Sebastian WILL Thomas HAMMER Cologne, October 4th, 2016 11th International Motorcycle Conference (ifz)
Assessing Powered Two Wheelers’ display and control concepts – results from a pilot study
• Motivation • Methods
– DESMORI Dynamic Motorcycle Riding Simulator – Background – Secondary tasks – Test procedure
• Results – Manipulation check – Gaze behavior – Riding behavior
• Discussion • Outlook
Agenda
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What do these components have in common?
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Motivation
Source: Bosch
Source: KTM
Source: BMW Motorrad
Source: Ducati
A need for new display and control concepts…
• Field tests containing instructed interaction with display and control concepts may be too dangerous
• Offline tests can not deliver information on – Effects on the human-machine interaction as
secondary task while riding – Even more important: effects of secondary task
engagement on riding performance
• Easy inclusion in the early development process
Motorcycle simulators as a new research tool to assess Human Machine Interface (HMI) concepts
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Motivation: Why using a motorcycle simulator?
• Motivation • Methods
– DESMORI Dynamic Motorcycle Riding Simulator – Background – Secondary tasks – Test procedure
• Results – Manipulation check – Gaze behavior – Riding behavior
• Discussion • Outlook
Agenda
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Methods – simulator description
DESMORI simulator • Mockup: BMW F 800 • 6 DoF Steward platform • 220° horizontal field of view • In-helmet sound system • Body shaker • Steering torque (up to ~80 Nm) • TFT-Displays as cockpit and mirrors • Camera based eye-tracking • Video recording of the riding and
secondary task
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• Research question – Can a method, designed for the evaluation of HMIs in the
automotive sector, be used to assess motorcycle HMIs, too?
• Independent variable – Visual-manual secondary task (4 levels): Operating secondary
tasks on a navigation system with different task duration while riding the simulator
• Participants – N = 10 simulator-trained subjects (3 women, 7 men) – Mean age M = 26.80 years; SD = 5.12
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Methods - background
Methods- secondary tasks
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Manual destination entry (MDE)
Navigation to the next gas station (GAS)
Navigation to home address (HOM)
Shift to night vision (NIV)
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Familiarization
• Familiarization with the riding simulator •10 minutes
Secondary tasks
•Offline practice of secondary tasks •10 minutes
Test trials
•4 secondary task trials + 1 baseline (permutated order) •4 – 7 minutes each •Questionnaires after each secondary task trial
Final inquiry
• Final inquiry •10 minutes
Methods – test procedure
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• Two lanes with additional emergency lane
• Lead vehicle with fix velocity profile
• No overtaking
Methods – test procedure
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Riding task using an enhanced reality strip
Methods – test procedure
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„distance too small“ < 1.0 seconds
„instructed distance“ 1.0 - 1.8 seconds
„distance too large“ > 1.8 seconds THW
• Motivation • Methods
– DESMORI Dynamic Motorcycle Riding Simulator – Background – Secondary tasks – Test procedure
• Results – Manipulation check – Gaze behavior – Riding behavior
• Discussion • Outlook
Agenda
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Results – manipulation check
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• Time on task meets the expectations. • Participants’ ratings of task difficulty is in line with the hypotheses.
Time on task
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• Frequency of glance aversions differs clearly between the different secondary tasks.
• Mean glance duration is almost comparable between tasks. • More gazes longer than 2 sec in the manual destination entry task.
Results - gaze behavior
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Manual destination entry (MDE)
Nav. next gas station (GAS)
Navigation to home address (HOM)
Shift to night vision (NIV)
Gazes > 2 sec. 13.33% 0.83% 5.97% 5.41%
• SDLP is well-known to indicate the level of distraction / increased
workload for passenger car drivers.
• No effect of type of task on the SDLP.
Results – riding behavior
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SDLP - Manual destination entry
Sec. task Baseline0.300.320.340.360.380.400.420.440.460.480.500.520.54
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Mean Mean ± SE Mean ± 1.96 * SE
SDLP - Navigation to a gas station
Sec. task Baseline0.220.240.260.280.300.320.340.360.380.400.420.440.46
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Mean Mean ± SE Mean ± 1.96 * SE
SDLP - Navigation to home address
Sec. task Baseline
0.160.180.200.220.240.260.280.300.320.340.360.380.40
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SDLP - Changing between night and day view
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Lateral control
Participants‘ lateral control is more unsteady when being engaged in a secondary task compared to baseline.
Results – riding behavior
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Manual destination entry
Navigation next gas station
Navigation to home address
Shift to night vision
125.57% 155.97% 131.17% 140.82%
Directional changes in the lateral position compared to baseline.
Example
Lateral control
Results – riding behavior
Less adjustment of throttle position when being engaged in a secondary task while riding.
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Longitudinal control
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Results – riding behavior
Manual destination entry
The riders spend less time in the instructed distance range during manual destination entry compared to baseline.
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• Motivation • Methods
– DESMORI Dynamic Motorcycle Riding Simulator – Background – Secondary tasks – Test procedure
• Results – Manipulation check – Gaze behavior – Riding behavior
• Discussion • Outlook
Agenda
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Transferring a standard test procedure from the passenger car to the motorcycle sector is generally possible. • Subjective ratings, gaze behavior as well as riding data are sensitive
to variations of the secondary tasks.
• Some passenger car parameters can be applied while others can not. (Vgl.: NHTSA (2006). Driver workload metrics task 2 final report (No. HS-810 635).)
• The effect of riding one-handedly as an alternative explanation to the effects of the different visual-manual tasks needs to be assessed.
• The comparison of passenger car driving and motorcycle riding with the same secondary task could deliver valuable information to understand motorcycle specifics.
Further motorcycle specific research is needed.
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Discussion
Investigation of display and control concepts may be benefitial to face newly arising challenges:
• Combined display and control concepts: touchscreen.
• Fully digital cockpits.
• Electric Powered Two Wheelers may call for new specific information.
• Head-up displays as in-helmet solution
• …
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Outlook
Source: motorcycles.about.com\Harleydavidson
Source: BMW Motorrad
Source: EICMA 2015
The project DESMORI was supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy on the basis of a decision by the German Bundestag (Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand, ZIM).
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Acknowledgement
Würzburger Institut für Verkehrswissenschaften GmbH (WIVW) Robert-Bosch-Straße 4 97209 Veitshöchheim Tel.: +49-(0)931-78009203 Fax: +49-(0)931-78009150 E-mail: [email protected]
Dipl.-Psych. Sebastian Will
Thank you!