Stimulation effects provided to drivers by fragrance presentation considering olfactory adaptation

Author

Funato, Hironori ; Yoshikawa, Masato ; Kawasumi, Mikiko ; Yamamoto, Shin ; Yamada, Muneo ; Yanagida, Yasuyuki

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Sci. & Technol., Meijo Univ., Nagoya, Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

3-5 June 2009

Firstpage

881

Lastpage

886

Abstract

Methods of presenting fragrances have been proposed as a means of preventing drivers from dozing and helping them remain alert. However, the stimulation effects of fragrances and their durations have yet to be evaluated sufficiently. In addition, it is necessary to consider the decrease in sensitivity that results as the driver adapts to a fragrance. We examined fragrance presentation techniques for drivers and constructed a system that simulates an actual vehicle cabin. We then tested the stimulation effects of a fragrance presentation on drivers and its effective duration. We found that intermittent presentation of the fragrance was effective in keeping a driver alert.

Keywords

behavioural sciences; chemioception; driver information systems; drivers; fragrance presentation; intermittent presentation; olfactory adaptation; stimulation effects; vehicle cabin; Brain modeling; Electroencephalography; Enterprise resource planning; Fatigue; Heart rate; Olfactory; Rivers; Space technology; Testing; Vehicle driving;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, 2009 IEEE

Conference_Location

Xi´an

ISSN

1931-0587

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3503-6

Electronic_ISBN

1931-0587

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IVS.2009.5164396

Filename

5164396