Get Out of The Way! Examining eHMIs in Critical Driver-Pedestrian Encounters in a Coupled Simulator

Pavlo Bazilinskyy; Lars Kooijman; Dimitra Dodou; Kirsten P.T. Mallant; Victor E.R. Roosens; Marloes D.L.M. Middelweerd; Lucas D. Overbeek; Joost C.F. De Winter

doi:10.1145/3543174.3546849

Get Out of The Way! Examining eHMIs in Critical Driver-Pedestrian Encounters in a Coupled Simulator

Pavlo Bazilinskyy, Lars Kooijman, Dimitra Dodou, Kirsten P.T. Mallant, Victor E.R. Roosens, Marloes D.L.M. Middelweerd, Lucas D. Overbeek, Joost C.F. De Winter

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Abstract

Past research suggests that displays on the exterior of the car, known as eHMIs, can be effective in helping pedestrians to make safe crossing decisions. This study examines a new application of eHMIs, namely the provision of directional information in scenarios where the pedestrian is almost hit by a car. In an experiment using a head-mounted display and a motion suit, participants had to cross the road while a car driven by another participant approached them. The results showed that the directional eHMI caused pedestrians to step back compared to no eHMI. The eHMI increased the pedestrians' self-reported understanding of the car's intention, although some pedestrians did not notice the eHMI. In conclusion, there may be potential for supporting pedestrians in situations where they need support the most, namely critical encounters. Future research may consider coupling a directional eHMI to autonomous emergency steering.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Main Proceedings - 14th International ACM Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, AutomotiveUI 2022
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.
Pages	360-371
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450394154
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3543174.3546849
Publication status	Published - 17 Sept 2022
Event	14th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, AutomotiveUI 2022 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of Duration: 17 Sept 2022 → 20 Sept 2022 Conference number: 14

Conference

Conference	14th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, AutomotiveUI 2022
Abbreviated title	AutomotiveUI 2022
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Seoul
Period	17/09/22 → 20/09/22

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research is supported by grant 016.Vidi.178.047 (“How should automated vehicles communicate with other road users?”), financed by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).

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© 2022 Owner/Author.

Funding

This research is supported by grant 016.Vidi.178.047 (“How should automated vehicles communicate with other road users?”), financed by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).

Keywords

Coupled virtual-reality simulator
Decision-making
External human-machine interfaces
Pedestrian safety

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Bazilinskyy, P., Kooijman, L., Dodou, D., Mallant, K. P. T., Roosens, V. E. R., Middelweerd, M. D. L. M., Overbeek, L. D., & De Winter, J. C. F. (2022). Get Out of The Way! Examining eHMIs in Critical Driver-Pedestrian Encounters in a Coupled Simulator. In Main Proceedings - 14th International ACM Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, AutomotiveUI 2022 (pp. 360-371). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1145/3543174.3546849

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Get Out of The Way! Examining eHMIs in Critical Driver-Pedestrian Encounters in a Coupled Simulator. / Bazilinskyy, Pavlo; Kooijman, Lars; Dodou, Dimitra et al.
Main Proceedings - 14th International ACM Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, AutomotiveUI 2022. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc., 2022. p. 360-371.

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