MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION PRESENTATION IN SMART CARS AND HIGHWAYS

An essential component of Advanced Traveler Information Systems, in-vehicle route displays give drivers route options, alert them to incidents, and show their present location. In this report, researchers explore multimedia interfaces to present route information to travelers using map, text, and auditory-based representations, focusing on developing portable multimedia interfaces. The report concludes that the graphical user interface (GUI) for display of route information is satisfactory for small road maps. The GUI also proved useful for visually checking map quality. The Tcl/Tk toolkit, in which the GUI was developed, is a reasonable tool to design an interface because it is portable to many platforms.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored by Minnesota Dept. of Transportation, St. Paul, Office of Research Administration.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

  1530 North Cleveland Avenue
  Minneapolis, MN  United States  55455-0220
• Authors:
  • Shekhar, S
  • Fetterer, A
  • Kalantar, M
• Publication Date: 1995-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 40 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advanced traveler information systems; Graphics; Information systems; Interfaces; Multimedia; Route guidance
• Old TRIS Terms: Graphic displays; Multimedia information systems
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00723609
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MN-RC-95-25
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 30 1996 12:00AM