I-Corps: Motion Sickness Mitigation in Vehicles

I-Corps项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力是为移动车辆中的乘客开发一种缓解晕动病的技术。移动车辆中的任何乘客都受到与加速度相关的惯性力（例如，加速、制动、转弯等）的影响。这些惯性力会导致乘客的头部和身体摇摆，再加上视觉输入，可能会导致晕车和不适。在美国，三分之一的成年人在行驶的车辆中容易晕车。该项目的目标是验证汽车和卡车运输行业新型晕动病缓解技术的需求和商业潜力，该技术利用预测算法预测移动车辆即将发生的动作及其对乘客的影响。I-Corps的这个项目是基于一项新技术的开发，该技术利用预测算法，利用实时和历史数据来预测移动车辆的行为，特别是那些导致乘客不适和晕车的行为。这些预测可用于通过听觉、视觉和/或触觉刺激为乘客提供先发制人的提示，使他们意识到即将发生的运动事件。这项研究的目的是确定这些提示的哪种组合以及什么时间范围的先发制人是最适合为乘客提供足够的预警，从而降低晕车的程度。初步结果表明，在特定条件下，这种先发制人的提示是有效的。该项目可能有助于开发和测试与汽车和卡车行业中这种缓解晕动病技术商业化相关的关键假设。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the development of a motion sickness mitigation technology for passengers in moving vehicles. Any passenger in a moving vehicle is subject to inertial forces associated with accelerations (e.g., speeding up, braking, turning, etc.). These inertial forces cause the passenger’s head and body to sway, which along with visual inputs, may lead to motion sickness and discomfort. One in three adults in the US is prone to motion sickness in moving vehicles. The goal of this project is to validate the need and commercial potential of a new motion sickness mitigation technology for the automotive and trucking industries that makes use of predictive algorithms to anticipate impending actions of a moving vehicle and their impact on the passenger.This I-Corps project is based on the development of a novel technology that makes use of predictive algorithms that employ real-time and historical data to predict the actions of moving vehicles, specifically those actions that lead to passenger discomfort and motion sickness. These predictions may be used to provide preemptive cues to the passenger via auditory, visual, and/or haptic stimuli to make them aware of the impending motion events. The goal of this research is to determine which combination of these cues and what time horizon of preemption is ideally suited to provide the passenger sufficient forewarning that can lower motion sickness. Preliminary results have shown the efficacy of such preemptive cues under specific conditions. This project may enable the development and testing of key hypotheses related to commercialization of this motion sickness mitigation technology in the automotive and trucking industries.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.