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Age-Differences inthe Visual Information Processing Demands of Vehicle Instrument
Panel Interfaces
Heimstra LaboratoriesUniversity of South Dakota
Frank SchieberAnn Holtz
Jason Myers
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Preliminary Resultsof a
Driving Simulation Study
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The Nature of the Driving Environment is Changing
• More sophisticated instrument panels will impose increased demands upon driver attentional resources
• Aging of the driving population(with age-related reductions in attention)
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• Head-up displays• In-vehicle traffic signs/warnings•ATIS interactive displays• Internet console ??
Advanced Instrument PanelDevelopment
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Wireless Applications Protocol Browser
ExperimentalText Messaging
Console
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Research Questions
• What are the visual demands imposed by in-vehicle text display consoles?
• How do these demands vary with aging?
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Experimental Design
• AgeYoung (20-25) vs. older (67-82) drivers
• Message LengthRead in-vehicle text messages of variable length (6 levels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 & 8 lines)
• Roadway Condition4 levels of geometry: straight; work zone;sharp curve; and, passing zone/maneuver
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Visual Demand Proxy Measures
• Driving Performance Decrements Crashes Speed variability Steering variability
• Eye movement patterns Eyes-off-road time Glance frequency/duration
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STISIM Driving Simulator (v. 8.0)
Special thanks to the 3M Company for the STISIM system.
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Text Message Console
8-Line Text Display
6 7 8 9 0 Clear Help
1 2 3 4 5 2nd
Enter
Display Height: 7.5 cm 2.95 in
Letter Height: 0.5 cm 0.2 in 34 minarc
Display Width10.4 cm (4.1 in)
Viewing Distance 46-56 cm 18-22 inResponse
Keyboard
VideoCamera
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Sample 4-Line Text Dialog(24 point Times-Roman font)
If you were traveling onInterstate 29 from Beresfordto Elk Point, you would beheaded in what direction?
1) North 2) South
Enter6 7 8 9 0 Clear Help
1 2 3 4 5 2nd
6 7 8 9 0 Clear Help
1 2 3 4 5 2nd
Enter
Message Screen Response Screen
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Simulated Driving Course
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1. Straight segment #12. Work Zone3. Straight segment #24. Curve5. Straight Segment #36. Passing Zone
Course length = 2.8 miles (4.5 km) 2 practice laps 8 experimental laps
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Impact of Reading Text upon Simulated Driving Performance
• Crashes
• Steering instability (lane position variability)
Dependent Measures
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Crashes - Young Drivers
24 opportunities to crash while reading a message(4 highway complexity conditions x 6 message lengths)
No crashes were observed across 384 experimental trials!
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Crashes - Older Drivers
46.8 % crash rate while reading text messages
Crash Rate (%) Highway Condition 25 Straight Roadway 42 Sharp Curve 46 Passing Maneuver 75 Work Zone (narrow lane)
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Steering Instability
• Lane position error increases with driver age
• Lane position error increases with message length
• Young Drivers1-2 lines = baseline; 3+ lines > baseline
• Older Drivers1 line = baseline; 2+ lines > baseline
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Video Clips
Reading Text Messageson Straight Road Segments
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More Video Clips
Reading Text MessagesComplex Roadway Conditions
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Visual Demands of Text Displays[Eye Glance Behavior]
• Total Glance Time required to read message
• Total Number of Glances
• Average Glance Duration
• Average Inter-Glance Interval***
{Button-press (final) glance deleted from all discussion of data}
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Total Glance Time
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Message Length
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Young
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Rate of increasehighest between1-4 lines; slowsthereafter
Age-related increaseat message lengthsgreater than 2 lines
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Number of Glances
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Message Length
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Increases withmessage length
No age differencefor 1-2 line messages
Size of age differenceincreases as messagelength grows from2 to 8
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Average Glance Duration
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Older driversrequire longeroff-road glances
Glance duration perline increases from1-4 but decreasesthereafter (cost of text localization;redundancy at endof a long message)
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Inter-Glance Interval“Eyes-on-the-Road” Time
• Not computed (as of this date)
• Visual inspection of video tape records showed that older drivers required much greater “eyes-on-the-road” time between successive glances to the display screen
• Total “real-time to respond” data clearly support an age-related increase in inter-glance interval
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Preliminary Conclusions
• Text messages longer than 2 lines intrude upon simulated driving performance
• On-road/off-road glance time ratio appears to be a promising measure of age differences in visual demand
• Closed-track study of age differences must precede proposed field-studies
• Practice-to-criterion stage needed for future simulation work (with STISIM v. 8.0)