Influence of video characteristics of simulator images on remote driving performance

Author

Sudarsan, S.P. ; Cohen, Charles J. ; Du, Loc Q. ; Cobb, Paul N. ; Yager, Eric S. ; Jacobus, Charles J.

Author_Institution

Cybernet Syst. Corp., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

12-15 Oct 1997

Firstpage

1062

Abstract

Driving simulators are finding potential use as display devices in specialized applications such as the remote control and manipulation of vehicles. This work is an attempt to understand how driving control is affected by the video characteristics of simulator images, in particular the update frequency, and the image delay. Five subjects took part in this study. The experimental task was to drive a car displayed on the monitor at different combinations of update frequency and image delay, and the time to complete the task was used as a measure of performance. Results show the presence of characteristic changes in driving time with alterations in update frequency and frame lag. Implications of these findings are discussed in relationship to the video characteristics of visual displays in driving simulators used for the remote control of vehicles by human operators

Keywords

automobiles; delays; man-machine systems; simulation; telecontrol; driving control; driving simulators; frame lag; image delay; remote control; simulator images; update frequency; video characteristics; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Delay effects; Displays; Frequency; Humans; Image generation; Lab-on-a-chip; Remotely operated vehicles; Vehicle driving;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1997. Computational Cybernetics and Simulation., 1997 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4053-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.1997.638089

Filename

638089