A Systematic Review of In-Vehicle Physiological Indices and Sensor Technology for Driver Mental Workload Monitoring

Ashwini Kanakapura Sriranga, Qian Lu, Stewart Birrell

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    Abstract

    The concept of vehicle automation ceases to seem futuristic with the current advancement of the automotive industry. With the introduction of conditional automated vehicles, drivers are no longer expected to focus only on driving activities but are still required to stay alert to resume control. However, fluctuations in driving demands are known to alter the driver's mental workload (MWL), which might affect the driver's vehicle take-over capabilities. Driver mental workload can be specified as the driver's capacity for information processing for task performance. This paper summarizes the literature that relates to analysing driver mental workload through various in-vehicle physiological sensors focusing on cardiovascular and respiratory measures. The review highlights the type of study, hardware, method of analysis, test variable, and results of studies that have used physiological indices for MWL analysis in the automotive context.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number2214
    Pages (from-to)2214
    Number of pages1
    JournalSensors
    Volume23
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 16 Feb 2023

    Bibliographical note

    Copyright: © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/)

    Funding

    FundersFunder number
    Coventry UniversityBDN68KDUX
    UK Research and Innovation103436

      Keywords

      • HR
      • HRV
      • conditional automation
      • mental workload
      • respiration

      ASJC Scopus subject areas

      • Analytical Chemistry
      • Information Systems
      • Instrumentation
      • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
      • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
      • Biochemistry

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