Toward Emotional State Recognition in Driving Performance and Safety Evaluation: A Simulator Study

Jiawen Guo, Xiaobei Jiang, Chengyu Li, Qian Cheng, Wenlin Yu, Wuhong Wang

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Abstract

Car driving is a goal-directed behavior with the driver playing a key role. When the drivers are encouraged or hindered from achieving their goals, they may behave in different emotional states on different scenarios which are well known to impact perception, attention, and maneuvers. A simulator based experiment was designed within which the driver emotions were induced by stimulation of different traffic scenarios. The facial expressions of 21 participants were recorded, and three kinds of emotional states including neutral, impatience/anger, surprise were determined according to facial action coding system (FACS). The effects of different scenarios and emotional states on driving performance with the indicators of driving speed, acceleration, and standard deviation of lateral position were statistically analyzed. The results may contribute to the communication of emotions and planned behavior, as well as the identifications of strategies to reduce aggressive driving.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Conference on Transportation and Development 2020
Subtitle of host publicationTransportation Safety - Selected Papers from the International Conference on Transportation and Development 2020
EditorsGuohui Zhang
PublisherAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Pages390-400
Number of pages11
ISBN (Electronic)9780784483145
Publication statusPublished - 2020
EventInternational Conference on Transportation and Development 2020: Transportation Safety, ICTD 2020 - Seattle, United States
Duration: 26 May 202029 May 2020

Publication series

NameInternational Conference on Transportation and Development 2020: Transportation Safety - Selected Papers from the International Conference on Transportation and Development 2020

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Transportation and Development 2020: Transportation Safety, ICTD 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySeattle
Period26/05/2029/05/20

Keywords

  • Driving performance
  • Emotional state recognition
  • Facial expression.
  • Simulator

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