PDF《Driver燱ellness,毁afety？&炉he?》

?(2)?a?means?to?determine?individual?wellbeing?and? progress;

?and,?(3)?tools?or?strategies?to?improve?and?achieve?optimal?performance.?The?ultimate?goal?is? to?refresh?and?renew?the?user,?improving?their?overall?wellbeing.? Today?there?are?many?products?that?include?one,?two?or?all?of?these?elements.?A?bed?manufacturer? enables?the?user?to?adjust?their?bed?for?optimal?comfort?to?'

feel'

?recharged?the?next?morning.?Several? sports?manufacturers?now?offer?shoes?that?assure?more?than?comfort;

?they?promise?improvement?in? muscle?tone?and?rejuvenated?leg?appearance?with?repeated?use.?A?national?electronics?retailer?sells? health?monitoring?devices?along?with?access?to?a?website?to?learn?more?about?fitness?and?to?share? progress?with?others,?as?well?as?a?discount?at?local?gyms,?to?provide?the?tools?to?improve?and?to?be? reinvigorated.?? While?health?and?wellbeing?is?important?in?every?part?of?life'

s?activities,?driving?may?be?considered?an? '

extreme'

?activity?that?depends?on?the?awareness?and?performance?of?the?driver.?Today'

s?driving? population?is?older,?managing?more?chronic?disease,?and?balancing?competing?demands?on?their? attention.?How?might?wellness?be?applied?to?the?driving?experience?and?engineered?into?the?vehicle??If? integrated?into?the?driving?experience,?could?wellness\inspired?systems?provide?improved?situational? awareness?to?the?driver,?reduce?impairment?from?fatigue,?stress?and?distraction,?and?thereby?improve? driver?performance?and?overall?highway?safety?? Advances?over?the?past?decade?in?information?technology?and?embedded?intelligent?systems?are? offering?new?ways?to?monitor,?manage?and?motivate?people?in?a?variety?of?settings?from?the?home?to? the?workplace?(Coughlin,?Pope,?&

?Leedle,?2006).?Collectively?referred?to?as?ambient?intelligence,? the? application?of?lighting,?sound,?vision,?domestic?appliances,?personal?healthcare?devices?and?distributed? services?all?cooperate?seamlessly?with?one?another?to?improve?the?total?user?experience?through?the? support?of?natural?and?intuitive?interfaces ?these?technologies?are?the?foundation?to?create? environments?that?sense,?support?and?optimize?user?performance.?(Aarts?&

?de?Ruyter,?2009).? Researchers?at?the?Georgia?Institute?of?Technology,?for?example,?have?integrated?a?wide?variety?of? systems?into?an?'

Aware?Home'

?(Gregory?et?al.,?2000).?The?Aware?Home?vision?enhances?the?health,? promotes?the?independence,?and?improves?social?engagement?of?the?residents?through?novel?user? interfaces,?intelligent?systems?and?services?that?remind?them?to?take?medication,?monitor?their? wellbeing?and?connect?them?to?friends,?family?and?physicians?(Coughlin?&

?Pope,?2008).?Integrating? ambient?intelligent?concepts?with?advances?in?in\vehicle?systems?presents?an?opportunity?to?realize?a? vehicle?that?is?more?than?'

simply'

?a?transportation?mode,?but?to?transform?the?car?into?'

wellness'

? platform?that?supports?optimal?driver?performance?and?improves?overall?traffic?safety.? ? ? Driver?Wellness,?Safety?&

?the?Development?of?an?AwareCar?

3 FRAMEWORK?FOR?AN?INTEGRATED?VEHICLE?SAFETY?/?WELLNESS?SYSTEM? Figure?1?depicts?the?overall?conceptual?framework?of?the? proposed?integrated?vehicle?safety?/?wellness?platform.?The? framework?consists?of?three?wellness\inspired?components:?1)? detection?and?ongoing?monitoring?of?driver?state,?2)? displaying?/?providing?this?information?to?the?driver,?vehicle? systems,?and?the?evolving?intelligent?transportation?system? (ITS)?infrastructure,?and?3)?engaging?features?to?alert?or?calm? the?driver?(refresh)?as?needed?to?meet?the?requirements?of? the?current?driving?situation.? This?model?assumes?that?the?driver?is?an?active?participant?in? the?operation?and?control?of?the?vehicle.?While?semi\ autonomous?systems?are?starting?to?make?their?way?into? production?vehicles,?it?will?likely?be?many?years?before?fully? autonomous?operation?for?the?entire?course?of?travel?will? become?the?norm?and?that?vehicles?will?only?contain? passengers.?As?long?as?a?human?being?plays?a?role?in?the? operation?of?the?vehicle,?even?if?this?eventually?consists?of?mostly?monitoring?largely?automated? systems,?the?state?of?the?driver?(i.e.?their?attentiveness,?trust?and?comfort?in?systems?decisions,?and? ability?to?respond?appropriately?to?changing?conditions)?will?continue?to?be?an?important?component?of? safe?operation?(Brookhuis,?de?Waard,?&