Mirage Events & Driver Haptic Steering Alerts in a Motion-base Driving Simulator: A Method for Selecting an Optimal HMI

This paper describes a new method, a ‘mirage scenario,’ to support formative evaluation of driver alerting or warning displays for manual and automated driving. This method provides driving contexts (e.g., various Times-To-Collision (TTCs) to a lead vehicle) briefly presented and then removed. In the present study, during each mirage event, a haptic steering display was evaluated. This haptic display indicated a steering response may be initiated to drive around an obstacle ahead. A motion-base simulator was used in a 32-participant study to present vehicle motion cues similar to the actual application. Surprise was neither present nor of concern, as it would be for a summative evaluation of a forward collision warning system. Furthermore, no collision avoidance maneuvers were performed, thereby reducing the risk of simulator sickness. This paper illustrates the mirage scenario procedures, the rating methods and definitions used with the mirage scenario, and analysis of the ratings obtained, together with a multi-attribute utility theory (MAUT) approach to evaluate and select among alternative designs for future summative evaluation.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2017.05.009
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003687017301205
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Talamonti, Walter
  • Tijerina, Louis
  • Blommer, Mike
  • Swaminathan, Radhakrishnan
  • Curry, Reates
  • Ellis, R Darin
• Publication Date: 2017-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 90-104
• Serial:
  • Applied Ergonomics
  • Volume: 65
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0003-6870
  • EISSN: 1872-9126
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00036870

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash avoidance systems; Driving simulators; Human machine systems; Optimization; Steering; Tactile perception; User interfaces (Computer science); Utility theory
• Uncontrolled Terms: Time to collision
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01644945
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 29 2017 10:13AM