MIMI: A Multimodal and Adaptive Interface for an In-Car Communication System (original) (raw)

The number of cars provided with in-car communication systems has increased noticeably. Research has shown that using a mobile phone whilst driving has usability and safety issues. In order to minimise these issues, user interfaces that promote the usage of the hands and eyes solely for the driving task have been proposed. This paper discusses the design of MIMI (Multimodal Interface for Mobile Infocommunication), a prototype multimodal in-car communication system using a speech interface, supplemented with steering wheel button input. The design of MIMI is discussed, together with its architecture, including the dialogue manager, the adaptive module and the workload manager. The adaptive module contains a workload manager that helps MIMI to present information to the driver such that driver distraction is reduced.