USER CENTRED EVALUATION OF THE LACOS SYSTEM: METHODOLOGY AND RESULTS

The LAteral COntrol Support (LACOS) project addresses the end user's needs for driver assistance systems to support the driving task especially in critical situations. The focus of the LACOS project is the validation of autonomous systems providing driver assistance for Anti-collision purposes along the lateral axis of the vehicle: lane changing manoeuvres and lane deviation scenarios. Lateral control of the vehicle, in fact, has already been evidenced as one of the more critical manoeuvres for the driver. All users should benefit from the system, particularly elderly and disabled people. The project started with a definition of the users' requirements by direct involvement of the LACOS system's final users, in a second phase specifications for demonstrator systems were prepared and realised, followed by the construction of three demonstrator vehicles and was concluded by the conduction of user validation trials. In the first phase of the project five variables were identified as influencing the task performance of lane changing manoeuvres and five different lane changing situations were evaluated as more demanding, less safe and in need of support. In the last phase the functionality of the LACOS system turned out to be useful, helpful and satisfying in the selected situations which were tested during the common trials. For the covering abstract see ITRD E114174.

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• Authors:
  • MIHM, J
  • BECKER, S
  • BROCKMANN, M
  • HOFMANN, Y
  • DA SILVA, C F
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE 7TH WORLD CONGRESS ON INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
  • Location: Turin , Italy
  • Date: 2000-11-6 to 2000-11-9
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 8 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Conferences; Crash avoidance systems; Driver support systems; Intelligent transportation systems; Motor vehicle navigational aids; Persons with disabilities; Steering; Traffic lanes
• ITRD Terms: 1451: Adaptive cruise control; 8525: Conference; 1726: Disabled person; 8743: Driver assistance system; 8735: Intelligent transport system; 1746: Old people; 1834: Steering (process); 2827: Traffic lane
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00931885
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Oct 3 2002 12:00AM