Evaluation of Driver Assistive Technologies for Inclement Weather
Summary
This project considers the development of tools for studying and enhancing the ability of a driver to cope with inclement conditions. The goal is to develop strategies for supplementing a driver's natural cues with synthetic cues derived from sensors and control strategies. To provide a system for the evaluation of driver assistive technologies for innclement conditions, a driver simulator has been developed. The financial impact of highway accidents related to loss of life, treatment costs and property damage is assessed to be $175 billion annually. This has been a motivation to invest in Intelligent Vehicle technology.
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Driver Assistive Technology
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Features
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Faculty
Dr. T. Singh | tsingh@eng.buffalo.edu
Dr. T. Kesavadas | kesh@eng.buffalo.edu
Dr. R. Mayne | mayne@eng.buffalo.edu
Graduate Students
Jaejun Kim | jjk@eng.buffalo.edu
Abijeet Roy
Sponsors
Honda Research Initiation Grant 1998-1999.
Publications
[1] Singh, T., Kesavadas, T., Mayne, R.M., Kim, J., Roy, A., Design of Hardware/Algorithms for Enhancement of Driver-Vehicle Performance in Inclement Conditions Using a Virtual Environment, SAE Transactions - Journal of Passenger Car - Mechanical Systems (Accepted, September, 2001 - cited by SAE as one of the best papers of the year)
