Integrating user experience validation into a new engineering development process for advanced driver assistance systems

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems play a leading role in the revolution of cars; it has become a high priority for the automotive industry and now is no longer reserved for only premium cars. In this paper, a process is to be introduced, which allows to capture the User Experience (UX) already on the Model-in-the-Loop level (where only abstract models exist) to be fed back directly into the development process. This process allows for a more efficient work relationship between system development engineers and test & validation engineers. Furthermore the work in progress of a new tool is shown: MINARGUS. It allows a connection between a simulation model and the measurement of physiological data in one environment. The Advanced Active Cruise Control (Advanced ACC) system is used as a continuous example to support the paper.