The sound of trust: Sonification of car intentions and perception in a context of autonomous drive
2020 (English)In: International Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics, ISSN 2045-7804, E-ISSN 2045-7812, Vol. 7, no 4, p. 343-358Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
A main challenge to the successful wide scale introduction of self-driving vehicles is users' trust in automation technology. This study's primary aim was to investigate whether auditory displays can enhance users' trust when they ride in self-driving cars. Twenty-eight subjects participated in an experiment utilising a virtual reality simulation. All subjects rode in a virtual vehicle with and without an auditory display. The display contained signals that provided information about the intentions of the car, as well as other road users that the car focused on. Participants' responses were collected during and after the rides. The results suggest that auditory displays can be useful to improve users' trust. Furthermore, the designed auditory display received high scores in terms of user acceptance. These results have implications for the interaction design of self-driving cars and can guide future auditory display research.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Inderscience Publishers , 2020. Vol. 7, no 4, p. 343-358
Keywords [en]
Auditory display, Auditory display guidelines, Automation technology, Autonomous car, Autonomous drive, Car intention, Car perception, Experiment, Interaction design, Self-driving vehicles, Sonification, Sound of trust, Trust, User acceptance, Virtual reality
National Category
Computer and Information Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-52168DOI: 10.1504/IJHFE.2020.112506Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85099651880OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-52168DiVA, id: diva2:1529190
Note
Funding details: Fellowships Fund Incorporated, FFI, 2018-02730; Funding text 1: The work presented in this paper is part of the currently ongoing project Sonic Interaction in Intelligent Cars (SIIC), funded by the Swedish partnership programme Strategic Vehicle Research and Innovation (FFI), D. Nr. 2018-02730. The project is collaboration between Volvo Cars, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden and Pole Position Production.
2021-02-172021-02-172023-05-22Bibliographically approved