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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2020.11.4.109

Open Source Based Knitting Machine Pattern Program Interface Usability Study  

Park, Ji-Hoon (Department of Product innovation, Graduate School of Techno Design, Kook min University)
Nam, Won-Suk (Department of Industrial Design, College of design, Kookmin University)
Jang, Jung-Sik (Department of Industrial Design, College of design, Kookmin University)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.11, no.4, 2020 , pp. 109-118 More about this Journal
Abstract
In recent years, the needs of consumers for personality and personalized clothing are increasing. Knitting machines, which produce clothing by the user at low cost, are a good way to meet consumer demand. However, the user is having difficulty in using the knitting machine pattern program, which is a software program, independently of the operation of the knitting machine. Therefore, this study conducted a literature review prior to the empirical research and evaluated the usability by selecting three kinds of frequently used knitting machine pattern programs as research subjects. Based on the nine usability evaluation principles derived from expert group discussions, the study found that the needs of users for nine evaluation principles: visibility, conciseness, operability, consistency, accuracy, flexibility, intuition, error recognition, and supplementary explanation (The purpose of this study is to identify the direction and alternatives of usability improvement for the interface of the knitting machine pattern program.
Keywords
Knitting Machine; Open Source; Knitting Machine Pattern Program; User Interface; Convergence;
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