Similarity Comparison between Real Product and Graphic Image through Human Sensibility Evaluation

This paper deals with the difference between human sensibility collected from real product and that through graphic image(photographs and graphic images on CRT monitor) on the same automotive interior. The objective of this study is to verify the possibility that, If there are some restrictions in collecting human sensibility through real product directly, they can be overcome by using graphic image instead, making it easy to collect and analyze human sensibility so as to reflect consumers sensibility in the design of automotive interior, and also comparing the result between real product and graphic image on CRT monitor in order to confirm the potentiality of developing a remote human sensibility survey system through Internet. Therefore two experiments were conducted and the object for experiments was limited to automotive interior. The analysis results showed that there were significant differences between graphic image and real product in case of total interior and IPC(Instrument Panel Center) and no significant difference in case of display panel. Also, there were no significant difference when the subject group was female(housewife). To conclude, we can infer, in case of display panel, that it is possible to replace real product with graphic image to extract similar results on human sensibility and to collect human sensibility through Internet.