A Control Interface with Planar-Movable Haptic Device and Input-Output State Indicator for Highly-Automated Vehicles

Abstract

To make full use of the advantages of automatic driving while retaining the enjoyment and freedom of the manual driving, we have proposed a tactical-level input (TLI) that allows the driver to input dynamic driving tasks such as parking and turning. In the future state input using touch interface, eye movement between the interface and front is troublesome and it takes time to operate the screen. In the command input using haptic interface, it cannot reserve input to a distant place and the amount of information is small. To solve these problems, we develop a visual-haptic interface by integrating them, which has a planar-movable haptic device and an input/output state indicator using transparent screen. The results of experiments using a driving simulator indicate that the proposed interface solve the above disadvantages while remaining the advantages.