In Reach: Designing a head up display for a safe and undemanding driving experience

In Reach: Designing a head up display for a safe and undemanding driving experience

Ganguly, A.

De Ridder, H. (mentor)
Van Mourik, F. (mentor)

Industrial Design Engineering

Industrial Design

Master of Science Design for Interaction

2013-11-07

With advancing technologies, drivers face dealing with an increasing number of features and controls in the vehicle. Menu-based interfaces engage the driver and take the focus away from the main task of driving. However, drivers need to access information and carry out tasks in order to get to their destination safely, comfortably and efficiently. The goal was to provide contextual information to the driver facilitating a safe, comfortable and efficient driver causing least interference to the primary driving task. In-car tasks were studied, along with causes of distraction. Ways of improving the driving experience and safety were researched. Requirements were set within the categories of in-car task completion and safety improvements. From the set of requirements, ideas were generated and concepts were created to satisfy the set criteria. The solution provides simplified navigation and safety information which is context- aware on a wearable head up display. This helps tackle distraction and the need to take the eyes off the road. Navigation information is simplified and context-aware so that junction and lane guidance instructions are provided without the need to access a full map. Junction guidance instructions appear overlaid on the road to counter cognitive tunneling. Other task-relevant information is provided in the periphery. Lane guidance is designed to be provided at all times and can be accessed when required or chosen to be ignored. Task-relevant information is person-centric and is provided when gaze direction is towards the road. Gestural interaction is provided to counter distraction from engaging touch-based screens. Information such as braking distance visualization for critically proximal situations and infrared views for low light conditions are provided to improve safety. Therefore, safety aids, along with task-relevant information that is not complex to understand in quick decision making situations on a transparent display, helps drivers counter distraction from the primary driving task and keep their eyes on the road.

user experience
automotive
head up display

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:bcf9ee6c-0b3d-42be-aea8-fd0b22e4deab

2014-11-07

Campus only

Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2013 Ganguly, A.