This presentation describes the main challenges and research needs in the area of automotive HMI identified by the Volvo Group. For Volvo, HMI research aims at improving safety, comfort and productivity. Considerable HMI research has been conducted in FP6 but still there are areas not covered. Experiences from FP6, in particular AIDE and HUMANIST, will serve as an excellent basis for defining these coming research needs. A recent US study (The 100-car naturalistic driving study, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) shows that driver behavior, and in particular inattention, is the major cause of accidents. Results show that inattention is involved in 80 per cent of all accidents. This is based on today's situation. Add to this, the continuous increase of in-vehicle information systems (IVIS), advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS) and telematic services and the challenge for the future is clear. The functional growth is needed, both from a safety and productivity perspective, but can give negative consequences especially regarding safety. Based on the current challenges, Volvo has identified three main research areas: Behavior-centered accident and incident analysis. Improve the understanding of accident causation through for example naturalistic field studies and European common accident databases. Field Operational Tests, in order to assess safety benefits/risks, efficiency and comfort of ADAS, IVIS and telematic services, are also needed and included. Primary task HMI. Functions supporting the primary driving task, ranging from steering system to advanced safety systems. Key specific issues that need to be considered include automation strategies, active safety HMI strategies, long-term behavioral effects, learnability and acceptance. Nomadic devices, seamlessness and context awareness: Integration between the vehicle and other contexts of use in a safe, intuitive and controllable way. Key research areas on the human-factors side are solutions for integration of different personal nomadic devices in the vehicle and to investigate user needs and acceptance. Some of these areas have been addressed in FP6 but further research is needed. For example, in FP6 HMI research has focused mainly on IVIS and not ADAS. Work on nomadic device integration has started but will need more attention. Volvo considers the identified HMI research as enablers for making our traffic environment and vehicles more safe, comfortable and productive (A). Only abstract (as above) is available from the conference proceedings. For the covering abstract of the conference see ITRD E212343.
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