Haptic Interface for Vehicular Touch Screens

Colgate, J. Edward; Peshkin, Michael A.

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Haptic Interface for Vehicular Touch Screens

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2013-02-01
By Colgate, J. Edward ; Peshkin, Michael A.

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Creators:

Colgate, J. Edward ; Peshkin, Michael A.
Corporate Creators:

Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Center for the Commercialization of Innovative Transportation Technology
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
Subject/TRT Terms:

Driver Distraction Driving Simulators Eye Location Highway Safety Human Factors Instrument Panels Research Hub Tactile Perception Visual Display Units (Computers) Visual Perception
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Corporate Publisher:

Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Center for the Commercialization of Innovative Transportation Technology
NTL Classification:

NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway Safety ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human Factors ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Vehicle Design
Abstract:

Once the domain of purely physical controls such as knobs, levers, buttons, and sliders, the vehicle dash is rapidly transforming into a computer interface. This presents a challenge for drivers, because the physics-based cues which make traditional controls easy to operate with limited visual confirmation are absent on traditional screens. We investigate the addition of programmable physics-based cues to a visual display as a method to reduce eyes-off-road time. A TPaD variable friction touchpad was installed in the Ford VIRTTEX motion driving simulator. Subjects performed target acquisition and slider adjustment tasks under visual, visual/haptic, and haptic feedback conditions. For the two tasks, we found that the visual/haptic condition resulted in 39% and 19% decreases in total eyes-off-road time per task while showing negligible differences in task performance. Subjects showed a clear preference for combined visual and haptic feedback.
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University Transportation Centers US Transportation Collection
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urn:sha256:aa51f7c8816ce9b0d468493a7dbedcecf61ada6ccc09bad6de47c6226285a1a8
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https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26086/dot_26086_DS1.pdf
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