Human-Computer Interaction Application for Autonomous Vehicles
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Internet of Things".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2023) | Viewed by 7779
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Interests: Human-Computer Interaction; human-centered artificial intelligence; automotive user interfaces; human-vehicle interaction; extended reality (VR, AR, MR); user experience
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Dear Colleagues,
We are entering a world where passenger vehicles and public transport are reaching higher levels of autonomy (SAE Level 3 or higher) and becoming more prevalent in daily life. As automated driving technology develops, drivers increasingly relinquish driving control to autonomous vehicles and engage more freely in non-driving-related tasks (NDRTs) ranging from working on a laptop to sleeping. Driven by the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI), increased vehicle autonomy means that vehicle operation is no longer the driver’s primary task.
Conventional human–vehicle interaction (HVI) design has been referred to as human–machine interaction from the perspective of car-as-machine. Driver interactions (e.g., manual operation, navigation) with manual vehicles will of course remain, but the paradigm shift of the driver’s role in autonomous vehicles brings about new human-centered research questions: What NDRTs will we want to perform in a fully autonomous vehicle, and how will we want to interact with vehicle systems while performing them? How will traditional interfaces such as radio buttons or climate control knobs be adapted for future vehicles? Most importantly, how should these AI-based systems interact with other objects, people, and vehicles on the road?
This Special Issue explores these questions that deal with human factor issues and HCI (human–computer interaction) applications for autonomous vehicles.
AI advancements will entail new regulatory and safety issues, thereby demanding that future HVI systems be designed from the point of view of human–AI interaction. Consequently, cross-disciplinary research is needed to address issues of driver distraction and human–machine interface design and to develop new sensor-based technologies that enable AI systems to grasp the myriad ways that people interact with their vehicles. This research will enhance the HCI experience in next-generation vehicles.
This Special Issue welcomes all forms of HCI application proposals: research contributions, a proof of concept, state-of-the-art reviews on HCI, UI/UX, and design issues for passenger interfaces and interaction in future AI-infused mobility. The topics include but are not limited to:
- Human factors and HCI applications for autonomous vehicles;
- Human–AI interaction design for making future transportation more human-centered;
- Understanding passenger interactions in automated vehicles—their activities, behaviors, intentions, and cognitive and affective states with sensors;
- Maneuver- and non-maneuver-based intervention in autonomous vehicles;
- Opportune moments for proactive intervention of machine intelligence in automated vehicles;
- Games and infotainment services in a fully autonomous vehicle or shuttle;
- Digital twins with mixed reality for AI-infused automotive systems;
- Multimodal sensor fusion for in-vehicle natural user interface (NUI) systems;
- XAI, virtual agents, personalization, UI/UX designs, and human-centered simulation technology for autonomous vehicles;
- Autonomous vehicle platforms as an interactive and iterative analytic tool for large-scale areas.
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- autonomous vehicles
- Human–Computer Interaction (HCI)
- human–AI interaction
- human-centered artificial intelligence
- automotive user interfaces
- future mobility
