Effects of design factors of the instrument cluster panel on consumer's affection

Gahun Jung, Seong M. Kim, Sung Y. Kim, Eui S. Jung, Sungjoon Park

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    Abstract

    It is known from consumer surveys that the interior design of cars greatly influences on consumers' affection. Most notably, the instrument panel which occupies the driver's attention while driving would be one of the main components that affect consumer's affection, but the designer does not often put due importance to this design component. The purpose of this study is to define consumers' affection on the instrument cluster panel in terms of its design factors: color of panel lighting and layout of meters as independent factors as well as subjects' gender. Semantic differentials or affective adjectives that are related to the instrument panel were first derived from surveys, existing studies and the available literature. Then, representative affective factors were drawn using factor analysis and multi-dimensional scaling (MDS). Evaluation of the instrument panel was performed and analyzed by Taguchi's parameter design to provide more robust results under various noise factors involved. The result of this study may provide not only a guideline for the instrument panel design but also a basis of understanding underlying consumer's affection in terms of user-centered design.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2010, IMECS 2010
    Pages1913-1916
    Number of pages4
    Publication statusPublished - 2010
    EventInternational MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2010, IMECS 2010 - Kowloon, Hong Kong
    Duration: 2010 Mar 172010 Mar 19

    Publication series

    NameProceedings of the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2010, IMECS 2010

    Other

    OtherInternational MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2010, IMECS 2010
    Country/TerritoryHong Kong
    CityKowloon
    Period10/3/1710/3/19

    Keywords

    • Consumer affection
    • Instrument panel
    • Kansei engineering
    • Taguchi's parameter design

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Computer Science (miscellaneous)

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