Development of a Camera-Based Blind Spot Information System

Becker, Latika; Debski, A.; Degenhardt, David A.; Hillenkamp, M.; Hoffmann, Ivone Catarina Simões

doi:10.1007/3-540-27463-4_6

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“…Driver education programs train drivers to check their blind spots before changing lanes and encourage drivers to avoid spending time in another car's blind spot because they are not as visible to the nearby car. Traveling with a car in the blind spot is a "near-miss" condition that may lead to an accident some percentage of the time and some cars now come with notification lights to warn drivers of this hazard [2,9].…”

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Design and evaluation of a vibrotactile seat to improve spatial awareness while driving

Morrell

Wasilewski

2010

2010 IEEE Haptics Symposium

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In this paper, we describe the design and evaluation of a vibrotactile driver's seat that is used to display spatial information during two driving tasks. Many studies have recently shown the effectiveness of haptic and vibrotactile feedback to augment collision warning systems in automobiles. Simultaneously, driver distraction and situational awareness have been identified as significant safety issues in all areas of transportation. We hypothesize that vibrotactile feedback may be used to enhance and improve spatial awareness while driving if it is used continuously and naturally so that it is part of the normal operation of the automobile.We designed a tactile feedback seat from low cost pager motors and characterized the spatial resolution of the seat. We then developed a driving simulation in which the location of vehicles behind and next to the driver's vehicle is communicated through vibrotactile feedback from the seat back. The effectiveness of the seat was evaluated in two driving tasks designated commuting and racing. In the commuting exercise, the test subjects (N=12) maintained a target speed while simultaneously avoiding other vehicles and performing a secondary task. A "near-miss" blind spot recording method was used to evaluate the effect of the feedback in reducing hazard exposure. In the racing exercise, the test subjects (N=10) raced other virtual competitors while using the feedback to maintain awareness of other vehicles in close proximity. Effectiveness was measured by comparing the accumulated time that cars were blocked behind the driver's car. Three feedback conditions were tested: only vibrotactile feedback, rear view mirror and vibrotactile feedback, rear view mirror only.Our preliminary results showed that vibrotactile feedback used in conjunction with the rear view mirror improved performance over using just the rear view mirror. We discuss some of the challenges of creating driving simulations and evaluation metrics that are both realistic and repeatable.

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“…In an effort to improve driver safety, the automobile industry has recently launched vehicles that include a blind spot monitoring system [2,9]. These systems use cameras, radar or ultrasound to provide information to the driver.…”

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Design and evaluation of a vibrotactile seat to improve spatial awareness while driving

Morrell

Wasilewski

2010

2010 IEEE Haptics Symposium

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“…The feature was priced at $1,090. The blind spot information system notifies the driver about vehicles approaching from the sides of the vehicle ( 53 ). The price of $550 was assumed for this feature.…”

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Willingness to Pay for Advanced Safety Features in Vehicles: An Adaptive Choice-Based Conjoint Analysis Approach

Nickkar

Lee

2022

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation R

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Advanced safety features in vehicles are emerging features that car manufacturers design and produce to improve the safety of driving a vehicle. In recent years, car manufacturers increasingly have provided different safety features as options to their customers. Understanding consumers’ interests and priorities relating to these features in vehicles has motivated researchers to conduct market analysis studies. This study aims to analyze the willingness to pay (WTP) for the advanced safety features in vehicles by adults resident in the U.S.A. Implementing adaptive choice-based conjoint analysis (ACBC), which is a special market analysis technique, and using comprehensible and realistic attributes in the survey are the main innovations of this study. The results of this study show that surround monitoring and collision avoidance systems are the most important attributes for respondents in their next vehicle. After that, the vehicle’s connectivity system was the third most important factor. Respondents distinctly preferred a vehicle with fully automated crash avoidance features. Moreover, the vehicle with safety features having the highest utilities may capture almost 61% of the market.

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Incorporating appearance and edge features for vehicle detection in the blind-spot area

Lin

Chan

et al. 2010

13th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems

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Development of a Camera-Based Blind Spot Information System

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Design and evaluation of a vibrotactile seat to improve spatial awareness while driving

Design and evaluation of a vibrotactile seat to improve spatial awareness while driving

Willingness to Pay for Advanced Safety Features in Vehicles: An Adaptive Choice-Based Conjoint Analysis Approach

Incorporating appearance and edge features for vehicle detection in the blind-spot area

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