY PATH AND THE POSITIONAL CHANGES OF THE VEHICLE IN MOTION. A PREVIOUS STUDY SHOWED THAT ELIMINATION OF SUCH FEEDBACK BY OBSCURING THE VISIBILITY OF VEHICLE FRONT AND REAR ENDS DEGRADED DRIVING ACCURACY. THE HYPOTHESIS TESTED IS THAT INCREASING VISUAL OPERATIONAL FEEDBACK BY ILLUMINATING CERTAIN POINTS OF THE HOOD WOULD FACILITATE SAFE AND ACCURATE DRIVING PERFORMANCE AT NIGHT. THREE RED-LIGHT INDICATORS WERE DESIGNED AS CURSORS IN OPERATOR-VEHICLE-ROAD TRACKING. RESULTS CONFIRMED THE ASSUMPTIONS. /AUTHOR/

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  • Vol 28, No 1, PP 243-246
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• Authors:
  • Kao, H S
  • NAGAMACHI, M
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• Serial:
  • Perceptual and Motor Skills
  • Publisher: Ammons Scientific
  • ISSN: 0031-5125
  • EISSN: 1558-688X
  • Serial URL: http://www.amsciepub.com/loi/pms

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver performance; Drivers; Feedback control; Motor vehicles; Night visibility; Personnel performance; Tracking systems; Vision
• Uncontrolled Terms: Feedback; Tracking
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver vision
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223092
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Psychological Abstracts
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 9 1970 12:00AM