Gaze patterns in pedestrian interaction with vehicles: towards effective design of external human-machine interfaces for automated vehicles

Debargha Dey; Francesco Walker; Marieke Martens; Jacques Terken

doi:10.1145/3342197.3344523

Gaze patterns in pedestrian interaction with vehicles: towards effective design of external human-machine interfaces for automated vehicles

Debargha Dey, Francesco Walker, Marieke Martens, Jacques Terken

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Abstract

In road-crossing situations involving negotiation with approaching vehicles, pedestrians need to take into account the behavior of the car before making a decision. To investigate the kind of information about the car that pedestrians seek, and the places where do they look for it, we conducted an eye-tracking study with 26 participants and analyzed the fixation behavior when interacting with a manually-driven vehicle that approached while slowing and displaying a yielding behavior. Results show that a clear pattern of gaze behavior exists for pedestrians in looking at a vehicle during road-crossing situations as a function of the vehicle's distance. When the car is far away, pedestrians look at the environment or the road space ahead of the car. With the approach, the gaze gradually shifts to the windshield of the car. We conclude by discussing the implications of this insight in the user-centered-design of optimal external Human-Machine-Interfaces for automated vehicles.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	AutomotiveUI '19 Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages	369-378
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-6884-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3342197.3344523
Publication status	Published - 21 Sept 2019
Event	11th International ACM Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI 2019) - Utrecht, Netherlands Duration: 22 Sept 2019 → 25 Sept 2019 Conference number: '19 https://www.auto-ui.org/19/

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Conference	11th International ACM Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI 2019)
Abbreviated title	AutomotiveUI
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Utrecht
Period	22/09/19 → 25/09/19
Internet address	https://www.auto-ui.org/19/

Keywords

Eye-tracking
Pedestrian behavior
Real-world study
Vehicle-pedestrian interaction
Vulnerable road user (VRU)

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Dey, D., Walker, F., Martens, M., & Terken, J. (2019). Gaze patterns in pedestrian interaction with vehicles: towards effective design of external human-machine interfaces for automated vehicles. In AutomotiveUI '19 Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (pp. 369-378). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/3342197.3344523

Dey, Debargha ; Walker, Francesco ; Martens, Marieke et al. / Gaze patterns in pedestrian interaction with vehicles : towards effective design of external human-machine interfaces for automated vehicles. AutomotiveUI '19 Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications . New York : Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2019. pp. 369-378

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Dey, D, Walker, F, Martens, M & Terken, J 2019, Gaze patterns in pedestrian interaction with vehicles: towards effective design of external human-machine interfaces for automated vehicles. in AutomotiveUI '19 Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications . Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, New York, pp. 369-378, 11th International ACM Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI 2019), Utrecht, Netherlands, 22/09/19. https://doi.org/10.1145/3342197.3344523

Gaze patterns in pedestrian interaction with vehicles: towards effective design of external human-machine interfaces for automated vehicles. / Dey, Debargha; Walker, Francesco; Martens, Marieke et al.
AutomotiveUI '19 Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications . New York: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2019. p. 369-378.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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Dey D, Walker F, Martens M , Terken J. Gaze patterns in pedestrian interaction with vehicles: towards effective design of external human-machine interfaces for automated vehicles. In AutomotiveUI '19 Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications . New York: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 2019. p. 369-378 doi: 10.1145/3342197.3344523

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