Moving Base Driving Simulator With Wide Angle Visual System

1984 ◽  
Author(s):  
Staffan Nordmark ◽  
Mats Lidstrom ◽  
Goran Palmkvist
Keyword(s):  
Visual System ◽  
Driving Simulator ◽  
Wide Angle ◽  
Moving Base

AWAVS, a Research Facility for Defining Flight Trainer Visual System Requirements

1978 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanley C. Collyer ◽  
Walter S. Chambers
Keyword(s):  
Visual System ◽  
Wide Angle ◽  
Experimental Facility ◽  
Research Facility ◽  
Pilot Performance ◽  
System Parameters ◽  
Systems Research ◽  
Visual Systems ◽  
System Requirements ◽  
And Training

The objective of the Navy's Aviation Wide Angle Visual System (AWAVS) program is to recommend design criteria for future flight simulator visual systems. Research leading to this goal will have two facets: improving visual system technology, and determining the effects of visual system parameters on pilot performance and training. The experimental facility is described, and the behavioral research plans are discussed, with emphasis on the carrier landing studies to be conducted during the first phase of the program.

Comparison of Primary and Secondary Task Measures as a Function of Simulated Vehicle Dynamics and Driving Conditions

1978 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter W. Wierwille ◽  
James C. Gutmann
Keyword(s):  
Task Performance ◽  
Vehicle Dynamics ◽  
Secondary Task ◽  
Driving Simulator ◽  
Driving Performance ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Moving Base ◽  
High Workload ◽  
Driving Task ◽  
Task Measure

In a previously reported experiment involving a moving base driving simulator with computer-generated display, secondary task measures of workload showed significant increases as a function of large changes in vehicle dynamics and disturbance levels. Because the secondary task measures appeared less sensitive than desired, driving performance measures recorded during the same experiment were later analyzed. Particular emphasis in examining the driving performance data was placed on (1) determining the degree of intrusion of the secondary task on the driving task as a function of the independent variables, and (2) on comparing the sensitivity of the primary and secondary task measures. The results showed the secondary task does intrude significantly upon the driving task performance at low workload levels, but that it does not significantly intrude at high workload levels. Also, when the four primary task measures were analyzed for sensitivity to the independent variables, new information was obtained indicating greater sensitivity than is obtained with the single secondary task measure. Steering ratio, for example, is found to affect performance at high disturbance levels—a result not obtained in examining the secondary task by itself. The merits of primary and secondary task performance analysis are discussed, and suggestions are made for future work.

scholarly journals Validation of a moving base driving simulator for subjective assessments of steering feel and handling

2016 ◽  
pp. 431-436
Author(s):  
G.L. Gil Gómez ◽  
C. Andersson Eurenius ◽  
J. Donnay Cortiñas ◽  
E. Bakker ◽  
M. Nybacka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Driving Simulator ◽  
Steering Feel ◽  
Subjective Assessments ◽  
Moving Base

Driving Simulator Validity: Some Considerations

1996 ◽  
Vol 1550 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nico A. Kaptein ◽  
Jan Theeuwes ◽  
Richard van der Horst
Keyword(s):  
Choice Behavior ◽  
Driving Simulator ◽  
Image Resolution ◽  
Driving Simulators ◽  
Lateral Control ◽  
Control Behavior ◽  
Route Choice Behavior ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Moving Base ◽  
Simulator Study

The validity of driving simulators for behavioral research is discussed. The concept of validity is introduced and explained, and a survey of validation studies follows, in the TNO driving simulator and others, comparing field and simulator study results. Results for mid-level driving simulators show that generally absolute validity of route choice behavior is obtained and relative validity of speed and lateral control behavior is obtained. There is evidence suggesting that for a number of applications the presence of a moving base and possibly a higher image resolution might increase the validity of a driving simulator.

Effects of Human–Machine Interface Design for Intelligent Speed Adaptation on Driving Behavior and Acceptance

2005 ◽  
Vol 1937 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-86
Author(s):  
Arno M. Rook ◽  
Jeroen H. Hogema
Keyword(s):  
Interface Design ◽  
Driving Simulator ◽  
Driving Behavior ◽  
Human Machine Interface ◽  
Speed Limit ◽  
Compensatory Behavior ◽  
Driving Speed ◽  
Moving Base ◽  
Machine Interface ◽  
Intelligent Speed Adaptation

The effects of human–machine interface (HMI) design for intelligent speed adaptation (ISA) on driving behavior and acceptance were measured in a moving-base research driving simulator. Sixty-four experienced drivers participated in two simulator experiments (32 in each). During the simulated runs with ISA, the speed limit was communicated through the ISA system. The ISA system consisted of an indication of the speed limit on the speedometer and a gas pedal that could be used either as a haptic or tactile pedal or as a dead throttle. Two versions of the haptic gas pedal were examined in Experiment I: a low-force ISA (easy to overrule, informative in nature) and a high-force ISA (stronger counterforce, more compulsory in nature). Two other configurations were tested in Experiment II: a tactile pedal (a vibration on the gas pedal, informative in nature) and a dead throttle (completely restraining the driver from exceeding the speed limit). It was hypothesized that the closer the ISA is to an informative type, the higher the acceptance and the smaller the effects on driving behavior would be. This hypothesis appeared to be valid, although for both driving behavior and acceptance, not all four HMIs could be ranked unambiguously on the scale from no ISA to full ISA. In sharp curves, drivers appeared to choose a driving speed below the speed limit, irrespective of ISA. The specific road environment scenarios that were inserted to examine presupposed compensatory behavior for experienced delay indicated no signs of compensatory driving behavior.

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