VISUAL VS AUDITORY DISPLAYS FOR DIFFERENT TASKS OF A CAR DRIVER

The development of new visual displays and speech synthesizers leads to the on board presentation of additional information to the car driver. A series of laboratory and field experiments was carried out to compare visual, auditory, and partly combined presentation of binary and textual information. From the results recommendations for practical design can be given. Binary alarms which occur seldomly and with high priority have to be a dynamic signal, e.g. a blinking lamp optionally supported by an intermittent auditory signal. For textual information a voice warning system is recommended. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Meeting.
• Corporate Authors:

  Human Factors Society

  1134 Montana
  Santa Monica, CA  United States  90403
• Authors:
  • Bouis, D
  • Vass, M
  • GEISER, G
  • Haller, R
• Publication Date: 1979

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 35-39
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Human Factors Society
  • Publisher: Human Factors Society

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Audible warning devices; Automobiles; Design; Human factors; Information display systems; Instrument panels; Visual aids; Warning systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Displays
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00325337
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Safety Council Safety Research Info Serv
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Contract Numbers: AA 00295
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 15 1981 12:00AM