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Guidelines for Designing Earcons to Deliver Process Control Information using its Semantic Association

한국인의 스테레오타입에 부합하는 공정제어용 이어콘 설계 가이드라인의 도출

  • Kim, Sang-Ho (School of Industrial Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology) ;
  • Kim, Jin-Su (SEMYUNG Industrial Co.,Ltd.)
  • Received : 2011.01.20
  • Accepted : 2011.03.14
  • Published : 2011.03.31
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Abstract

It is presumable that properly designed earcons given simultaneously with visual information could enhance the situation awareness of operators when they are involving in highly complicate process control activities. In this study, population stereotypes of earcons with respect to process control information were identified using 60 Korean subjects. To do this, 11 most distinctive earcons were selected from various earcons having different pitch, rhythm, and timbre. Associations between the selected earcons and 40 pairs of adjectives used to describe the state of control in process were gathered from 37 subjects using a semantic differential method. Based on the results from multivariate analyses, the 40 pairs of adjectives were aggregated into three distinctive semantic dimensions. The emotional maps of the 11 earcons matched with the semantic dimensions were presented in this study. On the basis of these results, a general guideline was suggested for designing earcons to deliver process control information.

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