Immersive Virtual Reality Environment to Test Interface of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems for Elder Driver

摘要

In Japan, the ratio and the number of elder driver have increased following with the number of traffic accidents which has become a social problem. The problem can easily be solved only if the elders does not need to drive by themselves, although, elders living in the country side or suburban areas still needs to drive for daily activities. Thus, supporting the mobility for the elders and preventing traffic accidents at the same time is very important. Self-driving cars are considered to become one of the solutions to solve this issue, though it is still one of the state-of-art technology still under challenging research. Therefore, this paper proposes a practical approach to test functions and interfaces of the self-driving car for elder drivers. In particular, this paper features use of an immersive virtual reality environment for a human-in-the-loop simulation test.