PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an evaluation method and evaluation device of vehicles capable of properly and quantitatively evaluating a rolling sensation during turning of a vehicle.SOLUTION: The evaluation method of the vehicle includes a step of measuring the muscle activity, for at least one muscle of the opposite side of the turning direction among the skeletal muscles involved in posture maintenance of the head of an occupant in the turning vehicle a step of calculating an amplitude feature quantity of the muscle potential representing the characteristic of the waveform of the measured muscle activity and a step of evaluating the rolling sensation of the vehicle by this amplitude feature quantity.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】車両の旋回中の横揺れ感を適切かつ定量的に評価することができる車両の評価方法および車両の評価装置を提供する。【解決手段】本発明の車両の評価方法は、旋回中の車両において、乗員の頭部の姿勢保持に関わる骨格筋のうち、少なくとも1つについて、旋回方向の反対側の筋の筋活動を測定する工程と、この測定された筋活動の波形の特徴を表す筋電位の振幅特徴量を算出する工程と、この振幅特徴量によって車両の横揺れ感を評価する工程とを有する。【選択図】図1
