COMUNICAR: designing a multimedia, context-aware human-machine interface for cars |
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| Authors: | F Bellotti A De Gloria R Montanari N Dosio D Morreale |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Electronics and Biophysical Engineering, University of Genova, Via Opera Pia 11/a, 16145 Genova, Italy;(2) Department of Sciences and Methods of Engineering, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Fogliani, 1, 42100 Reggio Emilia, Italy;(3) FIAT Research Center, Strada Torino, 50, 10043 Orbassano (TO), Italy |
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| Abstract: | The European Union co-funded COMUNICAR (communication multimedia unit inside car) project designed and developed an integrated multimedia human–machine interface (HMI) able to manage a wide variety of driver information systems (from entertainment to safety). COMUNICAR proposed an innovative information provision paradigm, in which the on-vehicle HMI is able to tailor the delivery of the information in real time according to the actual driving context and the driver s workload. COMUNICAR adopted a user-centred design process involving an iterative development based on extensive user tests since the early phases of the project. This approach was particularly useful to define and improve the layout of the user interface and specify the rules that decide the scheduling and the modalities of the delivery of the information messages to the driver. This paper introduces the COMUNICAR concept and the user-centred flow of design. Then, a concrete case of user-test driven, iterative improvement of a systems functionality is presented. We also briefly describe two software tools that we have designed to enhance the development process in a user-centred perspective. Finally, the future evolution of the concept of smart and safe information scheduling is sketched and discussed.
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