Steer-By-WiFi: Lateral Vehicle Control for Take-Overs with Nomadic Devices

  • Clemens Schartmüller
  • , Andreas Riener
  • , Philipp Wintersberger

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Abstract

Automated vehicles could omit traditional steering controls to provide larger spaces for driver-passengers or prevent unnecessary interventions. However, manual control could still be necessary to provide manual driving fun or respond to Take-Over requests (TORs). This paper investigates, whether brought-in consumer devices (in this case a 10.2 inch tablet) can act as input alternative to classical steering wheels in TOR situations. Results of a driving simulator study (n=14) confirm that responding to Take-Overs with nomadic devices can reduce response times in imminent transitions during engagement in Non-Driving Related Tasks (NDRTs), as a change of the 'device in hands' is omitted. Further on, subjective scales addressing user experience show that the approach is well accepted. We conclude that nomadic device integration is a crucial pre-requisite for the success of automated vehicles, but for steering input several pivotal issues still need to be solved.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAutomotiveUI '18 Adjunct Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications
PublisherACM DL
Pages121-126
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781450359474
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2018

Fields of science

  • 102 Computer Sciences
  • 102009 Computer simulation
  • 102013 Human-computer interaction
  • 102019 Machine learning
  • 102021 Pervasive computing
  • 102022 Software development
  • 102025 Distributed systems

JKU Focus areas

  • Computation in Informatics and Mathematics
  • Engineering and Natural Sciences (in general)

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