SANTOS Evaluation Field Experiment August 2001
(click thumbnails for large version / video clip)
These video frames are taken from a video documentation about the SANTOS project. You see data aquisition
for measurement of drivers' mental workload with three psychophysiologic measures. Subject rides a SANTOS
demonstrator. The demonstrator is equipped with Adaptive Cruise Control, Heading Control and on-line driver
workload estimation. The latter uses information from a map tracker using an enhanced NAVTECH SDAL geographic
database, the CAN bus interface and an ACC system running on a PUMA (it does not matter if you do not
understand this technical stuff). High values of estimated workload lead to suppression of incoming
telephone calls, i. e. these are redirected to the telephone mailbox. The bottom row shows three typical
situations with high workload estimations (look at the red line immediately above the map tracker window when
playing the video clips) and finally a 'normal' (standard addition task) unsuppressed telephone conversation
with a hands-free phone.
Maria Peissner, Juergen Werse, Walter Piechulla, 2001