ABSTRACT
The International Ergonomics Society defines ergonomics as ‘the scientific discipline concerned with the understanding of interactions among humans and other elements of a system, and the profession that applies theory, principles, data and methods to design in order to optimize human well-being and overall system performance.’ Designers are required to design automobiles that meet various legal conditions, critical design requirements, cost goals and achieve ergonomic performance targets. After the design is completed, a prototype is built for ergonomic tests to confirm the achievement of ergonomic targets and extract problems before production vehicles are manufactured. An advantage of using driving simulators for ergonomic experiments is that they can generate experimental conditions that are to be reproduced for each participant and do not harm the participants even in a crash situation. The driver’s face-image data collected through recording cameras are the most important data for analyzing a driver’s visual perception during driving.
