Review of Consumer Tests and Standards

Review of consumer tests and Copyright TeleFOT ADAC standards Contract N 224067 Large Scale Collaborative Project 7th Framework Programme INFSO-ICT 224067 Review of consumer tests and standards Deliverable n. 4.8.1 Report on Review of earlier consumer tests and European standards Sub Project SP n.4 Evaluation & assessment Work package WP n.4.8 Benchmarking from the consumer point of view Task n. T n. 4.8.1 Review of earlier consumer tests and European standards Author(s) S. Grabmaier File name TeleFOT_4.8.1_Review of consumer tests and C. Gauss standards_v3.doc Status Final Distribution Public (PU) Issue date 2009-07-06 Creation date 2009-11-30 Project start and 1 June 2008 – 48 months duration Project co-funded by the European Commission DG Information Society and Media under the 7th Framework Programme 2008/06/23 Page 1 ADAC of 31 Review of consumer tests and Copyright TeleFOT ADAC standards Contract N 224067 TABLE OF CONTENTS REVISION CHART AND HISTORY LOG...................................................................... 3 LIST OF TABLES................................................................................................... 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY........................................................................................... 5 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 8 REVIEW OF EXISTING STANDARDS....................................................................... 10 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STANDARDS ................................................................. 13 REVIEW OF EXISTING CONSUMER TESTS .............................................................. 15 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSUMER TESTING...................................................... 28 2008/06/23 Page 2 ADAC of 31 Review of consumer tests and Copyright TeleFOT ADAC standards Contract N 224067 REVISION CHART AND HISTORY LOG When the “Review of earlier Consumer test and Standards_v1” was completed, MagnetiMarelli and Telefonica conducted an internal Peer Review according to TeleFOT quality assurance system. ADAC received this synthesis report from the coordinator on 20 July 2009 with the comment “Accepted with reservations”. In addition to some modifications in the target text and the tables, the document contains various adjustments and comments (TeleFOT_4.8.1_Review of earlier Consumer test and Standards_v2). The EU Commission released the report on 11 September 2009 adding a comment “Front page needs updating to meet naming conventions”. The update titled “TeleFOT_4.8.1_Review of consumer tests and standards_v3” includes the relevant corrections. In addition to the nominated authors, some final minor corrections, format changes and edits were performed by the project coordinator Petri Mononen / VTT. 2008/06/23 Page 3 ADAC of 31 Review of consumer tests and Copyright TeleFOT ADAC standards Contract N 224067 LIST OF TABLES The latter part of this document (after page 31, based on MS-Excel-file “ADAC review of standards”) contains all tables mentioned below. Table 1: All standards_short: Standards\All standards_short.xls Table 2: All standards_detailed: Standards\All standards_detailed.xls Table 3: Relevant standards for nomadic devices_short: Standards\Relevant standards for nomadic devices_short.xls Table 4: Relevant standards for nomadic devices_detailed: Standards\Relevant standards for nomadic devices_detailed.xls Table 5: Standards_2003 and earlier_short: Standards\Standards_2003 and earlier_short.xls Table 6: Standards_2003 and earlier _detailed: Standards\Standards_2003 and earlier _detailed.xls 2008/07/27 Page 4 ADAC of 31 Review of consumer tests and Copyright TeleFOT ADAC standards Contract N 224067 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The tables give an overview on the European standards applying to nomadic devices. The lists detail the contents of the standards. A thorough review of all standards is recommended, focussing on the question whether or not a dedicated nomadic devices standard should be developed under the TeleFOT project. The outline of consumer tests aims at illustrating consumer aspects with a view to nomadic devices testing. It is important to know the basic assessment criteria applied in consumer tests. We extracted the key criteria to identify the test scope for nomadic devices. 1.1 Review of European standards The market for nomadic devices has grown rapidly in the past few years all over Europe. A rich variety of different technologies are available on the market. Many standards also refer to the design and development of nomadic devices. The following European and ISO standards have been reviewed: ISO TC22 (Road Vehicles) ISO TC204 (Intelligent transport systems) European Statement of Principles (ESoP) Documents of subcommittees and working groups Draft and new items of TC204 The contents of the standards are listed in tables 1 to 6: Table 1 ‘All standards_short’ Table 2 ‘All standards_detailed’ give an overview of all documents of ISO TC22, ISO 204, ESOP, subcommittees and working groups as well as draft and new items of TC204. 