Presentation 2017-06-21
Evaluation of Personal Characteristics on Stress in Autonomous Driving Passengers
Taishi Sawabe, Tomoya Okajima, Masayuki Kanbara, Norihiro Hagita,
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Abstract(in English) Recently, the autonomous driving technologies are developed in cars and personal mobility devices which include electric wheelchairs for elderly people. However, many of these autonomous driving systems focus on efficiency and safety. In order for the autonomous mobility to be accepted by passengers, they have to be perceived as safe and comfortable for passengers. Since perceived safety and comfort depend on each passengers' driving experience, habits, knowledge, personality, and preference. It is necessary to personalize the autonomous driving system to optimize its behavior for each passenger. But there are still few studies on personalization of autonomous driving, and there is not enough verification of what kind of difference caused by individual stress. In this study, we show the difference in individual passengers' stress objectively based on physiological measurements (heart rate and galvanic skin response). By using these data to attempt classifying passengers by susceptibility to stress factors. We evaluated characteristics of passengers' stress actually obtained from experimental data using a robot wheelchair and clustered passengers using physiological measurements.
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Keyword(in English) autonomous vehicle / physiological indices / human comfort / personal characteristics / robotics wheelchair
Paper # ITS2017-3
Date of Issue 2017-06-14 (ITS)

Conference Information
Committee ITS
Conference Date 2017/6/21(1days)
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Place (in English) Saitama University
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Topics (in English) Positioning for ITS, etc.
Chair Takayoshi Yokota(Tottori Univ.)
Vice Chair Masahiro Fujii(Utsunomiya Univ.) / Tomotaka Wada(Kansai Univ.)
Secretary Masahiro Fujii(Meiji Univ.) / Tomotaka Wada(Saitama Univ.)
Assistant Msataka Imao(ME) / Yanlei Gu(Univ. of Tokyo) / Kenshi Saho(Toyama Prefectural Univ.) / Kouichiro Hashiura(Akita Prefectural Univ.)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Intelligent Transport Systems Technology
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Evaluation of Personal Characteristics on Stress in Autonomous Driving Passengers
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) autonomous vehicle
Keyword(2) physiological indices
Keyword(3) human comfort
Keyword(4) personal characteristics
Keyword(5) robotics wheelchair
1st Author's Name Taishi Sawabe
1st Author's Affiliation Nara Institute of Science and Technology(NAIST)
2nd Author's Name Tomoya Okajima
2nd Author's Affiliation Nara Institute of Science and Technology(NAIST)
3rd Author's Name Masayuki Kanbara
3rd Author's Affiliation Nara Institute of Science and Technology(NAIST)
4th Author's Name Norihiro Hagita
4th Author's Affiliation Nara Institute of Science and Technology(NAIST)
Date 2017-06-21
Paper # ITS2017-3
Volume (vol) vol.117
Number (no) ITS-102
Page pp.pp.13-18(ITS),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2017-06-14 (ITS)