VISUAL-MANUAL FEEDBACK MECHANISM IN HUMAN VEHICULAR PERFORMANCE

THE FIRST EXPERIMENTAL CYBERNETIC ANALYSIS OF THE VISUAL MANUAL FEEDBACK MECHANISM IN HUMAN DRIVING IS REPORTED. CYBERNETIC CONCEPTS DESCRIBE DRIVING BEHAVIOR AS A DYNAMIC CLOSED-LOOP FEEDBACK-REGULATED DRIVER-VEHICLE-ROAD TRACKING SYSTEM. THREE LEVELS OF SENSORY FEEDBACKS, REACTIVE, INSTRUMENTAL AND OPERATIONAL, ARE SUGGESTED FOR THE FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION OF HUMAN MOTOR ACTIVITIES IN VEHICLE OPERATION. THE DYNAMIC OPERATIONAL FEEDBACK, REGISTERED AS THE SPATIAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ROADWAY AND THE POSITIONAL AS WELL AS DIRECTIONAL CHANGES OF THE VEHICLE IN MOTION, WAS THE MAIN CONCERN OF THIS STUDY. CLEAR VISION OF THE FRONT AND REAR ENDS OF AN AUTOMOBILE WAS HYPOTHESIZED TO BE A CRITICAL AND ESSESTIAL FACTOR IN HUMAN VEHICULAR CONTROL AND GUIDANCE. THREE EXPERIMENTS, ON BACKING, PARKING AND FORWARD DRIVING, WERE DESIGNED WITH BOTH CLEAR AND OBSTRUCTED VISION OF OPERATIONAL FEEDBACK. RESULTS CONCEPTS ON DRIVING BEHAVIOR ARE DISCUSSED. A BEHAVIORAL EVALUATION OF CURRENT AUTOMOBILE WINDOW DESIGNS IS SUGGESTED. /AUTHOR/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 12, No 5, PP 741-751
• Authors:
  • Kao, H S
  • Nagamachi, N M
• Publication Date: 1969-9

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Ergonomics
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0014-0139
  • EISSN: 1366-5847
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/terg20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Cybernetics; Drivers; Feedback control; Tracking systems; Vehicle performance; Vision; Windshields
• Uncontrolled Terms: Feedback; Tracking
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223105
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 1970 12:00AM