The role of visual and nonvisual feedback in a vehicle steering task.

Wallis, Guy; Chatziastros, A; Tresilian, James R.; Tomasevic, Nebojsa

doi:10.1037/0096-1523.33.5.1127

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“…Although the exact contribution of the visual cues to the driver's perception is not clear [2], it is known that in the absence of visual cues, drivers are unable to perform some basic driving tasks [3]. Visual perception of motion is made possible primarily by what is usually referred to as "peripheral vision", which originates from the rod-shaped receptors in the retina [4].…”

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“…The goal of this study was, therefore, to see whether drivers of agricultural vehicles use visual cues from the environment in performing these tasks and whether a driving simulator for these vehicles should include visual cues. Based on the reviewed literature on automobile driving (for example [3]), our null hypothesis is that drivers do need visual cues from the environment for successfully performing turns and maneuvers. Previous research has shown that when driving in straight lines in the presence of crosswind, automobile drivers do not depend on visual cues to a great extent and, instead, increase their use of motion cues such as yaw motion and lateral acceleration cues [22].…”

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Role of Visual Cues from the Environment in Driving an Agricultural Vehicle

Karimi¹,

Mann²

2008

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Abstract:Driving is an interactive process in which the driver receives information regarding the state of the vehicle and the environment in which the vehicle is moving through visual, motion, haptic and auditory cues. The driver needs this information for successful guidance or navigation of the vehicle. A good understanding of this process requires knowledge of the sensory cues used by the driver in performing different driving tasks. This knowledge is also necessary in the development of driving simulators which are emerging as useful research tools. The goal of this research was to test whether drivers of agricultural vehicles use visual cues from the environment when performing common driving tasks such as parallel swathing and simple turning maneuvers. Experiments were performed using a tractor in the field and using a tractor driving simulator in the laboratory. The results show that in straight line driving with a lightbar guidance system, the steering behavior and performance of most drivers does not change with varying level of visual information from the environment. However, it seemed that approximately 33% of the subjects in our experiment used an aiming cue on the field boundary, when available. Visual cues from the environment played a significant role in maneuvers which included more than one phase of steering input. Drivers were able to successfully complete those maneuvers that consisted of only one phase of steering input, such as turns, even when complete visual cues from the environment were not provided. However, maneuvers which required multiple phases of steering input could not be completed when the visual information from the environment was incomplete. A driving simulator for agricultural vehicles, therefore, should include these cues. Also, cabs of agricultural vehicles should be designed in such a way that these features can be easily seen by the operator.

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Role of Visual Cues from the Environment in Driving an Agricultural Vehicle

Karimi¹,

Mann²

2008

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“…Godthelp (1986) and Wallis et al (2007) have shown that visual occlusion does not affect drivers' ability to produce a cornering manoeuvre.…”

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“…Godthelp (1985) (Wallis, Chatziastros et al 2002, Wallis, Chatziastros et al 2007) -see Figure 3. Without visual feedback, drivers only turn the vehicle towards the destination lane (the first steering phase, see Figure 3) but never return the vehicle to the original heading (the second, return steering phase, see (Wallis, Chatziastros et al 2002).…”

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“…The original studies on lane changing were focused on the role of visual cues, Wallis, Chatziastros et al (2007) then transferred the task to a simulator with motion platform to test whether the addition of vestibular cues evoked by car roll, tilt, and pitch, could trigger a complete lane change in no visual feedback condition. However, even after addition of these cues their participants still conducted the same systematic, erroneous steering movements.…”

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Sensorimotor basis of motor vehicle control

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Driving represents one of the most common modes of transport world-wide. It is also one of the major causes of death and injury in developed societies prompting technological innovations through which computers share or assume control of the task of driving, through a range of Advanced Driver Assisting Systems (ADAS). Given the lengthy and substantial investment in such systems it is perhaps surprising how little we understand about how humans control motor vehicles and why, on occasion, this control fails. This is actually a problem. Driver-assist systems that do not understand human drivers well can be dangerous and promote unforeseen risks. For example, anti-lock braking systems, which are designed to prevent skidding during heavy braking, do not always have the positive impact on safety one might expect (Farmer, Lund et al. 1997, Sagberg, Fosser et al. 1997, perhaps because their operation does not mesh seamlessly with the expectations of drivers or other road users.One route to gaining a better understanding of the control processes employed by drivers, is through the study of situations in which standard steering strategies fail. In this thesis the In this thesis, we investigated this effect in a series of experiments aimed at getting to the bottom of the causes of this error. The thesis begins by seeking to generalize the effect from the special case of a straight road which was the focus of earlier studies. This was deemed important because a typical steering wheel has a natural tendency to re-centre itself. It is possible that this behaviour reduces the active steering movements a driver must make during a lane change, since they do not have to actively return the steering-wheel to the neutral position. For that reason, we designed a circular road on which a non-zero steering wheel angle was required at all times. Through this study, we were able to conclude that the effect does generalize.In a second set of experiments we attempted to investigate which visual cues are essential for drivers to correct their error. Apparently, a normal road with redundant information provides sufficient visual feedback for drivers to make a lane change. However, it is of interest to know to what extent the visual feedback can be reduced and still meet the minimum requirement. In our study, we chose optic flow as a starting point. Optic flow has previously been shown to suffice for the purpose of heading perception and heading control.A number of 'steering-towards-a-target' studies also found that optic flow is tightly related to ii steering performance. Hence, we asked whether optic flow was sufficient for controlling a lane change manoeuvre and, unlike much of the previous studies on flow, we posed the question in an active steering task, revealing that flow alone is not sufficient to prompt correct lane changing behaviour.In the concluding set of experiments we took our studies out into the field. Most previous studies on lane changing have been conducted in driving simulators. Simulators are limited in that th...

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HCI International 2014 - Posters’ Extended Abstracts

2014

Communications in Computer and Information Science

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The role of visual and nonvisual feedback in a vehicle steering task.

Cited by 41 publications

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Role of Visual Cues from the Environment in Driving an Agricultural Vehicle

Role of Visual Cues from the Environment in Driving an Agricultural Vehicle

Sensorimotor basis of motor vehicle control

HCI International 2014 - Posters’ Extended Abstracts

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