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http://dx.doi.org/10.5143/JESK.2006.25.4.051

Development Process of a Universal Design Evaluation Index with a Case Study for Mobile Phone Evaluation  

Kim, Mi-Yeon (Department of Industrial Systems and Information Engineering, Korea University)
Jung, Eui-S. (Department of Industrial Systems and Information Engineering, Korea University)
Park, Sung-Joon (Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Namseoul University)
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Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea / v.25, no.4, 2006 , pp. 51-62 More about this Journal
Abstract
The concept of universal design has recently emerged as an important aspect of product design. Universal design is considerably analogous to ergonomic 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 index for mobile phone design to quantify how well a product complies with principles of universal design. The research also emphasizes on ergonomic principles as a basis of evaluation. A generation of the evaluation items 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 those scenarios of mobile phone use while product components were composed of the parts to which a user interacts. Further analysis systematically generated a universal index from relationship matrices among the three components. The index was then used to test its suitability by applying 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.
Keywords
Universal design; Mobile usability; Evaluation; Process;
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