Mechanical Engineering for Society and Industry
Vol 2 No 2 (2022)

Level of motion sickness based on heart rate variability when reading inside a fully automated vehicle

Juffrizal Karjanto (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia)
Nidzamuddin Md Yusof (Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia)
Jacque Terken (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands)
Frank Delbressine (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands)
Matthias Rauterberg (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands)



Article Info

Publish Date
17 Jun 2022

Abstract

This study investigates the level of experienced motion sickness when performing reading while being driven in fully automated driving under three different conditions. One condition was without any intervention while the other two conditions were with the visual (VPIS) and haptic (HPIS) peripheral information system. Both systems provided the upcoming navigational information in the lateral direction three seconds before the turning/cornering was done. It was hypothesized that with the peripheral information systems, the experienced motion sickness would be reduced compared to the condition where a peripheral information system was not present. Eighteen participants with severe motion sickness susceptibility were carefully chosen to undergo the conditions using an instrumented vehicle with the Wizard-of-Oz approach. The participants were required to read from a tablet during the whole 15-minutes of automated driving. Results from the heart rate variability (beats per minute, root means square of successive differences, and high-frequency component) indicated no statistically significant changes (p < 0.05) in motion sickness found with the presence of HPIS and VPIS when performing reading when being driven in automated mode. However, results from this study were mixed and inconclusive, but overall findings indicated mild motion sickness was found in both VPIS and HPIS conditions.

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mesi

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Aerospace Engineering Automotive Engineering Chemical Engineering, Chemistry & Bioengineering Control & Systems Engineering Electrical & Electronics Engineering Energy Engineering Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Materials Science & Nanotechnology Mechanical Engineering Transportation

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Aims Mechanical engineering is a branch of engineering science that combines the principles of physics and engineering mathematics with materials science to design, analyze, manufacture, and maintain mechanical systems (mechanics, energy, materials, manufacturing) in solving complex engineering ...