Research Article
Safer Driving with Gaze Guidance
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-32615-8_57, author={Laura Pomarjanschi and Michael Dorr and Christoph Rasche and Erhardt Barth}, title={Safer Driving with Gaze Guidance}, proceedings={Bio-Inspired Models of Network, Information, and Computing Systems. 5th International ICST Conference, BIONETICS 2010, Boston, USA, December 1-3, 2010, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={BIONETICS}, year={2012}, month={10}, keywords={eye movements driving attention gaze guidance driver assistance}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-32615-8_57} }- Laura Pomarjanschi
Michael Dorr
Christoph Rasche
Erhardt Barth
Year: 2012
Safer Driving with Gaze Guidance
BIONETICS
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-32615-8_57
Abstract
Our study explores eye movements and driving behaviour in safety-critical situations. We collected eye movements from subjects instructed to drive predetermined routes in a driving simulator. While driving, the subjects performed various cognitive tasks designed to divert their attention away from the road. The subjects were divided in two groups, a control and a “gaze-contingent cue” (GCC) group. For the latter, potentially dangerous simulator events, such as a pedestrian suddenly crossing the street, were highlighted with temporally transient GCCs, which were triggered if the subject did not look at the event. Preliminary results, with 11 GCC subjects and 9 controls, show a significantly diminished accident rate for the group that drove with gaze guidance.