2008/07/27 Page 5 ADAC of 31 Review of consumer tests and Copyright TeleFOT ADAC standards Contract N 224067 Table 3 ‘Relevant standards_ short’ Table 4 ‘Relevant standards_detailed’ give an overview of all documents of ISO TC22, ISO 204, ESOP, subcommittees and working groups as well as draft and new items of TC204 that are relevant for the design and development of nomadic devices. Some of these standards even cover requirements for the design and development as well as testing methods for nomadic devices. They contain the basic knowledge required for further developments. Table 5 ‘Standards_2003 and earlier_short’ Table 6 ‘Standards_2003 and earlier _detailed’ contain all standards that have existed for more than five years. With regard to the fast development of electronic and communication devices these standards may no longer be up-to-date. A new standard for nomadic devices should be developed on the basis of the European Statement of Principles (ESoP). Such standard should, however, establish more specific requirements for the design of nomadic devices than those described in the ISO standards. All relevant standards listed in table 3 and table 4 should be considered. Additionally, the following key requirements should be covered: communication interface between vehicle and nomadic device (on-board network, TMC and connection to the speaker system for all types of nomadic devices) specific position and interface design for installation and integration of nomadic devices in vehicles (standardised docking stations for nomadic devices allowing safe connection to the dashboard) communication interface for additional functions (supplementary vehicle information feed to mobile devices such as, for instance, wheel sensor data allowing precise identification of the steering wheel position or control of steering movements) 2008/07/27 Page 6 ADAC of 31 Review of consumer tests and Copyright TeleFOT ADAC standards Contract N 224067 1.2 Review of earlier consumer tests All over Europe, automobile clubs, consumer organisations and communication magazines carry out comparative studies helping consumers to make informed choices. 31 organisations in 14 different countries conduct or publish tests of nomadic devices. Most tests cover mobile navigation devices in general. Some tests are collaborative projects. For example, the ADAC test of mobile navigation devices is supported by ÖAMTC and also published by TCS and RACC. ADAC recommends testing all new products according to the following key test criteria: Operation Handling: Installation Route calculation Navigation functions Other features and functions Consumer tests have the purpose of providing purchase advice to potential buyers. Before testing nomadic devices in the framework of the TeleFOT project, the devices should be subject to comprehensive testing according to consumer test criteria. This will allow safety risks and ease of operation aspects to be identified and evaluated in advance. Elements from ADAC consumer tests of mobile navigation devices in combination with the criteria applied by the various testing organisations may serve as a basis to define benchmarks that could help us compare and evaluate nomadic devices from the consumers' point of view. The test criteria collected by ADAC will be used in the TeleFOT WP 4.8.3 Benchmarking of Different Navigation Systems work plan. 2008/07/27 Page 7 ADAC of 31 Review of consumer tests and Copyright TeleFOT ADAC standards Contract N 224067 INTRODUCTION TeleFOT is a Large Scale Collaborative Project under the Seventh Framework Programme, co-funded by the European Commission DG Information Society and Media within the strategic objective "ICT for Cooperative Systems". Officially started on June 1st 2008, TeleFOT aims to test the impacts of driver support functions on the driving task with large fleets of test drivers in real-life driving conditions. In particular, TeleFOT assesses via Field operational Tests the impacts of functions provided by aftermarket and nomadic devices, including future interactive traffic services that will become part of driving environment systems within the next five years. Field Operational Tests developed in TeleFOT aim at a comprehensive assessment of the efficiency, quality, robustness and user friendliness of in-vehicle systems, such as ICT, for smarter, safer and cleaner driving. This Report: The market for nomadic devices has grown rapidly over the past few years

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