Application of a universal design evaluation index to mobile phones

Miyeon Kim, Eui S. Jung, Sungjoon Park, Jongyong Nam, Jaeho Choe

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    Abstract

    Universal design is considerably analogous to ergonomie design in a way that it takes the capabilities and limitations of users into consideration during the product development process. However, relatively few studies have been devoted to reflect the practical use of ergonomic principles on universal design. This research attempts to develop a universal design evaluation index for mobile phone design to quantify how well a product complies to the principles of universal design. The research also emphasizes on ergonomic principles as a basis of evaluation. A generation of the evaluation lists was done by cross-checking among the personal, activity and product components. Personal components consist of human characteristics including age, physique, perceptual capacity, life style, etc. Activity components were derived from the scenarios of mobile phone use while product components were composed of the parts to which a user interacts. A universal design index was generated systematically from the relationship matrices among the three components. The index was then used to test its suitability by applying it to the evaluation of mobile phones currently on the market. This study demonstrates a development process through which evaluations can be made possible for universal design. The research suggests an improved approach to the appraisal of how well mobile phones are universally designed based on ergonomic principles.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationHuman-Computer Interaction
    Subtitle of host publicationInteraction Platforms and Techniques - 12th International Conference, HCI International 2007, Proceedings
    PublisherSpringer Verlag
    Pages364-373
    Number of pages10
    EditionPART 2
    ISBN (Print)9783540731061
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2007
    Event12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2007 - Beijing, China
    Duration: 2007 Jul 222007 Jul 27

    Publication series

    NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
    NumberPART 2
    Volume4551 LNCS
    ISSN (Print)0302-9743
    ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

    Other

    Other12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2007
    Country/TerritoryChina
    CityBeijing
    Period07/7/2207/7/27

    Keywords

    • Evaluation process
    • Mobile phone usability
    • Universal design

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Theoretical Computer Science
    • General Computer Science

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