*JAMA Guideline for In-Vehicle Display Systems (*Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association)

Abstract

The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. (JAMA) has published several versions of its “Guideline for In-Vehicle Display Systems” since the appearance of the initial version in 1990. In August 2004, JAMA issued its Guideline Version 3.0, the latest to be released, featuring the world’s first numerical criteria for display-system operation while a vehicle is in motion. The present paper summarizes the key points of the JAMA Guideline Version 3.0, as well as the basis for and justification of the numerical criteria and occlusion method used as a surrogate method to evaluate systems in a real-world driving environment. This paper also reviews the background, chronology and objectives of the JAMA guidelines.