The Impact of In-Vehicle Voice Interaction System on Driving Safety

AbstractOil leak from vehicles is one of the most common pollution types of the road. The spilled oil could be retained on the surface and spread in the air voids of the road, which results in a decrease in the friction coefficient of the road, affects driving safety, and causes damage to pavement materials over time. Photocatalytic degradation through nano-TiO2 is a safe, long-lasting, and sustainable technology among the many methods for treating oil contamination on road surfaces. In this study, the nano-TiO2 photocatalytic degradation effect of road surface oil pollution was evaluated through the lab experiment. First, a glass dish was used as a substrate to determine the basic working condition of the test; then, a test method considering the impact of different oil erosion degrees was proposed to eliminate the effect of oil erosion on asphalt pavement and leakage on cement pavement, which led to the development of a lab test method for the nano-TiO2 photocatalytic degradation effect of oil pollution on different road surfaces.

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The Semi-Active Control Considering Structure-Basement-Pile-Soil Interaction

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.163-167.2780 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 163-167 ◽

pp. 2780-2786

Author(s):

Yan Tao Li ◽

Zhan Xue Zhou

Keyword(s):

Active Control ◽

Structural Control ◽

Soil Structure ◽

Tall Buildings ◽

Interaction System ◽

Subdomain Method ◽

Infinite Element Method ◽

Fixed End ◽

Instantaneous Optimal Control ◽

The Impact

The interaction system which includes pi1e-supported tall buildings with multistoried basements and the adjacent medium of soil subject to the impact of earthquake is formulated in terms of the spline subdomain method,semi-analytical infinite element method and the bend-shear model of beam element,respectively.Taking advantage of the instantaneous optimal control algorithm, structure-basements-piles-soil interaction effect on the semi-active control is considered. It is shown that the results of structural control have obvious difference between the interaction system and the fixed-end system.The response of the former may be less about 10 percent than the latter in the paper.The dissipative capability of the structure self may be ignored largely if the interaction isn’t considered.When designing the system of the semi-active control, especially for some tall buildings,soil-structure interaction should be taken into consideration.

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A VoIP-based voice interaction system for a virtual telephone operator using video calls

2014 IEEE 3rd Global Conference on Consumer Electronics (GCCE) ◽

10.1109/gcce.2014.7031317 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Ryota Nishimura ◽

Koji Sugiokay ◽

Daisuke Yamamoto ◽

Takahiro Uchiya ◽

Ichi Takumi

Keyword(s):

Interaction System ◽

Voice Interaction

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0404 Jewish-Arab Disparities in Sleep Behaviors and Differential Ethnic Impact on Daytime Functioning, Driving Safety, and Health in Israel

SLEEP ◽

10.1093/sleep/zsaa056.401 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 43 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. A154-A155

Author(s):

E Rosenberg ◽

M L Perlis ◽

S Parthasarathy ◽

G Jean-Louis ◽

S Chakravorty ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sleep Disturbance ◽

Sleep Duration ◽

Functional Impairment ◽

Motor Vehicle ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Population Based ◽

Driving Safety ◽

Drowsy Driving ◽

The Impact ◽

Sleep Difficulties

Abstract Introduction In Israel, those with Arabic as compared to Jewish ethnicity, exhibit poorer health and motor vehicle safety behaviors. Their ethnic differences in sleep duration and quality may modulate their vulnerabilities to these behaviors. Methods 7,230 Israeli individuals (N=5,880 Jewish and N=1350 Arabic) responded to the 2017 Israeli Bureau of Statistics population-based survey of households. Variables were self-reported. Outcomes included sleepiness, sleep medications, functional impairment, drowsy driving, overall health, 1-year health change, and obesity. Predictors included categorical sleep duration (<=5, 6, 7, 8 [reference], or >=9 hours) and sleep disturbance in the past month (none [reference], mild [1/week], moderate [2-3/week], or severe [>3/week]). Covariates included age, sex, and financial status. Ethnicity (Jewish/Arabic) was treated as a predictor of sleep and behavioral outcomes. Results When compared to normal (8-hour) sleepers, Jewish as compared to Arabic individuals were more likely to to sleep <=5h (RRR=3.99, p<0.0005), 6h (RRR=4.65, p<0.0005), and 7h (RRR=3.34, p<0.0005), and were more likely to report severe sleep difficulties (RRR=1.49, p<0.0005) and sleepiness (oOR=1.52, p< 0.0005). Yet, they were less likely to report functional impairment (oOR=0.65, p<0.0005), drowsy driving (OR=0.58, p<0.0005), worse health (oOR=0.51, p<0005), worsening health (oOR=0.70, p<0.0005), or obesity (OR=0.64, p<0.0005). Significant ethnicity by sleep duration interactions (p<0.05) characterized sleepiness, sleep medications, functional impairment, health, and health change. Moreover, significant ethnicity by sleep disturbance interactions (p<0.05) characterized the same outcomes, in addition to drowsy driving. Overall, the impact of sleep duration and sleep difficulties was generally greater among Arabs for all variables. Conclusion Despite Jewish individuals endorsing relatively shorter sleep and more severe sleep difficulties, Arabs seem to be more vulnerable to the health and functional outcomes. This finding may explain some of the discrepancies in the health and safety outcomes between these ethnic groups. Support Dr. Grandner is supported by R01MD011600

