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A Design Framework for Developing a Reconfigurable Driving Simulator

Authors:
Bassem Hassan
Jürgen Gausemeier

Keywords: Advanced Driver Assistance Aystems (ADAS); reconfigurable driving simulator; confiuration mechanis; solution elements; bulding blocks; variants

Abstract:
Driving simulators have been used successfully in various application fields for decades. They vary widely in their structure, fidelity, complexity and cost. Nowadays, driving simulators are usually custom-developed for a specific task and they typically have a fixed structure. Nevertheless, using the driving simulator in an application field, such as the development of the Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, requires several variants of the driving simulator. Therefore, there is a need to develop a reconfigurable driving simulator, which allows its operator to easily create different variants without in-depth expertise in the system structure. In order to solve this challenge, a design framework for developing a Task–Specific reconfigurable driving simulator has been developed. The design framework consists of a procedure model and a configuration tool. The procedure model describes the required development phases, the entire tasks of each phase and the used methods in the development. The configuration tool organizes the driving simulator’s solution elements and allows its operator to create different variants of the driving simulator by selecting a combination of the solution elements, which are like building blocks. The design framework is validated by developing three variants of a reconfigurable driving simulator. This paper includes a modified procedure model, more detailed analysis of the state of the art and new results comparing with the previous published paper “Concept for a Task–Specific Reconfigurable Driving Simulator”.

Pages: 1 to 17

Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2015. Used with permission.

Publication date: June 30, 2015

Published in: journal

ISSN: 1942-261x