Ears Outside the Car: Evaluation of Binaural Vehicular Sounds and Visual Animations as Driver's Blind Spot Indicators

Jani Lylykangas; Ahmed Farooq; Hanna Venesvirta; Roope Raisamo; Veikko Surakka

doi:10.1145/3581961.3609900

Ears Outside the Car: Evaluation of Binaural Vehicular Sounds and Visual Animations as Driver's Blind Spot Indicators

Jani Lylykangas, Ahmed Farooq, Hanna Venesvirta, Roope Raisamo, Veikko Surakka

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Abstract

Driving demands a significant amount of visual attention, which may impair drivers’ ability to detect and react to visual information such as blind spot warnings. This online pilot study (N = 242) evaluated the perception of binaural auditory cues and concurrent visual animations about overtaking vehicles designed to improve drivers’ situational awareness. The results showed that the spatial direction of the sounds was perceived in a high degree of precision, and they were rated as pleasant and natural sounding. Spatial congruency between the two information modalities was accurately perceived with visualizations rated as significantly more reliable blind spot indicators than sounds. The results suggest that spatial direction of binaural sounds can be consistently interpreted both alone and in tandem with visualizations in the given driving scenario. Binaural sounds could enhance drivers’ situational awareness in an eyes-free way to anticipate overtaking vehicles already before they trigger visual blind spot warnings.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	15th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, AutomotiveUI 2023 - Adjunct Conference Proceedings
Publisher	ACM
Pages	60–65
ISBN (Electronic)	979-8-4007-0112-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3581961.3609900
Publication status	Published - 2023
Publication type	A4 Article in conference proceedings
Event	International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications - Ingolstadt, Germany Duration: 18 Sept 2023 → 22 Sept 2023

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Conference	International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Ingolstadt
Period	18/09/23 → 22/09/23

Keywords

Augmented reality
Situational awareness
Lane change
Blind spot warning
Binaural stimulation

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Lylykangas, J., Farooq, A., Venesvirta, H., Raisamo, R., & Surakka, V. (2023). Ears Outside the Car: Evaluation of Binaural Vehicular Sounds and Visual Animations as Driver's Blind Spot Indicators. In 15th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, AutomotiveUI 2023 - Adjunct Conference Proceedings (pp. 60–65). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3581961.3609900

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Lylykangas, J , Farooq, A , Venesvirta, H , Raisamo, R & Surakka, V 2023, Ears Outside the Car: Evaluation of Binaural Vehicular Sounds and Visual Animations as Driver's Blind Spot Indicators. in 15th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, AutomotiveUI 2023 - Adjunct Conference Proceedings. ACM, pp. 60–65, International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, Ingolstadt, Germany, 18/09/23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3581961.3609900

Ears Outside the Car: Evaluation of Binaural Vehicular Sounds and Visual Animations as Driver's Blind Spot Indicators. / Lylykangas, Jani ; Farooq, Ahmed ; Venesvirta, Hanna et al.
15th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, AutomotiveUI 2023 - Adjunct Conference Proceedings. ACM, 2023. p. 60–65.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

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