USE OF AN ACTIVE GAS-PEDAL AS AN ELEMENT OF AN INTELLIGENT DRIVER SUPPORT SYSTEM; LITERATURE REVIEW AND EXPLORATIVE STUDY

EEN ACTIEF GASPEDAAL ALS ONDERDEEL VAN EEN INTELLIGENT INFORMATIESYSTEEM IN DE AUTO; LITERATUUROVERZICHT EN EEN VERKENNEND EXPERIMENT

The present study deals with the question of whether an active gas-pedal may serve as an element of an integrated information system in the car. The idea behind the use of active controls is to reduce driver workload by using the controls, i.e. pedals and steering wheel not only as control devices but also as an information system to the driver. A short literature review is presented in which the effectiveness of conventional speed and headway controlling measures is discussed. Referring to the use of active controls in aerospace, it is indicated that an active gas pedal might be an effective feedback system when using the pedal force as an information carrier. For the sake of experimentation, a servo-controlled, programmable gas-pedal was developed and mounted in the TNO driving simulator. In addition, an explorative experiment was carried out to demonstrate the potential effects of such a device. Subjects performed a dual tracking task with the steering-wheel and the gas-pedal controlling the horizontal and vertical position of a pointer which was projected on a screen in front of the simulator mock-up. Different force feedback charateristics of the gas-pedal served as the main independent variable. The results show that force feedback about the tracking error indeed may strongly improve performance.

• Corporate Authors:

  TNO INSTITUTE FOR PERCEPTION

  KAMPWEG 5, PO BOX 23
  SOESTERBERG,   Netherlands  3769 ZG
• Authors:
  • Godthelp, J
• Publication Date: 1990-11-29

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Pagination: 21 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accelerators (Devices); Advanced vehicle control systems; Driver information systems; Driver training; Driving simulators; Feedback control; Guides to the literature; Literature reviews; Simulation
• Old TRIS Terms: Automatic vehicle control; Driver feedback devices; Gas pedals; Support systems
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00618400
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: IZF-1990-B-17, TDCK-TD-90-3415
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1992 12:00AM