Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
4 results found in Automotive Accessibility.
- Acoustic Vehicle Alerting System (AVAS, Minimum sound requirement, Pedestrian warning sound)
- A class of vehicle systems that emit artificial sound to alert pedestrians and other road users to the presence and movement of quiet vehicles — typically electric and hybrid vehicles at low speeds, w…
- External Human-Machine Interface (eHMI, External HMI)
- A class of interfaces on the exterior of a vehicle — typically an automated or autonomous vehicle — designed to communicate the vehicle's intent, awareness, or state to pedestrians, cyclists, and othe…
- Human-Vehicle Interaction (HVI, Vehicle-pedestrian interaction)
- The field studying how people communicate, negotiate, and coordinate with vehicles and their occupants — including drivers, passengers, and, increasingly, automated systems. Human-vehicle interaction …
- Trust in Automation (Automation trust, TiA)
- A human factors construct describing the extent to which a person believes an automated system — a car, aircraft, medical device, AI assistant, or robot — will perform reliably and behave in their int…