Experimental analysis of human control characteristics on driving tasks based on gaze measurement data

This paper reports experimental analyses of human characteristic in machine operation. We build a hovercraft simulator, designed the giant slalom task, and measured the operator´s line-of sight to know switching-timing of human control property. By combining the identification with ARX model and statistic analysis, the process and factors for the operation skill were investigated. As the results, common factors for the skill in all participants could be found. And, it could be shown quantitatively that enhancement of immersion sense into virtual 3D work space has significant relation to the skill.