Abstract
Automotive manufacturers and suppliers develop new vehicle systems, such as Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), to increase traffic safety and driving comfort. ADAS are technologies that provide drivers with essential information or take over demanding driving tasks. More complex and intelligent vehicle systems are being developed toward fully autonomous and cooperative driving. Apart from the technical development challenges, training of drivers with these complex vehicle systems represents an important concern for automotive manufacturers. This paper highlights the new evolving requirements concerning the training of drivers with future complex vehicle systems. In accordance with these requirements, a new training concept is introduced, and a prototype of a training platform is implemented for utilization in future driving schools. The developed training platform has a scalable and modular architecture so that more than one driving simulator can be networked to a common driving instructor unit. The participating driving simulators provide fully immersive visualization to the drivers by utilizing head-mounted displays instead of conventional display screens and projectors. The driving instructor unit consists of a computer with a developed software tool for training session control, monitoring, and evaluation. Moreover, the driving instructor can use a head-mounted display to participate interactively within the same virtual environment of any selected driver. A simulation model of an autonomous driving system was implemented and integrated in the participating driving simulators. Using this simulation model, training sessions were conducted with the help of a group of test drivers and professional driving instructors to prove the validity of the developed concept and show the usability of the implemented training platform.
Highlights
Road safety and driving comfort are significant concerns in the automotive realm
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The concerned visualization instance in turn drives the head-mounted display of the instructor unit, so that the instructor can step into the virtual environment of a selected trainee
Summary
Road safety and driving comfort are significant concerns in the automotive realm. automotive manufacturers and suppliers develop new vehicle systems to reduce the driving stress or to support drivers in critical traffic situations. The rapid development of ADAS, highly automated and cooperative vehicle technologies are gaining considerable inare the developed automotivetoworld [2].different. The training withand these advanced[1]. Vehicle decision attention algorithms provide levelsofofdrivers assistance automation systems represents a significant burden for automotive manufacturers. Building on the rapid development of ADAS, highly automated and cooperative vehicle technologies are gaining considerable in as thefollows.
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