• 대한산업공학회지
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.325-332
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• 2014

High cognitive workload decreases a driver's ability of judgement and response in traffic situation and could result in a traffic accident. Electrocardiography (ECG) has been used for evaluation of drivers' cognitive workload; however, individual differences in ECG response corresponding to cognitive workload have not been fully considered. The present study developed an evaluation method of individual driver's cognitive workload based on ECG data, and evaluated its usefulness through an experiment in a driving simulator. The evaluation method developed by the present study determined the optimal ECG evaluation condition for individual participant by analysis of area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) for various conditions (total number of conditions = 144) in terms of four aspects (ECG measure, window span, update rate, and workload level). AUC analysis on the various conditions showed that the optimal ECG evaluation condition for each participant was significantly different. In addition, the optimal ECG evaluation condition could accurately detect changes in cognitive workload for 47% of the total participants (n = 15). The evaluation method proposed in the present study can be utilized in the evaluation of individual driver's cognitive workload for an intelligent vehicle.

• 산업공학
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.145-154
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• 1997

In developing the HMI(Human-Machine Interface) evaluation system for the IVNS(In-Vehicle Navigation System), design guidelines and evaluation methods are the most crucial problems for its use and efficiency. As the part of this system, focused on the final product of the database, subjective mental workload assessment is seriously considered to evaluate the driver's own driving task using the IVNS. This paper suggests the methodology for the ergonomic assessment of the IVNS that corresponds to the subjective measurement of the driver's mental workload by rating his or her own driving task. For this approach, Revision of NASA-Task Load Index(RNASA-TLX) was developed which translated and revised the version of NASA-TLX that is generally accepted an efficient and powerful method for evaluating the in-vehicle information systems. To verify the RNASA-TLX, an experiment was conducted in a real road situation, because the result of the laboratory approach is uncertain and has the differences from the real road test.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.167-177
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• 2013

Objective: This study aims to compare the usefulness of subjective measures which are comprised of existing methods like NASA-TLX, Bedford-scale and ZEIS and newly developed method like DALI in measuring drivers' mental workload in terms of validity, sensitivity and diagnosticity. Background: Nowadays, with the development of intelligent vehicle and HMI, mental workload of driver has become more and more important. For this reason, the studies on drivers' mental workload about driving situation and the use of information technology equipment such as mobile phones and navigations were conducted intensively. However, the studies on measuring drivers' mental workload were rarely conducted. Moreover, most of studies on comparison of subjective measures were used with performance based measure. However, performance based measures can cause distraction effect with subjective measures. Method: Participants (N=19) were engaged in a driving simulation experiment in 2 driving contexts (downtown driving and highway driving context). The experiment has 2 sessions according to driving contexts. The level of difficulties by driving contexts were adjusted according to existence of intersections, traffic signs and signals, billboards and the number of doublings. Moreover, as criteria of concurrent validity and sensitivity, the EEG data were recorded before and during the sessions. Results: The results indicated that all subjective methods were correlates with EEG in high-way driving. On the contrary to this, in downtown driving, all subjective methods were not correlates with EEG. In terms of sensitivity, multi-dimensional scales (NASA-TLX, DALI) were the only ones to identify differences between high way and downtown driving. Finally, in terms of diagnosticity, DALI was the most suitable method for evaluating drivers' mental workload in driving context. Conclusion: The DALI as newly developed method dedicated to evaluate driver's mental workload was superior in terms of sensitivity and diagnosticity. However, researchers should consider the characteristics of each subjective method synthetically according to research objective by selecting the method in subjective measures. Application: The results of this study could be applied to the intelligent vehicle and next generation of HMI design to decrease mental workload of driver and for the development of new subjective method in vehicle domain.

• 대한인간공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한인간공학회 1996년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.41-46
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• 1996

This paper suggests the methodology for the ergonomic assessment of the navigation system driver that corresponds to the subjective measurement of the driver's mental workload by rating his or her own driving task. For this approach, Revision of NASA-Task Load Index (RNASA-TLX) was developed which translated and revised the version of NASA-TLX that is generally accepted an efficient and powerful method for evaluating the in-vehicle information system. To venify RNASA- TLS, an experiment was conducted in a real road situation, because the result of the laboratory approach is uncertain and has the differences from the real road test.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.67-78
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 30명의 피실험자를 대상으로 운전자의 운전부하 특성을 분석하였다. 설계운전자의 심리생리적 특성을 파악하고자 뇌의 후두엽부위 뇌파신호를 이용하여 시뮬레이션 실험과 현장주행 실험을 수행하였다. 본 연구를 통해 다음과 같은 결론을 도출하였다. 첫째, 운전자의 생체신호(뇌파)를 이용하여 설계운전자의 특성을 표현할 수 있었다. 둘째, 설계운전자의 운전부하 설명변수로는 베타파 값과 상대에너지 계수 값이 통계적으로 유의하였다. 셋째, 시뮬레이터 주행실험치의 90퍼센타 일 범위값이 설계운전자의 특성으로 적정한 것으로 분석되었다. 넷째, 실제 도로주행상황에서, 설계운전자의 최대 각성값은 베타파의 경우 31.72이며, 상대에너지계수 지표의 경우 1.296으로 분석되었다.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.86-94
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• 2015

