Abstract
In road-crossing situations involving negotiation with approaching vehicles, pedestrians need to take into account the behavior of the car before making a decision. To investigate the kind of information about the car that pedestrians seek, and the places where do they look for it, we conducted an eye-tracking study with 26 participants and analyzed the fixation behavior when interacting with a manually-driven vehicle that approached while slowing and displaying a yielding behavior. Results show that a clear pattern of gaze behavior exists for pedestrians in looking at a vehicle during road-crossing situations as a function of the vehicle’s distance. When the car is far away, pedestrians look at the environment or the road space ahead of the car. With the approach, the gaze gradually shifts to the windshield of the car. We conclude by discussing the implications of this insight in the user-centered-design of optimal external Human-Machine-Interfaces for automated vehicles.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings AutomotiveUI 19 |
Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications |
Publisher | ACM Publishing |
Pages | 369-378 |
Number of pages | 10 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4503-6884-1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 21 Sep 2019 |
Event | 11th International ACM Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, AutomotiveUI 2019 - Utrecht, Netherlands Duration: 22 Sep 2019 → 25 Sep 2019 |
Conference
Conference | 11th International ACM Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, AutomotiveUI 2019 |
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Abbreviated title | AutomotiveUI 2019 |
Country | Netherlands |
City | Utrecht |
Period | 22/09/19 → 25/09/19 |
Keywords
- Eye-tracking
- Pedestrian behavior
- Real-world study
- Vehicle-pedestrian interaction
- Vulnerable road user (VRU)