ACE DRIVING SIMULATOR AND ITS APPLICATIONS TO EVALUATE DRIVER INTERFACES. IN: HUMAN FACTORS IN DRIVING, SEATING AND VISION

A fixed base driving simulator, operating procedure and software system have been developed by a team of automotive suppliers. The system is designed to provide quick feedback to the product designers in early concept generation and validation phases of new automotive human-machine interface (HMI) architecture strategies and interfaces of in-vehicle devices. This paper presents a description of the simulator system, illustrations on its evaluation performance and results of two experiments conducted to evaluate different radio designs by involving different radio and non-radio tasks (such as increase/decrease radio volume, eject a CD and insert a new CD, answer a cell phone, dial a telephone number, etc.). The simulator consists of a reconfigurable cab with quick-change attachments to mount various controls and displays in package positions. A number of drivers are asked to drive the simulator and perform a number of tasks when prompted by pre-recorded voice commands. The entire data collection and data analysis procedure is developed such that new experiments can be configured, implemented and analyzed quickly and with the least amount of a human analyst's involvement. The system generates reports showing graphs of driver behavior, performance measures, and subjective impressions of drivers for different tasks associated in operating/using various in-vehicle controls and displays. Findings show that the simulator and the HMI evaluation process provide a very powerful method to evaluate tasks associated with new in-vehicle devices and to compare the measures obtained from tests with similar data obtained from the evaluation of other in-vehicle devices.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was presented at the Society of Automotive Engineers 2003 World Congress, March 3-6, 2003, in Detroit, Michigan.
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• Authors:
  • Bhise, V
  • Smid, E
  • Dowd, J
• Publication Date: 2003

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 43-51
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Routledge
  • Publisher: Routledge

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver vehicle interfaces; Drivers; Driving simulators; Evaluation and assessment; Prototype tests; Radio; Vehicle accessories
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00977960
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0768011973
• Report/Paper Numbers: SP-1772,, Paper 2003-01-0118, Paper No. 2003-01-0119
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 23 2004 12:00AM