Title:
Development of an automotive steering-wheel mounted audio user Interface

dc.contributor.advisor Cunefare, Kenneth A.
dc.contributor.author Edwards, Matthew Ryan
dc.contributor.committeeMember Ryherd, Erica
dc.contributor.committeeMember Book, Wayne
dc.contributor.department Mechanical Engineering
dc.date.accessioned 2015-06-08T18:29:11Z
dc.date.available 2015-06-08T18:29:11Z
dc.date.created 2015-05
dc.date.issued 2015-04-23
dc.date.submitted May 2015
dc.date.updated 2015-06-08T18:29:12Z
dc.description.abstract A tier 1 automotive components supplier has developed a virtual user interface system for the purpose of replacing currently existing physical buttons mounted on automotive steering wheels. The system is capable of generating acoustic and vibratory feedback to the user for the purpose of mimicking the sound and feel of mechanical buttons. The work performed in this thesis served to investigate what the input waveform should be to the system in order to generate a desired audio output signal. Additionally, subjective testing in the form of a sound jury was conducted in order to identify which types of sounds should be associated with which command functions in order to indicate successful initiation of the intended function. A model for grouping command functions into banks, where each bank is assigned a single sound, was then developed for the purpose of reducing the total number of button sounds used in an automotive environment.
dc.description.degree M.S.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/53529
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology
dc.subject Audio
dc.subject Automotive
dc.subject Steering
dc.subject Wheel
dc.subject Psychoacoustic
dc.subject Vehicle
dc.subject Command
dc.subject Function
dc.subject Acoustic
dc.subject Sound
dc.subject Haptic
dc.subject User
dc.subject Interface
dc.title Development of an automotive steering-wheel mounted audio user Interface
dc.type Text
dc.type.genre Thesis
dspace.entity.type Publication
local.contributor.corporatename George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename College of Engineering
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relation.isOrgUnitOfPublication 7c022d60-21d5-497c-b552-95e489a06569
thesis.degree.level Masters
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