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Use Your Brain (and Light) for Innovative Human-Machine Interfaces

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Advances in Human Factors and System Interactions

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The human machine interface (HMI) system of a vehicle is made up of a number of input and output devices that work in harmony to allow the driver to access a number of features and functions. The HMI of motor vehicles has evolved slowly up until the late 1990s when the first automation systems (e.g., Cruise Control) and touch screens were introduced. Since then, the amount of technologies being introduced into the car, especially over the last few years has sky-rocketed. Of these technologies none can be considered more challenging than that of the move towards vehicle automation. Given this push, new ways of interaction with the vehicle will be needed. In this paper we present two new innovative HMI techniques that will be key to addressing this challenge, namely brain-computer interfaces (BCI’s) and ambient display technology aimed to make the driver (or passenger) interaction less demanding and more intuitive.

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    Frankie Biondi & Lee Skrypchuk

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    Isabel L. Nunes

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Biondi, F., Skrypchuk, L. (2017). Use Your Brain (and Light) for Innovative Human-Machine Interfaces. In: Nunes, I. (eds) Advances in Human Factors and System Interactions. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 497. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41956-5_10

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