Dynamic object-based assessment and training of expert visual search and scanning skills for operating motor vehicles
First Claim
1. A method for permitting the measurement of a combination of visual and cognitive processes necessary for safe driving-object detection, recognition of particular objects as actual or potential safety threats or traffic hazards, and the continuous switching of visual attention between objects while driving according to their instantaneous priority as safety threats or traffic hazards, using a computing device including a high speed graphics card, an internal hard drive with high speed access, a monitor or display unit, and a pointing device, by a user comprising the steps of:
- initializing the computing device to play the dynamic driving video to measure a user'"'"'s skill in visually searching and scanning the roadway environment;
playing the dynamic driving video on the user'"'"'s command to rapidly direct and re-direct the user'"'"'s attention to objects in or near the user'"'"'s virtual driving path according to the objects'"'"' priority as safety threats or traffic hazards;
moving an icon across the display under the user'"'"'s command, said icon being superimposed on the dynamic driving video, to indicate how the user directs and redirects the attention to objects in or near the user'"'"'s virtual driving path according to the user'"'"'s perception of the objects'"'"' priority as safety threats or safety hazards;
dynamically storing the user'"'"'s selection of objects and referencing those selections according to time and video frame imagery;
comparing the user'"'"'s selection of objects against stored information obtained from acknowledged experts in this skill area; and
providing feedback to the user about the type, location, timing of search and scanning performance errors, and remedial strategies to correct such errors.
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Abstract
The present invention is a method and system to permit assessment and measurement of a combination of visual and cognitive processes necessary for safe driving-object detection, by recognition of particular objects as actual or potential safety hazards or traffic hazards, through the continuous switching of visual attention between and among objects while virtually driving, according to an object'"'"'s instantaneous priority as a safety threats or traffic hazard, that together are termed expert search and scanning skills. The present invention will reference the driver'"'"'s performance against that of acknowledged experts in this skill; and then provide precise feedback about the type, location, and timing of search and scanning performance errors, plus remedial strategies to correct such errors.
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1. A method for permitting the measurement of a combination of visual and cognitive processes necessary for safe driving-object detection, recognition of particular objects as actual or potential safety threats or traffic hazards, and the continuous switching of visual attention between objects while driving according to their instantaneous priority as safety threats or traffic hazards, using a computing device including a high speed graphics card, an internal hard drive with high speed access, a monitor or display unit, and a pointing device, by a user comprising the steps of:
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initializing the computing device to play the dynamic driving video to measure a user'"'"'s skill in visually searching and scanning the roadway environment; playing the dynamic driving video on the user'"'"'s command to rapidly direct and re-direct the user'"'"'s attention to objects in or near the user'"'"'s virtual driving path according to the objects'"'"' priority as safety threats or traffic hazards; moving an icon across the display under the user'"'"'s command, said icon being superimposed on the dynamic driving video, to indicate how the user directs and redirects the attention to objects in or near the user'"'"'s virtual driving path according to the user'"'"'s perception of the objects'"'"' priority as safety threats or safety hazards; dynamically storing the user'"'"'s selection of objects and referencing those selections according to time and video frame imagery; comparing the user'"'"'s selection of objects against stored information obtained from acknowledged experts in this skill area; and providing feedback to the user about the type, location, timing of search and scanning performance errors, and remedial strategies to correct such errors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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