Knight Rider: For Beginners

Jian Li

ORF/PSY 322 Final Project

May 10, 2004

Inspiration• 1980’s television hit series starring “Kitt.”• Current developments in Intelligent Vehicle-

Highway Systems (IVHS), such as smart cruise control, navigational systems, and automated steering.

• Current research on automated highway driving capabilities through neural networks (Kornhauser et al).

Stress and Trust Factors

• Stress from IVHS components arise from prolonged driver attention and processing overload (Matthews et al.).

• In a survey conducted on Princeton University undergraduates, more than 95% of students trust the reliability of computers, but not IVHS systems.

• There is evidence of a trust factor.

IVHS Reliability Survey

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Driver Training with IVHS

• Mind and Body Duality: Learning a skill requires interactions between the two realms.

• Stress originating from the presence of an another driver: the expectation factor (Cooper and Weaver).

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• In a survey on Princeton students, more than 65% experience stress when driving with another person.

Collision Module: “Alain”

• A Bayesian Probability model for determining collision factor.

• Alain coupled with a imagining system can determine deflection and displacement.

• A simplified simulation using Matlab produced reasonable results.

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Conclusions• IVHS components need to be designed for ease

of use and reliability.• Using an automated driver trainer program

reduces stress creates by the presence of a second driver.

• Using a Bayesian probability model to create a collision module seems feasible.

• As automobiles become more intelligent and automated, people need to learn both motor skills as well as data processing skills.