Human-machine Interactions in Future Police Vehicles: Applying Speech User Inferface and RFID Technology

Abstract

A modern police vehicle is a very complicated combination of different technologies. A single vehicle contains dozens different human-machine interfaces (HMIs) and carries a lot of equipment; for example, Finnish police cars are equipped with an average of about 40 different HMIs and 100 different types of equipment. It is extremely important to be sure that all needed tools are available in field operations. From operational, safety and ergonomic reasons, there is a need to cut down the number of HMIs and make the systems easier and safer to use. This paper presents results from the MOBI project (http://mobi.laurea.fi) with regard to human-machine interactions in future police vehicles. The findings show the significance of the early user feedback for the design work of HMIs. The results also show that a remote identification applying RFID technology enables the police to make the inventory of their vehicles’ equipment three times faster than by hand. Based on our study, there is a global need for a standard in the HMI design for emergency service vehicle development.