Title
Human-centric analysis of driver inattention
Abstract
Driver distraction is an important risk factor for road traffic injuries, and has been the focus of a number of empirical studies aiming to raise awareness about the risks of distracted driving and to promote countermeasures. While some of the recorded road incidents in these studies have their roots in distracting events (such as mobile phone usage) a large proportion of recorded road incidents can be attributed to more elusive driver inattention factors not linked to specific trigger events. These distraction categories are especially challenging and currently not in focus of current research as they are difficult to detect and address by suitable prognostic measures, in order to improve road safety. To contribute to this issue, this paper presents research into monitoring drivers' mental states in real-time, using objective measurements. We propose an iterative research methodology where specific mental states are elicited, user response captured experimentally, and interaction models built using advanced machine learning techniques. Behavioral measures such as speech, eye activity or posture, and physiological measures such as galvanic skin response or heart rate provide input features for the models. This driver-centric approach addresses the complex issue of driver inattention, and can help improve road safety through active monitoring of road users, customized decision support in the vehicle, and objective training feedback. Low-fidelity simulators we have built allowed us to roll out some preliminary tasks prompting encouraging feedback from subjects during informal testing.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/IVWorkshops.2013.6615218
Intelligent Vehicles Symposium Workshops
Keywords
Field
DocType
learning (artificial intelligence),mobile radio,road safety,road traffic,traffic engineering computing,advanced machine learning techniques,customized decision support,distraction categories,driver distraction,driver-centric approach,elusive driver inattention factors,eye activity,galvanic skin response,human-centric analysis,informal testing,interaction models,low-fidelity simulators,mobile phone usage,objective training feedback,physiological measures,posture,prognostic measures,real-time,road incidents,road safety,road traffic injuries,speech
Countermeasure,Distraction,Mobile radio,Risk analysis (business),Computer security,Decision support system,Human–computer interaction,Engineering,Mobile phone,Distracted driving,Empirical research
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
1931-0587
978-1-4799-0794-6
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.43
6
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ronnie Taib123723.84
Kun Yu232.15
Jessica Jung3264.18
Anne Hess4317.83
Andreas K. Maier5560178.76