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- Kappes, Raphael, et al.
(författare)
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Safety4Bikes : Assistance Systems for Cycling Children to Increase Safety
- 2019
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Ingår i: Proceedings, 8th International Cycling SafetyConference, ICSC2019.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Cycling is a popular urban mobility solution. However, cyclists are more vulnerable and relatively unprotected compared to other road users. In Germany, the number of accidents withcycling children increases dramatically from age 8 to 14. This is not least due to their insufficient cycling skills and understanding of traffic, which is a detriment to their safety. The project Safety4Bikes, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research(BMBF), grant no 16SV7669, aims at mitigating the risk of young cyclists by developing appropriate modular assistance systems that detect situational hazards and promote safe behaviour. Within the project, we are developing novel visual, tactile and acoustic signals integrated in bicycles and helmets to convey information for children in an understandable andnon-distracting way. Embedding the cyclist into the surrounding context, we develop andinvestigate sensor technologies, algorithms and routing strategies needed for identificationof the behaviour of cyclists on the road, traffic signs, safest routes and trajectory corrections.Additionally, we focus on the enhancements of Car2X communication to enable the exchange of information with other vehicles. The project follows a user centric approach inwhich the developed system components are continuously tested and adapted to the needsand characteristics of the target group. Answering the question of how the components willhave to interact with the user is an important part of the research. Therefore, we evaluate theefficacy of the designed interaction and recognition methods as well as sensors, algorithmsand routing strategies through laboratory experiments and bicycle simulators. With controlled test-track experiments on a test route, the components are further evaluated and optimised.
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- Matviienko, Andrii, et al.
(författare)
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Comparing unimodal lane keeping cues for child cyclists
- 2019
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Ingår i: MUM 2019 - 18th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia, Proceedings. - New York, NY, USA : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Child cyclists are at greater risk for car-to-cyclist accidents than adults. This is in part due to developmental differences in the motor and perceptual-motor abilities of children and adults, and missing cycling infrastructure. To address these issues, we examine unimodal and projection-based techniques to support children in maintaining a good lane position in the absence of bicycle lanes. We present safety-relevant information using unimodal cues: vibration on the handlebar, ambient light in a cycle helmet, projected heads-up display indicators, and on-road laser projection. As a first step, we interviewed twelve children about their cycling issues. We then conducted a lab experiment (N=25) in a bicycle simulator using the unimodal cues in the presence of a visual search task, followed by a controlled test-track experiment (N=15). We found that cycling performance with lane keeping cues was comparable to situations without them, however children found them helpful and expressed subjective preferences for the LED helmet and vibration on the handlebar.
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- Matviienko, Andrii, et al.
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NaviBike : Comparing Unimodal Navigation Cues for Child Cyclists
- 2019
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Ingår i: CHI '19. - New York, NY, USA : ACM. ; , s. 1-12
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Navigation systems for cyclists are commonly screen-based devices mounted on the handlebar which show map information. Typically, adult cyclists have to explicitly look down for directions. This can be distracting and challenging for children, given their developmental differences in motor and perceptual-motor abilities compared with adults. To address this issue, we designed different unimodal cues and explored their suitability for child cyclists through two experiments. In the first experiment, we developed an indoor bicycle simulator and compared auditory, light, and vibrotactile navigation cues. In the second experiment, we investigated these navigation cues in-situ in an outdoor practice test track using a mid-size tricycle. To simulate road distractions, children were given an additional auditory task in both experiments. We found that auditory navigational cues were the most understandable and the least prone to navigation errors. However, light and vibrotactile cues might be useful for educating younger child cyclists.
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