KIISE Transactions on Computing Practices (정보과학회 컴퓨팅의 실제 논문지)

Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers (한국정보과학회)
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Effectiveness Optimization for Metro-Style Graphical User Interfaces

Metro 스타일 GUI의 가시화 효율 최적화

  • 김강태 (성균관대학교 전자전기컴퓨터공학과) ;
  • 김기혁 (성균관대학교 전자전기컴퓨터공학과) ;
  • 이성길 (성균관대학교 소프트웨어학과)
  • Received : 2014.09.04
  • Accepted : 2014.10.13
  • Published : 2014.12.15
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Abstract

Graphical user interfaces (GUI) in modern software deliver information visually, and a well-designed interface can provide information to the use in an organized and intuitive manner while poorly-designed interfaces can cause visual inconvenience and confusion. In order to effectively deliver information to the user, visual attention should be placed on a prominent location in the image. This paper introduces a method based on a human visual system (HVS) that can improve Metro-style GUIs by reducing a user's workload to visually find information. Our method is designed with spatial mapping and color mapping for buttons in the Metro-style GUI. Also we define a metric for Metro-style GUI effectiveness, including an optimization algorithm. The results show that our method improves the performance of visual search tasks in a Metro-style GUI.

최근의 소프트웨어는 인터페이스에 대한 사용자의 직관적인 이해를 돕기 위해, 시각적으로 정보를 표현하는 그래픽 사용자 인터페이스(Graphical User Interface)를 사용한다. 잘 디자인된 인터페이스는 사용자에게 정보를 효율적으로 전달하나, 그렇지 않은 경우는 보기에 불편하고 난해하다. 시각적 정보가 효율적으로 사람에게 전달되기 위해서는, 사용자의 시각적 관심이 이미지의 중요한 영역에 있도록 해야 한다. 이 논문은 사람의 시각체계 내 탐색(visual search)를 고려하여 Metro-Style GUI를 시각적으로 향상시키는 방법을 소개한다. 이 방법은 Metro-Style GUI 버튼의 공간적 매핑과 색 매핑의 두 단계로 구성되어 있다. 또한 Metro-Style GUI의 효용성을 정의하고, 이를 최적화하는 알고리즘을 함께 제안한다. 결과에서는 우리의 방법을 적용하여 Metro-Style의 GUI를 시각적으로 향상시킨 예시를 제시한다.

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Supported by : 한국연구재단

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