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Influence of alarm beep sounds with various tempos on reaction time of driving simulator users

Memoirs of the faculty engneering, Yamaguchi university Volume 68 Issue 2 Page 49-54
published_at 2018-03
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Title
テンポの異なる警告音が擬似運転装置使用者の反応時間へ与える影響
Influence of alarm beep sounds with various tempos on reaction time of driving simulator users
Creators Hirokawa Yuji
Creators Osa Atsushi
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reaction time tempo simulator beep sound
Right before a car accident, can an effective warning beep that informs about the emergency make the drivers notice it in a shorter reaction time? A previous study reported that an intermittent beeps sound of 128 BPM could shorten the observers' reaction times to notice black circles on a white computer screen compared to the reaction times in the case of 80 BPM. However, this knowledge can not necessarily be introduced to automobile safety because the previous study did not give the subjects any other task except for the task in which the reaction time was measured. In this study, we focused on the tempo and duration of intermittent beeps, and our purpose was to confirm the effect of the beeps on the reaction time in observers using a simple driving simulator. Results showed that intermittent beeps could not affect the reaction time significantly independent of the tempo compared to a single beep sound. It was the same result even if the duration was increased. We thought that the tempo or the duration do not relate to the reaction time when the drivers are well awake. In order to make an effective warning beep for automobile safety, we must pay attention to the drivers' wakefulness.
Languages jpn
Resource Type departmental bulletin paper
Publishers 山口大学工学部
Date Issued 2018-03
File Version Version of Record
Access Rights open access
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[ISSN]1345-5583
[NCID]AN00244228
[isVersionOf] [URI]http://memoirs.lib-e.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp/
Schools 大学院創成科学研究科(工学)