Design of head-up display interfaces for automated vehicles

Stojmenova Pečečnik, Kristina (author), Tomažič, Sašo (author), Sodnik, Jaka (author)

This study aimed to identify which information should be displayed on a head-up display (HUD) in semi-automated vehicles to enable the driver to maintain better situational awareness during the manual operation of the vehicle. It further explored how does the size of the field of view of the HUD affects such information presentation, while taking into consideration user’s personal preferences and opinions. Four head-up display interfaces were developed differing in the amount, frequency and field of view of visual information presentation, and were implemented in a simulated semi-automated vehicle. The HUDs were evaluated in a user-study with a within-subject design with 30 participants. The obtained results revealed that versions with smaller and larger field of view HUDsevoke similar driving performance, levels of cognitive load, user experience and perceived usability, suggesting that the HUD’s field of view size does not have an overall significant effect on the driver’s situational awareness. The results reveal that display of information, which can help with obtaining and maintaining higher situational awareness levels, contribute to better driving performance. Drivers on the other hand, prefer also display of information for lower situational awareness levels.

• Language: English
• Keywords: visual interface, head-up display, automated vehicles, situational awareness
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FE - Faculty of Electrical Engineering
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: 17 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 177, art. 103060
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-148314-4214b775-5801-767d-af38-4fe11e3d5dbb
• UDC: 629.331:004
• ISSN on article: 1071-5819
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2023.103060
• COBISS.SI-ID: 151808003
• Publication date in RUL: 11.08.2023

STOJMENOVA PEČEČNIK, Kristina, TOMAŽIČ, Sašo and SODNIK, Jaka, 2023, Design of head-up display interfaces for automated vehicles. International journal of human-computer studies [online]. 2023. Vol. 177,  103060. [Accessed 22 April 2025]. DOI 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2023.103060. Retrieved from: https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=eng&id=148314

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: International journal of human-computer studies
• Shortened title: Int. j. hum.-comput. stud.
• Publisher: Elsevier
• ISSN: 1071-5819
• COBISS.SI-ID: 3362343

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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: vizualni vmesnik, heads-up zaslon, avtomatsko vozilo, zavedanje situacije