One of the crucial aspects of HVI is to make sure that the user fully understands her / his responsibilities during each of the defined AD modes, therefore comprehending the function’s capabilities in these modes. Users may be informed by several means, including advertisement and written explanations in the owner’s manual. Users may get explicit information from the in-vehicle HMI during the AD activation itself, just before and just after it.
Users may of course also learn by experience. Additionally, a simple and intuitive HVI can help users understand the situation and take the appropriate actions.This complements the above concept of situational awareness and being “in-the-loop” (Marcano et al., 2021).
Main Question:
Is the communication to the user about the user’s responsibilities in each defined automated driving mode(s) investigated and confirmed?
Sub-Questions:
- Is there a method to clearly inform the user of her / his responsibilities and of vehicle capabilities and possibly of the consequeces of not acting within these capabilities?
- Is the communication to the user of the ADF’s capabilities in each defined automated driving mode(s) investigated and confirmed?
- Is there clear information in the user’s manual about the ADF’s boundaries, and has this been confirmed?
- Are the ADF controls designed so as to reduce accidental activation / deactivation?
References
- Marcano, M. et al. (2021) ‘From the concept of being “The boss” to the idea of being “a team”: The Adaptive Co-Pilot as the enabler for a new cooperative framework’, Applied Sciences, 11(15), p. 6950. doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/app11156950