The driver Continuous Support function in the FP7 "interactIVe" project: an implementation based on the "co-driver" metaphor

This paper describes a holistic preventive safety application named “Continuous Support”, developed in the “interactIVe” Framework Programme 7 EU project. The function is implemented following the metaphor of a co-driver. The paper introduces the simulation theory of human cognition and sets out consequent design principles for the co-driver. A second section describes the implementation of these principles in the CRF demonstrator vehicle. The architecture combines a behavioural subsumtive hierarchy with forward and inverse emulators. It is able to infer driver intentions by re-generating observed human behaviours. The system is also able to rectify incorrect behaviours. The last section summarizes the most important lessons learnt.