Impact of multi-sensory on-bicycle rider assistance devices on rider concentration and safety

  • Chao Yang Yang
  • , Yu Ting Wu
  • , Cheng Tse Wu

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Abstract

This study evaluated the impact of multi-sensory information cues from on-bicycle rider information assistance devices (OBRAD) on hazard perception performance. Experiments tested the impact of distraction from different combinations of visual, auditory and tactile sensory aids on the subject's ability to maintain peddling frequency while conducting eight different tasks. The results indicate that the integrated use of different sensory cues (e.g., text, audible alerts and vibration) can decrease cognitive loading, with each sensory combination, particularly those involving tactile stimulation, having different levels of effect. Tactile sensory aids helped reduce the degree of rider distraction, thus helping maintain a high sensitivity to danger (hit rate mean: 0.34). Cycling performance was further improved through combining tactile stimuli with auditory cues for assistance in the secondary task. The implications of these findings and the need to integrate and manage complex OBRAD information systems are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDesign, User Experience, and Usability
Subtitle of host publicationUser Experience Design for Everyday Life Applications and Services - Third International Conference, DUXU 2014, Held as Part of HCI International 2014, Proc.
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages378-388
Number of pages11
EditionPART 3
ISBN (Print)9783319076348
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event3rd International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability: User Experience Design for Everyday Life Applications and Services, DUXU 2014, Held as Part of 16th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2014 - Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Duration: 22 06 201427 06 2014

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
NumberPART 3
Volume8519 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference3rd International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability: User Experience Design for Everyday Life Applications and Services, DUXU 2014, Held as Part of 16th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2014
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityHeraklion, Crete
Period22/06/1427/06/14

Keywords

  • Cognitive loading
  • Cycling performance
  • Hazard perception
  • Multi-sensory

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