TY - GEN
T1 - Characteristics of comfortable sheet switches on control panels of electrical appliances
T2 - Human Interface and the Management of Information: Interacting with Information - Symposium on Human Interface 2011, Held as Part of HCI International 2011
AU - Tanaka, Yasuhiro
AU - Yamazaki, Yuka
AU - Sakata, Masahiko
AU - Nakanishi, Miwa
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - This study focuses on sheet switches, which are among the most common user interfaces in electrical appliances, and explores the comfort level required by elderly users. Touching a switch is a common action in our daily lives; however, little research has been performed on this action. In particular, we were unable to find any reports on the comfort elderly users experience upon touching a sheet switch. Thus, electrical-appliance designers have no well-prepared reference data when designing new products. As a consequence, elderly users experience discomfort when using new appliances. Our goal is to construct a guideline for designing comfortable sheet switches for elderly users. In this study, as the first step toward achieving this goal, we attempt to clarify the physical parameters of sheet-switch features that contribute toward ease of use and comfort.
AB - This study focuses on sheet switches, which are among the most common user interfaces in electrical appliances, and explores the comfort level required by elderly users. Touching a switch is a common action in our daily lives; however, little research has been performed on this action. In particular, we were unable to find any reports on the comfort elderly users experience upon touching a sheet switch. Thus, electrical-appliance designers have no well-prepared reference data when designing new products. As a consequence, elderly users experience discomfort when using new appliances. Our goal is to construct a guideline for designing comfortable sheet switches for elderly users. In this study, as the first step toward achieving this goal, we attempt to clarify the physical parameters of sheet-switch features that contribute toward ease of use and comfort.
KW - Comfort
KW - EMG
KW - Elderly users
KW - Electrical appliances
KW - Sheet switches
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-21793-7_57
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-21793-7_57
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79960333400
SN - 9783642217920
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 498
EP - 507
BT - Human Interface and the Management of Information
Y2 - 9 July 2011 through 14 July 2011
ER -