Comparisons between upright and reclined seating positions in autonomous vehicles
Authors:
René Reinhard, Sebastian Emmerich, Benjamin Blumhofer, Michael Kleer
Keywords:
highly automated vehicles, reclined car seat, comfort, trust in automation, perceived safety
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Reinhard R.; Emmerich S.; Blumhofer B. and Kleer M. Comparisons between upright and reclined seating positions in autonomous vehicles In: Proceedings of the Driving Simulation Conference 2022 Europe VR, Driving Simulation Association, Strasbourg, France, 2022, pp. 101-108
@inproceedings{Reinhard2022, title = {Comparisons between upright and reclined seating positions in autonomous vehicles}, author = {René Reinhard and Sebastian Emmerich and Benjamin Blumhofer and Michael Kleer}, editor = {Andras Kemeny and Jean-Rémy Chardonnet and Florent Colombet}, year = {2022}, date = {2022-09-15}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Driving Simulation Conference 2022 Europe VR}, pages = {101-108}, address = {Strasbourg, France}, organization = {Driving Simulation Association}, abstract = {In highly automated vehicles (SAE level 3 and up), the relinquishing of control allows its passengers to engage in non-driving-related tasks, including resting. Consequently, seat positions like a reclined seat may become more prevalent, which can in turn impact the passenger. The current study explored possible effects on comfort perceptions and the evaluation of the autonomous system in a driving simulator study. Here, 37 participants were seated on an off-the-shelf driver’s seat inside the RODOS driving simulator. They experienced three short driving scenarios that each included a swerving manoeuvre with noticeable lateral accelerations and yaw rotations in three different seating conditions: (1) an alert condition, with their hands on the steering wheel; (2) a hands free condition, where they were still seated upright, but were no longermonitoring the autonomous driving system; (3) a reclined seating condition, where they lay back in a reclined seat. They evaluated their experience with regard to overall comfort, the localisation of discomfort feelings, their trust in the autonomous driving system, and their perceived safety. Significant differences were found in comfort ratings and trust between the alert and hands free conditions, but not between the upright and reclined seating conditions.}, keywords = {comfort, highly automated vehicles, perceived safety, reclined car seat, trust in automation}, }
TY - CONF TI - Comparisons between upright and reclined seating positions in autonomous vehicles AU - Reinhard, René AU - Emmerich, Sebastian AU - Blumhofer, Benjamin AU - Kleer, Michael C1 - Strasbourg, France C3 - Proceedings of the Driving Simulation Conference 2022 Europe VR DA - 2022/09/15 PY - 2022 SP - 101 EP - 108 LA - en-US PB - Driving Simulation Association L2 - https://proceedings.driving-simulation.org/proceeding/dsc-2022/comparisons-between-upright-and-reclined-seating-positions-in-autonomous-vehicles ER -
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