Human-Computer Interactions in Transport

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Chapter 1. Principles, Issues and Viewpoints of Traveler Information in a Multimodal Context 1
Guillaume USTER

1.1. Introduction 1

1.2. A complexity that must be mastered 2

1.3. Multimodal information 5

1.4. The viatic concept: accompany the traveler 8

1.5. Other traveler information-based representative research projects in a multimodal context 10

1.6. Viewpoints 16

1.7. Bibliography 17

Chapter 2. User Needs Analysis Methodology for the Design of Traveler Information Systems 21
Pierre MORIZET-MAHOUDEAUX, Annette VALENTIN and Assia MOULOUDI

2.1.Introduction 21

2.2. Traveler information: a pluridisciplinary matter 22

2.3. The example of the P@ss-ITS project 23

2.4. RAMSES methodology for the collection, analysis and modeling of user needs 24

2.5. RAMSES in the context of the P@ss-ITS project 35

2.6. Conclusion 45

2.7. Bibliography 46

Chapter 3. A Generic Method for Personalizing Interactive Systems: Application to Traveler Information 51
Mourad ABED, Abdouroihamane ANLI, Christophe KOLSKI and Emmanuelle GRISLIN

3.1.Introduction 51

3.2. Personalization in HCI: examples of existing approaches, at the origin of the approach proposed 52

3.3. PerMet: method for the development of personalized information systems 57

3.4. PerSyst: personalization system supporting the PerMet method 62

3.5. Application to the public transport of people: itinerary search 65

3.6. Discussion about the possibility of generalization relative to personalization 84

3.7. Conclusion 86

3.8. Bibliography 87

Chapter 4. A Formal Framework for Design and Validation of Multimodal Interactive Systems in Transport Domain 93
Linda MOHAND OUSSAÏD, Nadjet KAMEL, Idir AÏT SADOUNE, Yamine AÏT AMEUR, Mohamed AHMED NACER

4.1. Introduction 93

4.2. Concepts of multimodality 94

4.3. Formal design 97

4.4. Use of formal methods for input multimodality 100

4.5. Use of formal methods for output multimodality 109

4.6. Conclusion 124

4.7. Bibliography 125

Chapter 5. From Human-machine Interaction to Cooperation: Towards the Integrated Copilot 129
Thierry BELLET, Jean-Michel HOC, Serge BOVERIE and Guy BOY

5.1. Introduction 129

5.2. Copiloting and human-machine cooperation: context and stakes for the automobile 131

5.3. Three realizations of cooperative devices for the purposes of automobile copiloting 135

5.4. Discussion: towards an "intelligent" and "integrated" copilot 146

5.5. Conclusion 150

5.6. Acknowledgements 151

5.7. Bibliography 152

Chapter 6. ICT and New Human-machine Interactions for Trucks and Buses of the Future: e-Truck and e-Bus Perspectives 157
Bertrand DAVID, René CHALON and Bernard FAVRE

6.1. Introduction 157

6.2. Trucks in the context of ICT 159

6.3. Informational context of the truck 160

6.4. Bus in the context of ICT 161

6.5. Principles of IMERA and HMTD 163

6.6. RAE (real augmented environment) for e-Trucks and e-Buses 163

6.7. HMI (Human-Machine Interface) needs for the e-Truck and e-Bus 165

6.8. Mobile Learning from e-Truck and e-Bus perspectives 168

6.9. ICT in city delivery 171

6.10. ICT in the dynamic management of road networks 178

6.11. Examples of initiatives and projects in direct or indirect link with the e-Truck and e-Bus concepts 183

6.12. Conclusion 196

6.13. Bibliography 198

Chapter 7. User-centered Approach to Design an Adaptive Truck Driving Assistance: Detection of Vulnerable Users in Urban Areas 203
Annick MAINCENT, Hélène TATTEGRAIN, Marie-Pierre BRUYAS and Arnaud BONNARD

7.1. Introduction 203

7.2. Methodological principles for an anthropocentric design 205

7.3. Contextual analyses in natural situations 209

7.4. Specification of the assistance 214

7.5. Development and integration of assistance solutions on a driving simulator 218

7.6. Evaluation of solutions on a driving simulator 224

7.7. Conclusions and viewpoints 229

7.8. Bibliography 230

Chapter 8. Menu Sonification in an Automotive Media Center: Design and Evaluation 233
Nicolas MISDARIIS, Julien TARDIEU, Sabine LANGLOIS and Séverine LOISEAU

8.1. General context 233

8.2. Specifications of the problem: identification of functions 235

8.3. State of the art 239

8.4. Method of sound design: hybrid model for the sonification of a hierarchical menu 250

8.5. Evaluation protocols: general evaluation methods 255

8.6. Methodology adopted for evaluation of the system and initial results 265

8.7. Discussion and perspectives 274

8.8. Bibliography 278

Chapter 9. Consideration of the Travel Time Experience in the Conceptual Models of Personalized Interactive Applications 283
Arnaud BROSSARD, Mourad ABED, Christophe KOLSKI and Guillaume USTER

9.1. Transport: a field with particular needs in terms of personalization of information 283

9.2. The modeling of applications and consideration of the needs of users in the context of personalizing interactive applications 284

9.3. Specificities in the field of transport in the framework of a method of modeling personalized interactive applications 290

9.4. Application of the method 299

9.5. Conclusion 306

9.6. Bibliography 306

Chapter 10. Towards New Interactive Displays in Stations and Airports 311
Christophe JACQUET, Yacine BELLIK and Yolaine BOURDA

10.1. Introduction 311

10.2. Related work 313

10.3. Targeted characteristics of the system 314

10.4. The KUP model 315

10.5. Agent architecture 320

10.6. Allocation and instantiation in KUP 321

10.7. Implementation 324

10.8. Experiments 325

10.9. Conclusions and perspectives 339

10.10. Bibliography 340

Chapter 11. Transport: a Fertile Ground for the Plasticity of User Interfaces 343
Gaëlle CALVARY, Audrey SERNA, Christophe KOLSKI and Joëlle COUTAZ

11.1. Introduction 343

11.2. Evolution of human-computer interaction 344

11.3. User interface plasticity: user viewpoint 352

11.4. User interface plasticity: system viewpoint 355

11.5. Towards a problem space for the implementation of plastic user interfaces 358

11.6. Conclusion and perspectives 363

11.7. Acknowledgements 364

11.8. Bibliography 364

List of Authors 369

Index 373