Identifying the pattern of localization responses with a haptic seat intended to alert drivers to the direction of a crash threat

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 1517-1521

  Fitch, Gregory M ^a   Kiefer, Raymond J ^b   Kleiner, Brian M ^c   Hankey, Jonathan M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA TECH TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE CRASHES; CRASH THREATS; LOCALIZATION ACCURACIES; LOCALIZATION ERRORS; SAFETY BENEFITS; SEAT DESIGNS; SEAT VIBRATIONS; VEHICLE INTERFACES;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; ERRORS; HAPTIC INTERFACES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; VEHICLES;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 58149502149     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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