Abstract
More services, functionalities, and interfaces are increasingly being incorporated into current vehicles and may overload the driver capacity to perform primary driving tasks adequately. For this reason, a strategy for easing driver interaction with the infotainment system must be defined, and a good balance between road safety and driver experience must also be achieved. An adaptive Human Machine Interface (HMI) that manages the presentation of information and restricts drivers’ interaction in accordance with the driving complexity was designed and evaluated. For this purpose, the driving complexity value employed as a reference was computed by a predictive model, and the adaptive interface was designed following a set of proposed HMI principles. The system was validated performing acceptance and usability tests in real driving scenarios. Results showed the system performs well in real driving scenarios. Also, positive feedbacks were received from participants endorsing the benefits of integrating this kind of system as regards driving experience and road safety.
Highlights
Modern society has become very dynamic, and the way in which people interact with services and obtain information from the environment has greatly changed over recent years
Individuals are becoming accustomed to having access to these new services very frequently and in any location, which has led to a certain dependency on technology and the need to be always “online.” Regardless of the different attitudes regarding the benefits, drawbacks and origin of this phenomenon, it is clear that business models must evolve and adapt their strategies to cope with these demands
These results show that participants tend to have a high appreciation that this type of system would help prevent accidents and increase road safety
Summary
Modern society has become very dynamic, and the way in which people interact with services and obtain information from the environment has greatly changed over recent years. In the very near future, In-vehicle Information Systems (IVIS) installed in vehicles will provide all types of services related to entertainment; vehicle maintenance, driving assistance, environmental alerts and social networks, as well as broad range of features aimed at improving driver experience [1]. This large array of services and functionalities is known as infotainment systems (a portmanteau word formed from “information” and “entertainment”). The activity of driving is quite complex and requires a high level of attention, since small distractions or errors occurring at high speeds may have a great impact on road safety. It was found that 38% of the sample claimed to have been in an accident or had come close to being in a collision while driving when using a mobile phone or another kind of technology [6]
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