Communication and interaction strategies in automotive adaptive interfaces

Today´s drivers have to cope with a growing amount of information coming from on-board information messages, telematics and advanced driver assistance systems. The interaction between the driver and these systems is critical since it may distract the driver from the primary task of driving. The paper, addressing this problem has a twofold aim: in one hand to carry out a review of past and current initiatives on the optimization of human machine interfaces (HMI) in the automotive research area. On the other hand it presents relevant results, investigates research and market trends and proposes strategies and architectures for future implementation. The COMUNICAR project presented is the most well-know European project - as an example for past activities, while the AIDE integrated project and its vision is proposed as the roadmap for future activities