Effect of Vibration Stimulus in Lowering Alertness Levels of Drivers

871249

11/08/1987

Event
4th International Pacific Conference on Automotive Engineering
Authors Abstract
Content
The authors of the present paper report the measured physiological phenomena of a driver falling into the lowered alertness level and they evaluate the effectiveness of vibration stimulus added to a driver in the low alertness level as a means to keep the driver awake.
From the survey test for 21 subjects, it was found the awakening whole-body vibration by the addition of which the alertness level of a driver could be heightened effectively, and it existed in the range between the amplitude of 1 to 15 mm and the frequency of 1 to 4 Hz.
From the driving tests on road for 10 drivers under variable conditions of lack of sleep and much fatigue, the following results were obtained;
  1. (1)
    The characteristic behavior of a driver falling into a drowsy state was observed to be a typical zigzag driving in the lane with a lowering of the alertness level.
  2. (2)
    The lowering of the alertness level was closely related to the decrease of the horizontal eye-movement and corresponded to α-activation in the EEG.
  3. (3)
    it was proved experimentally that the exposure of a driver to the above mentioned vibration was effective to heighten the lowered alertness level.
  4. (4)
    This effect was maintained for 2 to 10 minutes after the vibrational stimulations for the subject drivers during severe drowsy conditions in this experiment.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/871249
Pages
10
Citation
Hattori, H., Matsuura, Y., Narumiya, K., Araki, K. et al., "Effect of Vibration Stimulus in Lowering Alertness Levels of Drivers," SAE Technical Paper 871249, 1987, https://doi.org/10.4271/871249.
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Published
Nov 8, 1987
Product Code
871249
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English