Automobile Yaw Rate Sensor for Assessing the Intrusiveness of Secondary Tasks

7/18/2000

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Automobile Yaw Rate Sensor for Assessing the Intrusiveness of Secondary Tasks

The Nature of the Driving Environment is Changing

Advanced Instrument Panel Development

Need to Measure IP-Device 'Intrusiveness'

Typical Measures of Intrusiveness

Evaluation of Intrusiveness Measures

Real-World Measurement of Steering Instability

Disadvantages of Optical/Video Techniques

Advantages of Solid-State Yaw Rate Sensors

Solid-State Yaw Rate Sensors for Automotive Applications

Fiber-Optic Gyroscope Theory of Operation

The Sagnac Effect

The Sagnac Effect (2 of 3)

The Sagnac Effect (3 of 3)

Sagnac Interferometer

KVH autoGYRO Fiber-Optic Gyroscope (1)

KVH autoGYRO Fiber-Optic Gyroscope (2)

KVH autoGYRO Fiber-Optic Gyroscope (3)

Case Study

Instrumented Test Vehicle

Link to Demonstration Video

Case Study Results

Thank you for your attention.

Author: Frank Schieber

Email: schieber@usd.edu

Home Page: http://www.usd.edu/~schieber/iea2000

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