Designing a Central Interface Concept for Trucks

An increasing number of functions inside the car has led to the development of In-Vehicle Infotainment Systems (IVIS), which allow to handle secondary and tertiary functions through one central interface. While this trend is widespread in the automotive sector, there a few examples of IVIS in trucks.

The aim of this thesis is to develop an interface concept for a central infotainment unit for trucks. In particular the interface has to support input with a rotary controller, which was proven to be the device with the lowest number of operating errors in a previous study. Relevant content for truckers regarding comfort functions as well as support for their work task has to be examined and clustered in a way that ensures fast and easy access to the most important functions. The interface structure should be fleshed out exemplarily for critical tasks.

User involvement throughout the whole process should guarantee that the system is tailored to the needs of a truck driver. In a final study different concepts will be compared against each other and the results will be analyzed statistically.

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