ISO 15007:2020

Overview

ISO 15007:2020 - "Road vehicles - Measurement and analysis of driver visual behaviour with respect to transport information and control systems" - defines a common framework for measuring and reporting driver visual behaviour, with a focus on glance and glance-related metrics. The standard provides key terms, minimum equipment and procedural requirements, and step-by-step guidance to plan trials, capture and validate data, reduce and analyse gaze data, and report visual‑behaviour metrics for Transport Information and Control Systems (TICS). It applies to on‑road trials (field operational or naturalistic studies) and laboratory‑based driving studies, and supports comparisons across different TICS applications and experimental scenarios.

Key topics and technical requirements

• Definitions and parameters: Standardized glossary for glance metrics, Areas of Interest (AOI), tasks/subtasks, and related terms (AOI no smaller than typical eye-tracker resolution, e.g., 0.5°).
• Trial planning: Requirements for roadway, vehicle, TICS, participant selection, training, and data exclusion criteria.
• Recording equipment: Minimum guidance for eye‑tracking systems (head‑mounted and remote), camera‑only setups, installation and calibration procedures.
• Calibration and validation: Formal calibration checks, Eye Tracker Validation Task (EVT), and procedures in normative annexes to verify tracking accuracy before recording.
• Data reduction: Manual reduction protocols, sample-interval considerations, and automated gaze-analysis workflows.
• Quality assurance: Procedures such as 5% post‑recording data verification, positional/time‑detection error checks, and use of Cohen’s kappa to verify automated analysis reliability.
• Data analysis & interpretation: Guidance on calculation, presentation, and interpretation of glance-derived metrics and combined metrics.

Practical applications

• Evaluating driver distraction and visual attention for in‑vehicle displays, infotainment, HUDs, ADAS and higher levels of driving automation.
• Designing, testing and validating safe TICS user interfaces and human–machine interfaces (HMI).
• Conducting naturalistic driving studies, field operational tests, and simulator experiments to compare visual‑behaviour outcomes between systems or configurations.
• Producing reproducible, standards‑compliant evidence for safety assessments, regulatory submissions, and research publications.

Who should use ISO 15007:2020

• Automotive OEMs and Tier‑1 suppliers working on HMI and TICS
• Human factors and ergonomics researchers
• Test laboratories and regulatory bodies conducting on‑road or simulator evaluations
• Data analysts implementing eye‑tracking reduction and automated gaze analysis

Related standards

• ISO 15007:2020 integrates and replaces ISO 15007‑1:2014 and ISO/TS 15007‑2:2014. It was prepared by ISO/TC 22/SC 39 (Ergonomics) and includes normative annexes (manual reduction, calibration checks, validation tasks, and reliability verification) to support accurate, comparable driver visual‑behaviour measurement.