A User-Centered Design Exploration of Fully Autonomous Vehicles’ Passenger Compartments for At-Risk Populations

Autonomous vehicles have the potential to provide mobility to individuals who experience transportation disadvantages due to the inability to drive as a result of physical, cognitive or visual limitations/impairments as well as able-bodied individuals with no/limited desire to drive. Individuals who do not have easy access to transportation have social, academic, health, and career disadvantages in comparison to their peers. Fully autonomous vehicles have the potential to offer mobility solutions to these individuals. A user-centered design approach was utilized by a multidisciplinary team of engineers, human factors specialists, and designers to develop future vehicle features for a broad range of users. In-depth interviews and day-in-the-life experiences provided the team with an understanding of the needs and constraints of very different types of users including: User preferences, needs, and wants are discussed for each user. Future autonomous vehicles will have vastly different metrics for user satisfaction than what exists today.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.4271/2018-01-1318
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/01487191
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of SAE International.
• Authors:
  • Brooks, Johnell O
  • Mims, Lauren
  • Jenkins, Casey
  • Lucaciu, Damian
  • Denman, Pete
• Conference:
  • WCX World Congress Experience
  • Location: Detroit Michigan, United States
  • Date: 2018-4-10 to 2018-4-12
• Publication Date: 2018-4-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Serial:
  • SAE Technical Paper
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0148-7191
  • EISSN: 2688-3627
  • Serial URL: http://papers.sae.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Autonomous vehicles; Human factors; Passenger compartments; Vehicle design
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01729876
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: SAE International
• Report/Paper Numbers: 2018-01-1318
• Files: TRIS, SAE
• Created Date: Jan 31 2020 11:52AM