@article{ref1,
title="Method of Driving Assistance System Design to Improve Human-Vehicle Interactions and Safety Technologies Developments for Trucks",
journal="Proceedings: International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles",
year="2009",
author="Mathern, B. and Bonnard, A. and Tattegrain, H.",
volume="2009",
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pages="-",
abstract="This paper presents a method to develop coherently a Driving Assistance System (DAS) and its supporting technologies in order to reach efficiently the best added value in terms of Human-Vehicle interactions and technology specification. This method is an iterative development process based on a Human Centred Design approach. It requires a driving simulator and a development framework in order to simulate technologies. The first step of the method is to validate the DAS prototype through 3 iterative tasks: Study of the drivers needs, Design of the DAS with &quot;perfect&quot; technologies, Evaluation of driver-vehicle interactions to validate the effectiveness of the assistance. Then the second step is to obtain the best trade off between effectiveness of the assistance and technological requirements through 2 iterative tasks: Modification of the technology performance by changing the specifications (toward existing, emerging or futuristic technologies), Evaluation of driver- vehicle interactions to validate that the assistance is still effective. This guides the final decision for the DAS production: use existing technologies, or develop better safety technologies. This method is developed inside VIVRE 2 project, which aims to design an innovative DAS to help truck drivers engaged in low speed manoeuvres in urban areas. A prototyping platform was developed, which was then used along with the method to design the DAS and to determine the best compromise in terms of Human-Vehicle interactions and technology specification. Even if the method inherits the limitations of simulated environments, it permits a &quot;driver in the loop&quot; development of innovative DAS which would be difficult otherwise. Instead of using the classical approach &quot;From technologies, to DAS design, to DAS evaluation&quot;, this approach shift the problem to &quot;From driver needs, to DAS evaluation, to technologies&quot;. The full text of this paper may be found at: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/esv/esv21/09-0472.pdf<p />",
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url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}