Arbitration between Driver and Automation:why overriding is just the tip of the iceberg

Abstract

In the field of driver-automation interaction, there is an imperative of overriding strategies. Every driver shall at all times be able to control his vehicle (Vienna Convention 1968). This presentation sketches the principles and the methods for the cooperative human-machine system design starting from the overriding strategies going over arbitration concept to design patterns for human-machine arbitration. It deals with the notation of system behavior and interaction in parallel, with behavior influence strategies for arbitration and with the necessary semantics and kinds of communication between human and machine. At least it deals with empiric studies where some arbitration stratigies were testes in simulator driving studies as well as in a test vehicle.