SNOWPLOW STEERING GUIDANCE DISPLAY DESIGN AND VALIDATION
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- Available on this site
- Format
- Price
- Non-members (tax incl.)：￥1,100 Members (tax incl.)：￥880
- Publication code
- 20002963
- Paper/Info type
- AVEC
No.49
- Pages
- (Total 7 p)
- Date of publication
- Aug 2000
- Publisher
- Others, Unknown
- Language
- English
- Event
- AVEC2000
Detailed Information
| Author(E) | 1) Han-Shue Tan, 2) Bdnddicte Bougler, 3) Aaron Steinfeld, 4) Paul Kretz |
|---|---|
| Affiliation(E) | 1) California PATH, University, 2) California PATH, University, 3) California PATH, University, 4) California PATH, University |
| Abstract(E) | Acquisition and utilization of lateral guidance information is crucial for steering a vehicle. Drivers can successfully perform the steering function using visual perception and hand-eye coordination, but with loss of visual information (e.g. during whiteout conditions), this seemingly simple task becomes difficult. In order to improve the safety and efficiency of snow removal operations, a supplemental steering guidance display, based on information obtained from the magnetic markers embedded in the roadway, was proposed and successfully implemented in a California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) snowplow. The steering guidance display problem was transformed into a robust driver-in-the-loop control problem by considering the "display" law as part of the overall driver-steering-control algorithm. This paper verified the two key "assumptions" of this design using the initial snowplow test data: (1) the "display" law is designed in such a way that drivers can use "proportional" control gain alone to satisfy the performance and stability requirements of the steering tasks, and (2) the driver steering model can be described as a combination of gain and dynamic delay under the display law in (1). |
