Leveraging technology standards to prevent
and mitigate driver distraction
Scott Pennock
Senior Standards Manager
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Outline
• The problem
• A comprehensive solution
• Barriers
• Strategies for today and tomorrow
• Conclusions
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Understanding the problem…
• Interaction with Nomadic Device (ND)
can negatively affect:
– Situational Awareness
– Decision making
– Vehicle control
• Strong motivation to interact with ND
– Drivers want/need access to information
and entertainment
– They underestimate the risks
– There are no better alternatives
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A comprehensive solution…
• Prevent distraction and suboptimal
workload before it happens
– Good basic Human-Machine Interface
(HMI) design
– All interaction through vehicle
– Manage interaction based on situation
– Education/training/laws
• Mitigate distraction and suboptimal
workload when it occurs
– Monitor driver, roadway, and vehicle
– Adjust interaction to mitigate
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Lack of common standards a major barrier
to achieving a comprehensive solution
• We need:
– Comprehensive Human-Machine Interface
(HMI) design and performance guidance to
ensure safe interaction
– Vehicle-to-X (V2X) interface and protocol
standards to connect X to a centralized point
in the vehicle
– Vehicle-to-Application (V2A) interface
standard to interact with driver through the
Driver-Vehicle Interface (DVI)
– Standardized mechanisms to manage all
driver interaction
Strategy for TODAY
Video decode
and composition
Active device display
Device
detection and
selection
Seamless support for multiple
device types to vehicle (safer
than handheld use)
Apple
Connectivity
protocols
Touch & hard button input
Auto sensors
P
R
N
D
Hands free phone and
voice recognition
Leverage speech and
multimodal interfaces
(safer than visualmanual interfaces)
Android
Connection
context
management
MirrorLink
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Strategy for TOMORROW
• Comprehensive harmonized HMI
design and performance guidance
• Common set of standards that:
– Specify communications
interfaces and protocols between
subsystems (vehicle, ND, etc.)
– Define mechanisms to manage
Situational Awareness
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Conclusions
• Driver distraction and workload caused
by nomadic devices is a problem that
needs a comprehensive solution
• A comprehensive solution is not
currently possible largely because the
necessary technology standards do not
exist
• However, that should not stop us from
doing what we can TODAY with the
tools that we have
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Conclusions (continued)
• We should work on technology
standards for TOMORROW that can
deliver a more comprehensive solution
• The newly formed collaboration
between the UNECE and ITU provides a
unique opportunity to work on a more
comprehensive solution
Scott Pennock
Senior Standards Manager
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Back-up slides
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Qt in the real world – F1 BB Mercedes AMG Petronas
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Qt in the real world – F1 BB Mercedes AMG Petronas
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Tablet application for VIP guests watching the F1 races from the Mercedes backstage
area
BlackBerry PlayBook OS
Also runs on Android, iOS, desktop, QNX, BlackBerry 10 and current non-Windows
Nokia phones
Integrates live streaming video from TV cameras
Integrates live audio stream from pit crew intercom
Interfaces with race data real time systems
Allows for Video record and playback
Interfaces with driver bio and background data from web sources
Interactive and intuitive touch UI
Smooth, movie grade animations to satisfy the expectations for a demanding target
audience
User interface created by a cross functional team of artists and developers in less than 2
weeks
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