Title
Purring Wheel: Thermal and Vibrotactile Notifications on the Steering Wheel
Abstract
Haptic feedback can improve safety and driving behaviour. While vibration has been widely studied, other haptic modalities have been neglected. To address this, we present two studies investigating the use of uni- and bimodal vibrotactile and thermal cues on the steering wheel. First, notifications with three levels of urgency were subjectively rated and then identified during simulated driving. Bimodal feedback showed an increased identification time over unimodal vibrotactile cues. Thermal feedback was consistently rated less urgent, showing its suitability for less time critical notifications, where vibration would be unnecessarily attention-grabbing. The second study investigated more complex thermal and bimodal haptic notifications comprised of two different types of information (Nature and Importance of incoming message). Results showed that both modalities could be identified with high recognition rates of up to 92% for both and up to 99% for a single type, opening up a novel design space for haptic in-car feedback.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1145/3382507.3418825
ICMI '20: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MULTIMODAL INTERACTION Virtual Event Netherlands October, 2020
DocType
ISBN
Citations 
Conference
978-1-4503-7581-8
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Patrizia Di Campli San Vito132.08
Stephen Brewster24913474.60
Frank E. Pollick327438.14
Simon Thompson401.01
Lee Skrypchuk55812.87
Alexandros Mouzakitis68612.60