Automotive HMI evaluation is an emerging research area mainly based on automotive human factors and usability studies on HMI in non-automotive fields.

Shoe racks are immensely popular in furniture stores and there are more designs on the market today. Shoe racks are furniture pieces designed to organize and store shoes neatly. They come in various styles, including basic shelves, shoe cabinets …

Quality is one of the key objectives of any organization, both past and present. Nowadays, quality is considered an obligation for any manufacturer that wants to guarantee its customers high-quality products, along with other relevant factors such …

This study looks at the importance of ergonomics in transportation as well as the contributions of the human factors and ergonomics (HFE), human computer interface (HCI), and safety-related organizations to this critical area of focus. The study …

The driver usually touches the central control screen several times to complete specific vehicle settings. This series of touch points can be connected into a trajectory. The meander of trajectory will affect the efficiency, load and satisfaction …

To ensure the acceptance of highly automated vehicles, trust in driverless driving is one of the key challenges. In the EMMI project, a test vehicle was developed and set up at the Institute for Automotive Engineering (ika) of RWTH Aachen …

Für die Akzeptanz von hochautomatisierten Fahrzeugen ist das Vertrauen in das fahrerlose Fahren eine der zentralen Herausforderungen. Deshalb wurde am Institut für Kraftfahrzeuge (ika) der RWTH Aachen University im Projekt EMMI ein …

The digitization of the working world is changing almost everything – the way we work, plan, and control processes. This article is about the application of digital humans and describes the change in times and paradigms toward digital human models …

There are public debates concerning the meaning highly automated vehicles (HAVs) will possess in society and on road social interactions, with the topic of autonomy being frequently stressed. The de-contextualised and abstract discussion has …

The automatic driving vehicle mounted system is an important direction for future development of automobile industry. At present, there are relative few user studies on autopilot HMI. Therefore, from the user's point of view, this study aims to …

Automated vehicles hold great potential for maintaining the mobility of elderly as a contribution to quality of life. In order to accomplish safe growth in mobility, this user group must be included in the development process of future vehicles.

Automatisierte Fahrzeuge bergen ein großes Potenzial für die Aufrechterhaltung der Mobilität und somit auch der Lebensqualität Älterer. Für einen sicheren Mobilitätszuwachs muss diese Benutzergruppe in den Entwicklungsprozess der Fahrzeuge …

The success of a human-machine interface (HMI) heavily depends on its usability. An highly usable interface allows the user to more easily achieve his/her goals and in general have a better User eXperience (UX). In work environments, a structured …

Current crane controls result from a machine-centered design process and rely heavily on the operator, as he/she has to perform continuous mental transformations to assess the correct control inputs for all joints, causing considerable mental …

The automotive industry faces a broad variety of different challenges, especially with regard to HMI development. One significant lever for improvement is optimizing the applied processes during development. In order to identify the exact …

The continuing trend towards increasing functional diversity in control systems represents a major challenge for the development of human-machine interfaces, short HMI. This contribution provides expert knowledge in the topics of the development …

The in-vehicle HMI system has become a significant part of automotive research and development. When Chinese customers choose cars, they consider the performance of HMI to be one of the deciding factors. Many global car manufacturers have tried to …

Voice will play an important part of a multimodal HMI solution for inputting information or for cutting through layers on the menus by requesting a function directly. Traditional voice control was centred on a set of fixed commands with catatonic res…