Attention Management in Highly Automated Systems
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George Mason University, United States
Several recent crashes involving highly automated vehicles underscore the importance of the need for drivers to maintain awareness in semi-automated vehicles, even when the autopilot is engaged. Despite manufacturer’s warnings and cautionary statements in owner’s manuals, decades of research in vigilance indicates that this will be a challenge, if not impossible for most drivers. This talk will focus on our recent and on-going research identifying ways of assisting the driver with attention management in highly autonomous systems. Included in this discussion will be research aimed at developing effective auditory and multimodal alerts for collision mitigation, driver state monitoring with low cost physiological sensors, and methods of assisting the driver in developing an adequate mental model of the systems’ capabilities and limitations and maintaining sustained attention when autopilot systems are engaged to improve both takeover time and quality.
Keywords:
Invited address,
Autonomous Driving,
Attention,
Vigilance-performance,
Auditory Perception
Conference:
2nd International Neuroergonomics Conference, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 27 Jun - 29 Jun, 2018.
Presentation Type:
Oral Presentation
Topic:
Neuroergonomics
Citation:
Baldwin
CL
(2019). Attention Management in Highly Automated Systems
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Conference Abstract:
2nd International Neuroergonomics Conference.
doi: 10.3389/conf.fnhum.2018.227.00143
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Received:
09 Apr 2018;
Published Online:
27 Sep 2019.
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Correspondence:
Dr. Carryl L Baldwin, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, 22030, United States, Carryl.Baldwin@wichita.edu