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Influences of Gesture-Based Mobile Phone Use While Driving

Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board ◽

10.1177/03611981211026306 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 036119812110263

Author(s):

Jianwei Niu ◽

Yulin Zhou ◽

Dan Wang ◽

Xingguo Liu

Keyword(s):

Mobile Phone ◽

Lateral Position ◽

Driving Safety ◽

Control Technique ◽

Steering Wheel ◽

Secondary Tasks ◽

Mobile Phone Use ◽

Driving Speed ◽

Gesture Control ◽

The Impact

The use of mobile phones while driving has been a hot topic in the field of driving safety for decades. Although there are few studies on the influence of gesture control on in-vehicle secondary tasks, this study aims to investigate the impact of gesture-based mobile phone use without touching while driving from the perspective of multiple-resource workload owing to visual, auditory, cognitive, and psychomotor resource occupation. A novel gesture control technique was adopted for secondary task interactions, to recognize the gestures of drivers. An experiment was conducted to study the influences of two interaction modes, traditional touch-based mobile phone interaction and gesture-based mobile phone interaction, on driving behavior in three different cognitive level task groups. The results indicate that gesture-based mobile phone interaction can improve driving performance with regard to lateral position-keeping ability and steering wheel control; nevertheless, it has no significant impact on longitudinal metrics such as driving speed, driving speed variation, and throttle control variation. Gesture-based mobile phone interactions have a larger effect on secondary tasks with medium cognitive load but not on actual operation tasks. It was also verified that the performance of gesture-based mobile phone interaction was better in secondary mobile phone tasks such as switching (e.g., switching songs) and adjusting (e.g., adjusting volume) than the traditional interaction mode. This study provides the theoretical and experimental support for human–computer interaction using gesture-based mobile phone interactive control in future automobiles.

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Handling Stability of Tractor Semitrailer Based on Handling Diagram

Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society ◽

10.1155/2012/350360 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2012 ◽

pp. 1-16 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ren Yuan-yuan ◽

Zheng Xue-lian ◽

Li Xian-sheng

Keyword(s):

Rear Axle ◽

Driving Safety ◽

Nonlinear Characteristics ◽

Vehicle Handling ◽

Driving Speed ◽

The Stability ◽

The Impact ◽

Better Than

Handling instability is a serious threat to driving safety. In order to analyze the handling stability of a tractor semitrailer, a handling diagram can be used. In our research, considering the impact of multiple nonsteering rear axles and nonlinear characteristics of tires on vehicle handling stability, the handling equations are developed for description of stability of tractor semi-trailer. Then we obtain handling diagrams so as to study the influence of driving speed, loaded mass, and fifth wheel lead on vehicle handling stability. The analysis results show that the handling stability of a tractor semi-trailer when the tractor has two nonsteering rear axles is better than that when the tractor has only one nonsteering rear axle. While the stability in the former case is slightly influenced by driving speed and loaded mass, the latter is strongly influenced by both. The fifth wheel lead is found to only slightly influence handling stability for both tractor semi-trailers. Therefore, to ensure the driving safety of tractor semi-trailers when the tractor has only one nonsteering rear axle, much stricter restraints should be imposed on driving speed, and the loaded mass must not exceed the rated load of the trailer.