최근 커넥티드 카는 자동차 업계 뿐 아니라 통신업체 등 다양한 산업분야에서 큰 주목을 받고 있다. 자동차도 하나의 디바이스로 인식되고 다양한 기기와 연동되면서 상호 작용하는 시스템으로 발전하고 있고 새로운 형태의 사업기회가 생겨나고 있다. 하지만 차량용 기술 발전에 따라 사고의 위험성 또한 대두되고 있으며 운전자의 사고를 예방하기 위한 다양한 기술들이 여러 기관에서 연구되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 운전자의 사고를 예방하기 위한 운전부하에 대하여 연구하고, 선행 된 연구에 바탕을 두고 운전자의 행동을 판단하여 운전부하를 측정하는 개발하였다. 개발된 알고리즘은 도로 주행 실험을 통하여 다양한 도로상황, 운전자의 상태에 따른 운전행동과 운전부하에서 유효하게 작동함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.657-670
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• 2012

Background: Today, numerous telematics technologies, i.e., technologies developed by integrating telecommunications with information processing, are applied in vehicles. One such developmental application of this technology to vehicles is to increase the safety or convenience of drivers by providing them with necessary information such as warnings and information on emergencies and traffic situations. However, under certain conditions, there is a high probability of traffic accidents if the driving workload is high. Nowadays, the navigation system is frequently used in the vehicles, this system provides various information including route to the driver. But, the existing navigation systems are not only considered a driver's reaction but also provide unilaterally to the information regardless of them. Such one-side information service type may miss important information to the driver. In addition, it sometimes interferes safety driving. Objective: To solve this problem, the intelligent navigation system needs to the providing way that it checks the driver's reactions after providing information. Namely, if the driver passes the information received from the navigation, then the intelligent system provides more loudly and more frequently. Method: Therefore, in this study we introduce the intelligent navigation system that it automatically controls modality type and its strength when the driver misses or overlooks the information for their safety and entertainment and we analyze the driver's cognitive responses about the modality type and its strength. Results: To evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed system, we analyzed the reaction time and driving workload for each type of the information, modality and its strength. Also we evaluated the users' subjective satisfaction and understanding based on a questionnaire.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국HCI학회 2008년도 학술대회 3부
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• pp.150-151
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• 2008

자동차의 폭발적인 보급과 발전은 이미 우리 생활에 없어서는 안될 아주 중요한 부분으로 자리잡았다. 이와 함께 최근의 갑작스러운 IT 기술 발전은 운전환경에서 운전자에게 보다 많은 정보를 제공함으로써 운전자는 실시간으로 들어오는 외부 자극에 능동적으로 대처하여야 한다. 운전자의 능력을 넘어선 정보제공은 때때로 운전자의 주의 분산을 야기 시켜 돌이킬 수 없는 사고를 초래하기도 한다. 따라서, 운전자에게 제공할 수 있는 다양한 정보를 수집/분석/저장하여, 효율적으로 차량단말을 통해 제공할 수 있는 기술이 필요하다. 이에 따라 한국전자통신연구원은 2007년 3월부터 운전자의 상태, 차량의 내/외부 정보를 수집/분석/저장하여 효율적으로 관리해줄 VDMS (Vehicle & Driver Management System)에 대한 기술을 개방해오고 있다. VDMS는 추후 물류차량이나 택시 또는 승용차에 적용이 가능하다. 또한 향후 상용화를 위해 본 과제에서는 실제 물류차량과 택시차량에 차량정보 수집장치를 장착하여 실 데이터를 수집하였다. 본 발표에서는 VDMS의 전반적인 구성과 진행 방향에 대해서 설명하고, 과제 내에서 수행 되어온 결과물에 대해서 소개할 예정이다.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.212-212
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• 2002

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.62-69
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• 2013

Visual demands associated with in-vehicle display usage and text messaging distract a driver's visual attention from the roadway. To minimize eyes-off-the-road demands, voice interaction systems are widely introduced. Under cognitively distracted condition, however, awareness of the operating environment will be degraded although the driver remains oriented to the roadway. It is also know that the risk of inattentive driving varies with age, thus systematic analysis of driving risks is required for the older drivers. This paper aims to understand the age-related driving performance degradation and visual attention changes under auditory cognitive demand which consists of three graded levels of cognitive complexity. In this study, two groups, aged 25-35 and 60-69, engaged in a delayed auditory recall task, so called N-back task, while driving a simulated highway. Comparisons of younger and older drivers' driving performance including mean speed, speed variability and standard deviation of lane position, and gaze dispersion changes, which consist of x-axis and y-axis of visual attention, were conducted. As a result, it was observed that gaze dispersion decreased with each level of demand, demonstrating that these indices can correctly rank order cognitive workload. Moreover, gaze dispersion change patterns were quite consistent in younger and older age groups. Effects were also observed on driving performance measures, but they were subtle, nonlinear, and did not effectively differentiate the levels of cognitive workload.