- 學位論文
適用單手使用之智慧型手機觸控鍵盤
Sector Touch Keyboard for Single Hand Operation on Mobile Phone
摘要
雖然目前智慧型手機的設計原則為雙手使用，然而根據蔡松昇 (2012) 的研究，使用者較喜歡以單手操作智慧型手機，甚至在某些情境下，使用者只能使用單手操作智慧型手機，在使用為雙手使用設計的觸控鍵盤時，除了較容易對大拇指造成負擔外，亦將有較高的錯誤率，因此設計一款適合單手使用的觸控鍵盤，以便使用者因應此狀況是有必要的。 本研究設計的單手使用觸控鍵盤Minor Sector Keyboard （MSK），以Steven Hoober (2013) 所定義的Hot Zone及Pop-up menu介面設計技術，使大拇指在操作觸控鍵盤時均在舒適的運動範圍內，在僅能利用單手操作智慧型手機的情境下作為替代鍵盤。Minor Sector Keyboard較之傳統觸控鍵盤有以下優點及缺點: 1. 在單手操作觸控鍵盤時，可讓大拇指只在舒適的運動範圍內操作。 2. 具備尺寸較大的觸控按鍵，可讓大拇指點擊準確率提高。 3. 觸控按鍵輸入步驟較多，需要較長的操作時間。 4. 按鍵排列方式與傳統鍵盤不同，使用者需要習慣新的排列方式。
並列摘要
Though most of mobile phone designed for two-handed operation, however users prefer one-handed operation in many occasions. - Among those one-handed tasks, typing is one of the most difficult jobs. This study intended to design a touch keyboard that provides the users with less effort requirement when typing. The "minor sector keyboard" was design for easy reach by the thumb. All keys were located within the “hot zone” of thumb movement. "Hot Zone" is an easy reach area on screen by thumb defined by Steven Hoober (2013). In addition, by employing notion of multifunctional keypad, fewer key numbers provide better dimension for key size which meet the requirement of thumb touch. The experiment indicated that the "minor sector keyboard" appeared to be less efficient on the first attempt, comparing with that of two-handed operation using QWERT touch keyboard. However, its usability over time (learnability) is considerably acceptable while users improved their operation after a few practice. Minor sector touch keyboard can be an alternative for one-handed operation on mobile phone.