Dashboard reachability and usability tests: A cheap and effective method for drivers' comfort rating

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Naddeo, Alessandro ^a   Cappetti, Nicola ^a   Ippolito, Orlando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUGMENTED REALITY; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; SEATS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE TESTING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AUTOMOTIVE DESIGNS; COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE; COMFORT PERCEPTION; DIGITAL HUMAN MODELING; HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE; PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE; STATISTICAL PROCESSING; WORKING ENVIRONMENT;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 84899517658     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2014-01-0455     Document Type: Conference Paper

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