Emotion on the road: necessity, acceptance, and feasibility of affective computing in the car

  • Authors:
  • Florian Eyben;Martin Wöllmer;Tony Poitschke;Björn Schuller;Christoph Blaschke;Berthold Färber;Nhu Nguyen-Thien

  • Affiliations:
  • Institute for Human-Machine Communication, Technische Universität München, München, Germany;Institute for Human-Machine Communication, Technische Universität München, München, Germany;Institute for Human-Machine Communication, Technische Universität München, München, Germany;Institute for Human-Machine Communication, Technische Universität München, München, Germany;Human Factors Institute, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Neubiberg, Germany;Human Factors Institute, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Neubiberg, Germany;Continental Automotive GmbH, Interior BU Infotainment & Connectivity, Advanced Development and Innovation, Regensburg, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Advances in Human-Computer Interaction - Special issue on emotion-aware natural interaction
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Besides reduction of energy consumption, which implies alternate actuation and light construction, the main research domain in automobile development in the near future is dominated by driver assistance and natural driver-car communication. The ability of a car to understand natural speech and provide a human-like driver assistance system can be expected to be a factor decisive for market success on par with automatic driving systems. Emotional factors and affective states are thereby crucial for enhanced safety and comfort. This paper gives an extensive literature overview on work related to influence of emotions on driving safety and comfort, automatic recognition, control of emotions, and improvement of in-car interfaces by affect sensitive technology. Various use-case scenarios are outlined as possible applications for emotion-oriented technology in the vehicle. The possible acceptance of such future technology by drivers is assessed in a Wizard-Of-Oz user study, and feasibility of automatically recognising various driver states is demonstrated by an example system for monitoring driver attentiveness. Thereby an accuracy of 91.3% is reported for classifying in real-time whether the driver is attentive or distracted.