@inproceedings{64487a802456430aa9a9606b1dfb1a49,
title = "Improving Emergency Vehicles{\textquoteright} Response Times with the Use of Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence",
abstract = "The rapid mobilization of Emergency Services (ES) could be particularly challenging for ES drivers and staff that have to navigate and manoeuvre through various traffic and weather conditions. Driving, in high speeds through dense traffic is a particularly demanding psychomotor task for the ES drivers and could result in collisions and even fatalities. Current attempts to support the driver and reduce the potential driving hazards had limited success. The paper presents the design rationale of a prototype system that utilises Augmented Reality (AR) in the form of a Head-Up Display (HUD) to superimpose guidance information in the real-life environment. The paper will discuss also the requirements for an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system that could analyse the driving conditions and present the best manoeuvring options whilst maintain the road users{\textquoteright} safety. Finally, the paper presents the requirements{\textquoteright} framework for the development of the proposed AR/AI system based on the feedback and suggestions of ten ES drivers. Their feedback will be presented and discussed in detail as it provided essential insight into the everyday challenges of ES operations.",
keywords = "Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, Collision avoidance, Emergency Services, Head-up display, Simulation, Smart cities",
author = "Bram-Larbi, {K. F.} and V. Charissis and S. Khan and Harrison, {D. K.} and D. Drikakis",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.; 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2020 ; Conference date: 19-07-2020 Through 24-07-2020",
year = "2020",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-59987-4_3",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783030599867",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH",
pages = "24--39",
editor = "Constantine Stephanidis and Duffy, {Vincent G.} and Norbert Streitz and Shin{\textquoteright}ichi Konomi and Heidi Kr{\"o}mker",
booktitle = "HCI International 2020 – Late Breaking Papers",
address = "Germany",
}