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Journal Of Automotive Safety And Energy ›› 2016, Vol. 07 ›› Issue (01): 14-24.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8484.2016.01.002

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i-DRIVE (Intelligent Driver Interactive Vehicle Environment): Are We Ready?

LIN Yingzi   

  1. Intelligent Human-Machine Systems Laboratory Northeastern University, Boston MA 02115, USA
  • Received:2016-01-06 Online:2016-03-25 Published:2016-04-05
  • About author:Dr. LIN Yingzi，She is the director of the Intelligent Human-Machine Systems (IHMS) Laboratory, and an Associate Professor (tenured) with the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Northeastern University, USA. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and major industries. She is a recipient of a few prestigious research awards, including a NSF CAREER award and a NSERC UFA (University Faculty Award). Her expertise area includes: intelligent human-machine systems, driver-vehicle systems, smart structures and systems, sensors and sensing systems, multimodality information fusion, human machine interface design, and human friendly mechatronics. Dr. Lin was the Chair of the Virtual Environments Technical Group of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES). She was on the committees of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academy of Sciences. She served as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics - Part A: Systems and Humans. Professor Lin has been a reviewer for many professional journals and conferences with organizing committee of a number of professional meetings in advanced sensors, mechatronic systems, dynamic systems and control, advanced smart materials and smart structures, and human-machine interaction.
  • Supported by:

    the National Science Foundation (NSF) of USA (0954579, 1333524)

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Abstract:

Opportunities and challenges for driver-vehicle systems were discussed. Two key concepts were
proposed those are Intelligent DRIVE (Intelligent Driver Interactive Vehicle Environment, i-DRIVE) and Cyber
Driver Systems (CDs). An introduction and overview of the research studies from the Intelligent Human-Machine
System Laboratory (IHMS) in Northeastern University, US, were given. To establish an i-DRIVE, a mixed
architecture of driver-vehicle system was proposed combining "vehicle to vehicle communication and driver to
driver communication (V2V-D2D)" and a hybrid solution of CDs that involves more human factor considerations.
By introducing the CDs into the i-DRIVE, it can make the system achieve full coordination via the increased
interaction and feedback between vehicles and drivers. This could explore the role of human factors related
roles in the design and evaluation of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and Connected Vehicle (CV)
technologies. An overview of existing and on-going research worldwide shows that driver-vehicle system studies
are becoming the research priorities for traffic safety and crash prevention.

Key words: driver-vehicle systems, human factors, connected vehicles, vehicle to vehicle (V2V) communication, driver to driver (D2D) communication, intelligent driver interactive vehicle environment (i-DRIVE), cyber driver systems (CDs)