DEVELOPING A DRIVING SIMULATOR AND AN ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY TO ESTIMATE A DRIVER'S MENTAL STATE WHEN DISTRACTED. IN: HUMAN FACTORS IN DRIVING AND TELEMATICS, AND SEATING COMFORT

Abstract

The paper describes a driving simulator that was developed to simulate traffic accidents at intersections. The simulator mimicked traffic accidents and a video annotation system was used to analyze the driver's behavior. Also, a method to estimate a driver's mental state using pluralphysiological signals was included. The experimental results demonstrated that the driving simulator could simulate car crashes at an intersection and could be used to investigate the relationship between physiological data and the driver's mental state.