Using adaptive interfaces to encourage smart driving and their effect on driver workload

Stewart Birrell; Mark Young; Neville Stanton; Paul Jennings

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-41682-3_3

Using adaptive interfaces to encourage smart driving and their effect on driver workload

Stewart Birrell, Mark Young, Neville Stanton, Paul Jennings

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Abstract

In-vehicle information systems (IVIS) aimed at supporting green driving have increased in both number and complexity over the past decade. However, this added information available to the driver raises significant ergonomic concerns for mental workload, distraction and ultimately driving task performance. Adaptive interfaces offer a potential solution to this problem. The Smart driving system evaluated in this study (which provided in-vehicle, real-time feedback to the driver on both green driving and safety related parameters via a Smartphone application) offers a comparatively simple workload algorithm, while offering complexity in its levels of adaptively on the display, with the theoretical aim to limit driver visual interaction and workload with the system during complex driving environments. Experimental results presented in this paper have shown that using the Smart driving system modulates workload towards manageable levels, by allowing an increase in driver workload when under low task demands (motorway and inter-urban driving) but not increasing workload when it is already at moderate levels (urban driving). Thus suggesting that any increase in workload can be integrated within the driving task using the spare attentional resource the driver has available.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation - Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Human Factors in Transportation
Editors	Giuseppe di Bucchianico, Andrea Vallicelli, Steven Landry, Neville A. Stanton
Publisher	Springer-Verlag London Ltd
Pages	31-43
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Print)	9783319416816
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41682-3_3
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	International Conference on Human Factors in Transportation, AHFE 2016 - Walt Disney World, United States Duration: 27 Jul 2016 → 31 Jul 2016

Publication series

Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume	484
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Human Factors in Transportation, AHFE 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Walt Disney World
Period	27/07/16 → 31/07/16

Keywords

Adaptive interfaces
Green driving
In-vehicle information systems (IVIS)
Mental workload

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
General Computer Science

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Birrell, S., Young, M., Stanton, N., & Jennings, P. (2017). Using adaptive interfaces to encourage smart driving and their effect on driver workload. In G. di Bucchianico, A. Vallicelli, S. Landry, & N. A. Stanton (Eds.), Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation - Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Human Factors in Transportation (pp. 31-43). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 484). Springer-Verlag London Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41682-3_3

Using adaptive interfaces to encourage smart driving and their effect on driver workload. / Birrell, Stewart; Young, Mark; Stanton, Neville et al.
Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation - Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Human Factors in Transportation. ed. / Giuseppe di Bucchianico; Andrea Vallicelli; Steven Landry; Neville A. Stanton. Springer-Verlag London Ltd, 2017. p. 31-43 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 484).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

Birrell, S, Young, M, Stanton, N & Jennings, P 2017, Using adaptive interfaces to encourage smart driving and their effect on driver workload. in G di Bucchianico, A Vallicelli, S Landry & NA Stanton (eds), Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation - Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Human Factors in Transportation. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 484, Springer-Verlag London Ltd, pp. 31-43, International Conference on Human Factors in Transportation, AHFE 2016, Walt Disney World, United States, 27/07/16. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41682-3_3

Birrell S, Young M, Stanton N, Jennings P. Using adaptive interfaces to encourage smart driving and their effect on driver workload. In di Bucchianico G, Vallicelli A, Landry S, Stanton NA, editors, Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation - Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Human Factors in Transportation. Springer-Verlag London Ltd. 2017. p. 31-43. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing). Epub 2016 Jul 7. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-41682-3_3

Birrell, Stewart ; Young, Mark ; Stanton, Neville et al. / Using adaptive interfaces to encourage smart driving and their effect on driver workload. Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation - Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Human Factors in Transportation. editor / Giuseppe di Bucchianico ; Andrea Vallicelli ; Steven Landry ; Neville A. Stanton. Springer-Verlag London Ltd, 2017. pp. 31-43 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing).

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