The effect of horizontal camera position on time-to-contact estimation when using a camera-monitor system
Mon-B17-Talk II-05
Presented by: Elisabeth Wögerbauer
As mirrors in the automobile are increasingly replaced by camera-monitor systems, it is important to understand the potential consequences of different camera placements. Uncommon camera positions offer potential advantages such as a different or larger field of view. However, decoupling the visual axes may lead to altered perception. Previous findings indicate that if the camera's position is changed vertically, distance is overestimated for higher and underestimated for lower camera positions, as compared to the standard position of the driver-side mirror. It is, however, unclear which effect the change of the camera position in horizontal direction has on time-to-contact estimation. Therefore, we conducted a study with a prediction motion paradigm in which subjects had to estimate the time-to-contact of a vehicle approaching from behind. In addition to the camera position and the actual time-to-contact, the speed of the approaching vehicle and the rear visibility of the own vehicle were varied. The results of the currently ongoing study as well as its implications for the design of camera-monitor systems will be reported.
Keywords: camera-monitor system, time-to-contact