On-going data collection of driving behavior signals

Abstract

We are developing a large-scale real-world driving database of more than 200 drivers using a data collection vehicle equipped with various sensors for the synchronous recording of multimedia data including speech, video, driving behavior, and physiological signals. Driver's speech and videos are captured with multi-channel microphones and cameras. Gas and brake pedal pressures, steering angles, vehicle velocities, and following distances are measured using pressure sensors, a potentiometer, a velocity pulse counter, and distance sensors, respectively. Physiological sensors are mounted to measure driver's heart rate, skin conductance, and emotion-based sweating. The multimedia data is collected under four different task conditions while driving on urban roads and an expressway. Data collection is currently underway and to date 151 drivers have participated in the experiment. Data collection is being conducted in international collaboration with the United States and Europe. This chapter reports on our on-going driving data collection in Japan. © 2009 Springer US.