Assessing the information flows and established their effects on the results of driver’s activity

Ivetta Afanasieva,Andrii Galkin

doi:10.5604/01.3001.0012.0938

Ivetta Afanasieva, Andrii Galkin

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https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0012.0938

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Abstract

The modern person in an era of information breakthrough faces the problem of choosing and processing information coming to her. Human activities in the systems "driver – vehicle - road - environment" - not an exception. The role and importance of information in all spheres of human activity have increased significantly. The paper aims to find and assess the patterns of information flow impact on the driver performance in the "driver - vehicle - road - environment" system. Electrophysiological methods, such as electroencephalography (EEG) and electrocardiography (ECG), are used to study the influence of input information on the work of the brain and driver's heart in laboratory and on-site conditions. Using mathematical modelling methods and methods, mathematical models of EEG and ECG parameters influence on the time of distraction from execution by the driver of the main activity were obtained. The practical significance of obtained results is the possibility to use them in coordinating the location of advertising structures and organizing the work of drivers while driving a vehicle.

Highlights

The main control element in the traffic system is the driver, which determines the vehicle direction and speed at each moment during driving (Eboli et al, 2017)
The analysis of scientific approaches and methods for determining the regularities of the information flows influence on the results of activity of road users allows us to conclude that the driver's EEG should be used as an indicator of the intensity of attention when driving in various road and transport situations; though using only EEG method does not provide sufficient information about the mental tension of the driver
The study of the literature sources allowed the following methods to be reasonably involved: the EEG method using the Neurocom hardware and software complex used to determine the change in the electrical activity of the driver's brain during the processing of input information; ECG method using the hardware and software complex «Cardiosens», used to determine the fatigue level of the driver during research; tabular method Double letter cancellation test (DLCT), involved in determining the time of distraction from the performance of the driver's main activity

Summary

Introduction

The main control element in the traffic system is the driver, which determines the vehicle direction and speed at each moment during driving (Eboli et al, 2017). Sources of information and their impact on driver activities Various environmental factors (dazzling light, slippery road, lack of markup, etc.) (Thiffault & Bergeron, 2003), factors in the vehicle and its characteristics (comfort, power, maneuverability, etc.) (Lin, Tang, Zhang & Yu, 2005) and personal human qualities at a specific time: monotonous driving in the transport flow, aggressive riding, temperament, etc. Due to the increase of the IT component in the life of society (telephone, roadside advertising, radio, etc.), the driver is characterized by conditions of perception of information in which, due to lack of time, there are situations when a person becomes unable to achieve the goal or achieving the goal requires additional psycho-physiological and energy costs. Analysis of EEG rhythms, given the data on the time delay to the principal activity

Conclusions

Special tests for the activity assessment of work activity