Feedback management for the driver and the virtual driver

Abstract

The huge importance of the feedback to support the driver has been shown previously over the last chapters. By giving the safety reserve of the vehicle, the driver can manage dangerous situation better and he/she can avoid reaching the limits of the safety envelope. Furthermore each intervention performed by the virtual driver on the vehicle has to be explained to the driver for two reasons. First of all, the driver should understand what is happening and above all why the intervention control takes the initiative to let him/her improve his/her driving skills.

This chapter will start with the description of the analogy between the feedback management and a Delphi method. After that the feedback to send to each actor in the vehicle will be described. First, the feedback to the driver will be extended to integrate information about command and executive levels. Secondly, a feedback to the virtual driver will be created in order to check indirectly its working hypothesis. With such a concept both actors will have the possibility to verify their cognitions about their environments and to testify their confidence levels.