可攜式冰箱之觸控螢幕介面設計研究

A Study on the User Interface Design of the Touch Screen for Portable Refrigerators

呂學政(Shueh-Cheng Lu)

指導教授 ： 陳立杰

大同大學/設計學院/工業設計學系所/碩士(2006年)

摘要

摘要
由於近年來科技的進步，讓人們有著愈來愈好的生活享受，然而有這樣的成就並非一蹴可幾的，必須靠許多的演化進步而來的。以機器之使用者介面設計為例，機器需要人來操控，以往大多數的機器要靠眾多的轉盤、按鈕或撥桿等控制裝置和一些簡單的顯示來控制，而今日的機器設備只剩下幾個簡單的按鍵搭配數位式的顯示螢幕便能達到所需的操作，甚至有些機器設備，諸如一些加工機械、公共資訊站、家電產品等為了讓使用者更容易操作，加入觸控螢幕的介面設計，而此觸控螢幕同時包含控制和顯示螢幕，本研究以未來之車用行動冰箱為例對其觸控介面進行探討。
本研究首先蒐集現有市售行動冰箱及家用冰箱做現況分析並找出3個家用冰箱利用其介面設計作為研究的基礎實行兩階段的實驗。第一個階段以現有3種家用冰箱的操作介面為基礎，輔以簡單的功能說明以圖片問卷方式探討3種共9項的冰箱功能的操作及顯示方式，以了解消費者對現有家用冰箱操作介面的喜好。第二階段以實驗方式探討「按鍵操作模式」、「按鍵反白方式」等兩個因子的6種操作介面對於操作的績效及偏好度的影響，此實驗以Visual Basic 6.0軟體撰寫測試實驗介面，記錄受測者的操作時間，同時受測者填寫主觀的偏好度問卷。進而綜合以上主客觀之結果、獲得最佳的執行績效和最滿意的觸控螢幕介面，運用在未來車用冰箱的操作介面。第一階段問卷結果顯示大部份受測者喜好循環鍵之介面操作類型。第二階段實驗結果顯示，就客觀操作的時間績效方面，由「按鍵操作模式」、「按鍵反白方式」兩因子所設計的6種介面並無顯著之差異存在；而就主觀偏好方面，結果顯示6種介面，使用者最喜歡的觸控按鍵模式是 「專用鍵搭配按壓時按鍵底變白字變黑」；最不喜歡的是「循環鍵搭配按壓時字體白變黑」。

關鍵字

觸控式螢幕、冰箱、行動冰箱、使用者介面

並列摘要

Abstract
Due to the fast advancement in technologies in recent years, people are allowed to enjoy a better and more pleasant life. However, this kind of achievement was not made possible overnight, but through countless evolutions. Taking the design of user interfaces on machines as an example, machines need to be controlled by human, and in the past, most of the controls were facilitated with numerous wheels, buttons, switches, and some simple displays. Nowadays, only a few simple buttons and a digital display are enough for users to control a mechanical device. Some devices, such as processing machines, public information stations, and home appliances, have been equipped with a touch screen interface to provide users with an easier operation. Besides, this kind of touch screens integrates controls and a display. This study would investigate into the design of touch screen interfaces for portable refrigerators.
This study first collected portable refrigerators and home refrigerators available in the market for an analysis of the current situation and adopted the user interface design of 3 home refrigerators as the basis for a 2-stage experiment. In the first stage, based on the control interface of 3 home refrigerators, pictures with simple function descriptions were employed to investigate a total of 9 items of function controls and display styles on the 3 refrigerators, so as to understand consumer’s preferences for the control interface of home refrigerators. In the second stage, an experiment was conducted to investigate the impact of 6 control interfaces under the 2 factors of “key operation types” and “key color inversion types”, on operational performance and subjective preferences. The experimental interfaces were compiled on Visual Basic 6.0, and research subject’s operation time was also recorded. At the same time, the subjects were required to fill out a questionnaire on subjective preferences. Concluded from the above subjective results, the most satisfactory touch screen interface with the optimal operational performance could be derived and applied to portable refrigerators in vehicles. It was indicated in the first stage that most of subjects preferred the 2nd type of control interface with cyclic keys. The results from the second stage indicated that in terms of operational performance based on time consumption, no significant difference was observed on the 6 control interfaces designed under the 2 factors of “key operation types” and “key color inversion types”. In the aspect of subjective preferences, among the 6 interfaces, users favored the combination of “exclusive keys + white background and black texts on keys” and disliked “cyclic keys + texts color turning from white to black” most.

並列關鍵字

Portable Refrigerator ； Refrigerator ； Touch Screen ； User Interface

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