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HVI – Guidelines for the Design of HVI (in ADF)

Design guidelines should be followed during the development of the HVI. This ensures that all aspects of the HVI process are considered. A point to note is that there are many different HVI guidelines (e.g. Campbell et al. 2016), and the guidelines used during ADF development should be selected carefully to ensure they are suitable for the application. Guidelines adapted to HVIs for conditionally AVs were presented by (Naujoks et al. 2019-1), (Forster et al. 2019) and (Naujoks et al. 2019-2).

Additionally, guidelines may differ for certain demographics, as different groups of people may prefer different communication methods, such as symbols or colour coding. However, HVI should be standardised where possible following industry standards that are consistent with user’s mental models. This will minimise the time required for familiarisation with the HVI, thus improving the experience of first-time users.

Main Question

Are design guidelines followed when defining, assessing & validating the HVI concept (Camara et al., 2021)?

Sub-Questions

  1. Are relevant paradigm considered (such as Human-Centered Design)?
  2. Are user requirements collected based on market research or based on other sources of data?
  3. Is validation (have I built the right system?) properly considered, focusing on safety aspects (after clarly defining this term).

References

  • Camara, F. et al. (2021) ‘Pedestrian models for Autonomous Driving Part II: High-level models of human behavior’, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 22(9), pp. 5453–5472. doi:https://doi.org/10.1109/tits.2020.3006767
  • Campbell, J., Brown, J., Graving, J., Richard, C. et al., (2016). Human Factors Design Guidance For Driver-Vehicle Interfaces NHTSA. Available at: https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/documents/812360_humanfactorsdesignguidance.pdf  (Accessed 24 May 2024).
  • Naujoks, F., Wiedemann, K., Schömig, N., Hergeth, S. and Keinath, A. (2019) ‘Towards guidelines and verification methods for automated vehicle HMIs’. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 60, pp.121–136. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2018.10.012 (Accessed 24 May 2024).
  • Naujoks, F., Hergeth, S., Keinath, A., Wiedemann, K., & Schömig, N., (2019) ‘Development and  Application of an expert assessment method for evaluating the usability of SAE L3 ADS HMIs’ ESV Conference Proceedings. Available at: https://trid.trb.org/view/1755977  (Accessed 24 May 2024).
  • Forster, Y., Hergeth, S., Naujoks, F., Krems, J. F., and Keinath, A. (2019) ‘Empirical Validation of a Checklist for Heuristic Evaluation of Automated Vehicle HMIs’. Advances in intelligent systems and computing, pp.3–14. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20503-4_1.