Preferred car driving posture using 3-D information

International Journal of Vehicle Design

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 154-169

  Hanson, Lars ^a   Sperling, Lena ^a   Akselsson, Roland ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Car; Cockpit design; Driver posture; Human simulation; Joint angles

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

CAR; COCKPIT DESIGN; DRIVER POSTURE; HUMAN SIMULATION; JOINT ANGLES;

GESTURE RECOGNITION;

EID: 33745779115     PISSN: 01433369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.2006.010183     Document Type: Article

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