Development of a Washout Algorithm for a Vehicle Driving Simulator Using New Tilt Coordination and Return Mode

  • You Ki Sung (Research Institute of Industrial Science & Technology) ;
  • Lee Min Cheol (School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Kang Eugene (Advanced Engineering Center, Samsung SDI) ;
  • Yoo Wan Suk (School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University)
  • 발행 : 2005.01.01

초록

A vehicle driving simulator is a virtual reality device which makes a man feel as if he drove an actual vehicle. Unlike actual vehicles, the simulator has limited kinematical workspace and bounded dynamic characteristics. So it is difficult to simulate dynamic motions of a multi-body vehicle model. In order to overcome these problems, a washout algorithm which controls the workspace of the simulator within the kinematical limitation is needed. However, a classical washout algorithm contains several problems such as generation of wrong sensation of motions by filters in tilt coordination, requirement of trial and error method in selecting the proper cut-off frequencies and difficulty in returning the simulator to its origin using only high pass filters. This paper proposes a washout algorithm with new tilt coordination method which gives more accurate sensations to drivers. To reduce the time in returning the simulator to its origin, an algorithm that applies selectively onset mode from high pass filters and return mode from error functions is proposed. As a result of this study, the results of the proposed algorithm are compared with the results of classical washout algorithm through the human perception models. Also, the performance of the suggested algorithm is evaluated by using human perception and sensibility of some drivers through experiments.

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