FFI - Fordonsstrategisk Forskning och Innovation

Safe and Integrated Driver-Vehicle Interface (SIDVI) was a 3-year FFI project in cooperation between Volvo Group and Chalmers University of Technology. The project focuses on Human Machine Interaction (HMI) for drivers of trucks and buses as well as exploring new HMI technologies that improve the HMI. The goal of the project is to investigate HMI strategies, technologies and test methods. The project was divided in four different work packages with the above as a common goal: 1. Future scenarios for trucks and buses were written. 2. A state of the art research showed what infotainment solutions the car- and truck industry has today and is planning to introduce in the near future. The research also showed the problems and possibilities with a connected car, the possible solutions for connecting a car and what implications and possibilities this means for Volvo. A thesis work was done together with Volvo where a future dashboard for trucks and buses was designed, both the physical, graphical and interaction design. The prototype acted as a platform for new HMI-solutions such as Head Up Display (HUD), voice control, haptic feedback in a knob, and a fully dynamic and graphical cluster for multiple functions. 3. Strategies for active safety features were developed and evaluated. The strategies involved novel types of dynamic visual head up information, haptic feedback through the seat and dynamic auditory information. 4. A toolbox of development and evaluation methods was created. The toolbox was used to evaluate the prototype design above and was also connected to Volvos internal development process.