Roll and lateral support perception

Finally, for several aspects of the usage of the car, the variabUify in consumers perception due to anthropometric cues must be taken into account. For this reason, rapid descriptive methods are used to raise the number of individuals that can be taken into account. This will be illustrated by the example on Roll and lateral support perception. ... 

Moreover, this methodology, if correctly understood, is quite flexible. Therefore we do not hesitate to adapt the protocol according to the spedlic objectives of the studies. This is the case for the roll and lateral support perception study, where we needed a common minimum set of sensations but wanted to preserve the inter-individual differences of perception between the participants. 

Beyond the evaluations of materials and odours that have been well-publicized, sensory science has a wide range of applications in the automotive industry. Some of them deal with the systems used during driving the gearbox, the steering system, the braking system, the roll and lateral support, the sound of motor when idle, the overall size. Others deal with the cockpit the perception of space in the car, the shape and materials of the dashboard, the seat and the human-machine interfaces. Additionally, some studies focus on very specific aspects of the car the key card, the text-to-speech voices, etc. 

Our objective is to obtain a sensory description of the cars in a situation where roll and lateral support will be highly perceptible. As this description should be used for preference mapping, we initially aimed at conducting a conventional profile and we designed the first tests accordingly. 

The perceptions of roll and lateral support are deconposed into 29 elementary sensations. Mostly due to anthropometric differences, the assessors do not have the same perceptions while driving. Furthermore, according to the sensory description, the assessors do not discriminate the minivans with the same sensations, and can be separated into two groups. Eight of the ten participants are more sensitive to the... 

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