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The impact of personality on driving safety among Chinese high-speed railway drivers

Accident Analysis & Prevention ◽

10.1016/j.aap.2016.03.014 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 92 ◽

pp. 9-14 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

Ming Guo ◽

Wei Wei ◽

Ganli Liao ◽

Fulei Chu

Keyword(s):

High Speed ◽

Driving Safety ◽

High Speed Railway ◽

The Impact

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Voice Interaction System for Race Games

Journal of Electronic Research and Application ◽

10.26689/jera.v3i6.1061 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (6) ◽

Author(s):

Xuanning Liang

Keyword(s):

Computer Technology ◽

Computer Games ◽

Daily Life ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

The Other ◽

Research Directions ◽

The Road ◽

Interaction System ◽

The Future ◽

Voice Interaction

With the advancement of the computer technology, there are now various kinds of computer games, especially race games (RAC). However, there are still many issues in race games. The first problem is that the interactivity is not fully-fledged. Information can only be input to the computers by manipulators without any feedback from the computers. The second problem is that players cannot pay attention to the information about the road conditions while they are driving. The main reason is that the monitor is usually too small to show the 3-D(three-dimensional) scenes of the game and it is hard for players to notice the road conditions. In order to figure out these problems, we designed a voice interaction system to improve the game experience. In the future, this technique will have a bright prospect. On one hand, this invention can be applied to VR games which will be one of the most popular research directions. While on the other hand, this invention can also be applied to automatic drive which will definitely change people’s daily life.

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Air Filter and Selected Vehicle Characteristics

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12229326 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (22) ◽

pp. 9326

Author(s):

František Synák ◽

Alica Kalašová ◽

Ján Synák

Keyword(s):

Driving Safety ◽

Extreme Conditions ◽

Exhaust Gas ◽

Gas Composition ◽

Dynamic Features ◽

Air Filter ◽

Vehicle Performance ◽

Air Mass ◽

Forced Air ◽

The Impact

While a vehicle is driving, the air filter is gradually being clogged. Thus, there is a condition for air mass delivered into the engine’s cylinders to be reduced. It can further degrade the vehicle’s ability to accelerate and, therefore, have an impact on road driving safety, or it can eventually make a vehicle performance worse or cause a change in the exhaust gas composition. The article pays attention to the impact of clogged air filter on selected vehicle characteristics including a vehicle’s dynamic features, fuel consumption and composition of the exhaust gases. The measurements have been performed under laboratory conditions. For higher result objectivity, the measurements have been done under some extreme conditions as well, with both the air filter fully clogged and forced air induction. The importance of the article lies in quantification of the impact of clogged air filter on selected vehicle features. The results from this article show a relatively low impact of air filter on the features studied. The biggest differences were measured under extreme conditions when the air filter had been almost fully clogged, or the air had been delivered into the engine under pressure.

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Beacon Transmission Rate Allocation Optimization under Synchronized P-Persistent Repetition MAC Protocol for Platooning

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing ◽

10.1155/2020/8887134 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

Lin Hu ◽

Yindong Xiao ◽

Zhijian Dai

Keyword(s):

Traffic Safety ◽

Utility Maximization ◽

Transmission Rate ◽

Mac Protocol ◽

Rate Allocation ◽

Driving Safety ◽

Intelligent Transport System ◽

Network Utility Maximization ◽

Network Utility ◽

The Impact

Platooning, which is enabled by vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication, is one of the most potential frameworks in the intelligent transport system (ITS) to enhance driving safety and improve traffic capacity. In a platoon, vehicles interact with each other by broadcasting beacons via Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC). In this work, we explore the impact of beacon transmission rate allocation on the network utility which involves not only network performance but also traffic safety and efficiency for the vehicular ad hoc network (VANET) composing of a single platoon. An optimization problem aiming at searching for an optimal beacon transmission rate allocation for platoon management is developed based on a network utility maximization framework. Particularly, adopting a synchronized P-persistent repetition (SPR) medium access control (MAC) protocol, an optimal beacon transmission rate allocation to achieve the network utility maximization, is obtained for a platoon at a certain cruise velocity. In the simulation, the correctness of the proposed approach is validated, and its advantages over the benchmark are demonstrated by comparisons.

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