Evaluation of Haptic Patterns on a Steering Wheel

Infotainment Systems can increase mental workload and divert visual attention away from looking ahead on the roads. When these systems give information to the driver, providing it through the tactile channel on the steering wheel might improve driving behaviour and safety. This paper describes an investigation into the perceivability of haptic feedback patterns using an actuated surface on a steering wheel. Six solenoids were embedded along the rim creating three bumps under each palm. A simulated driving study was conducted to test for recognition accuracy of the haptic patterns (81.3%). There was no significant increase in lane deviation or steering angle during haptic pattern presentation. These results suggest that drivers can reliably distinguish between cutaneous patterns presented on the steering wheel. Our findings can assist in delivering non-critical messages to the driver (e.g. driving performance, incoming text messages, etc.) without decreasing driving performance or increasing perceived mental workload.

• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications

• Publication date

  2016-10-24

• Fields of study

  Computer Science, Engineering

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1145/3003715.3005417
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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