Adaptive Control Elements to Improve the HMI of an Agricultural Tractor

Publication Type

Contribution to conference

Authors

Schempp, T.; Kaufmann, A.; Stoehr, I.; Schmid, M.; Boettinger S.

Year of publication

2019

Published in

Advances in Usability, User Experience and Assistive Technology

Pubisher

Springer , Cham

Band/Volume

794/

Series/labeling

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

ISBN / ISSN / eISSN

978-3-319-94946-8

DOI

10.1007/978-3-319-94947-5_15

Page (from - to)

153–165

Conference name

Advances in Usability, User Experience and Assistive Technology. AHFE 2018

Conference location

Orlando, Florida

Conference date

21.-25.07.2018,

Keywords

Ackerschlepper, Adaptivität, Ergonomie, Interfacesystem, Mensch-Maschine-Schnittstelle

Agricultural tractors are used for a multitude of work scenarios with appropriate implements. This leads to a large number of changing operating scenarios. However, the human-machine-interface (HMI) is mainly static and consequently a compromise solution for all possible operating scenarios. Therefore, it is often challenging drivers to understand the operating logic, the operating procedures, and the assignment of control elements (CE) to functions. This reduces efficiency and can lead to operating errors. An approach to avoid the previously mentioned ambiguities is an HMI comprising adaptive control elements that adapt to the operating scenario. This paper shows the automated and objective analysis of the operation of a state of the art tractor in 14 scenarios. Based on this, it is shown how the concept for an adaptive HMI can be derived from the analysis results.