警用 PDA 選單結構與圖示反白模式之研究

A Study on the Menu Structure and Highlighted Mode of Menu Icons for Police PDAs

邱昱翔(Yu-Hsiang Chau)

指導教授 ： 陳立杰

大同大學/設計學院/工業設計學系所/碩士(2005年)

摘要

在歐美先進國家中，警用PDA已經提供一種嶄新的勤務文書處理方式。反觀國內，一般員警所用之警用小電腦其功能還停留在極為簡易的人車資料查詢。而目前與警用PDA相關研究也較為缺乏。因此，本研究針對在未來趨勢發展上，可能出現的警用PDA其選單結構與圖示反白模式進行操作上主觀喜好度之比較研究。本研究目的為探討員警執勤功能需求，訂定警用PDA圖像篩選原則，以及探討何種選單結構與圖示反白模式較為員警所接受。首先利用實地訪談，歸納出目前員警執勤功能需求，之後以重要度問卷篩選出警用PDA選單功能，再以群集分析法取得階層式選單功能分類細目。而在選單圖示方面，依據圖示篩選原則以問卷挑出員警所接受之一組選單圖示。最後在選單結構與圖示反白模式的主觀認知比較上，透過將樹狀結構選單及循環結構選單各自搭配系統預設反白及全區域反白模式，分別設計出四種不同模式之選單介面。經由制服員警在中低照度環境下進行實機操作並填寫主觀評量問卷。透過四種選單搭配主觀排序 Friedman檢定的結果顯示，樹狀結構全區域反白選單最為員警所偏好，而循環結構搭配預設反白模式之選單被認為是複雜度較高的選單。

關鍵字

PDA ； 選單模式 ； 圖像式介面 ； 警用行動資訊設備

並列摘要

In European and American countries, police PDA has provided a brand new service-related document processing method. In Taiwan, however, the functions of police’s palm-sized computers are still limited to the simple search of citizen’s or vehicle’s registration data. And the studies related to police PDA are still insufficient. Therefore, based on the comparisons of different menu structures and inverted color modes on police PDA, this study aimed to investigate the demands for police service-related functions, set up principles of icon selections on police PDA, and discuss which menu structure and icon inverted color mode would be more favorable to the police. Firstly, field interviews were conducted to induce the demands for duty-required functions. In terms of significance, menu functions on police PDA were sorted out, and the submenu categories of hierarchical menu functions were derived through cluster analysis. As to menu icons, according to icon selection principles, a set of icons most acceptable by the policemen was selected. At last, in the comparison of the subjective cognitions of menu structures and icon inverted color modes, 4 different menu interfaces were designed with system default inverted color and full-area inverted color modes on tree structure menu and cyclic structure menu systems. The police officers in uniform involved in the study conducted practical operation of the PDA in a mid-low illumination environment and filled out a subjective evaluation questionnaire. The rank-based Friedman test on the 4 menu sets showed that the tree structure menu with full-area inverted color icons was most preferred by the officers, and the cyclic structure menu with preset inverted color mode was considered as the most complicated.

並列關鍵字

icon interface ； menu mode ； PDA ； police mobile information equipment

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