Driver Support Functions under Resource-Limited Situations

• INAGAKI Toshiyuki

  Department of Risk Engineering, University of Tsukuba

• ITOH Makoto

  Department of Risk Engineering, University of Tsukuba

• NAGAI Yoshitomo

  Department of Risk Engineering, University of Tsukuba

Abstract

This paper reports results of an experiment with a driving simulator in order to answer the following question: What type of support should be given to an automobile driver when it is determined, via some monitoring method, that the driver's situation awareness may not be appropriate to a given traffic condition? This paper compares (a) warning type support in which an auditory warning is given to the driver to enhance situation awareness and (b) action type support in which an autonomous safety control is executed as a soft protection for avoiding an accident. Although the both types of driver support are effective, the former sometimes fail to assure safety, which suggests a limitation of the human locus of control assumption, while efficacy of the latter may be degraded by an incorrect human reasoning that can happen under uncertainty. This paper discusses viewpoints needed in the design of systems for supporting drivers in resource-limited situations in which information or time available for a driver is limited in a given traffic condition.

Journal

• Journal of Mechanical Systems for Transportation and Logistics

  Journal of Mechanical Systems for Transportation and Logistics 1 (2), 213-222, 2008

  The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers

Keywords

• Adaptive Automation
• Driver Support
• Human-Machine Interaction
• Proactive Safety
• Safety-Critical System

Details

• CRID: 1390001205285901312
• NII Article ID: 130000079491
• DOI: 10.1299/jmtl.1.213
• BIBCODE: 2008JMSTL...1..213I
• ISSN: 18821782
• Web Site: http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jmtl/1/2/1_2_213/_pdf
• Text Lang: en
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  • CiNii Articles
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