• Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.39-46
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• 2010

The growth of function in vehicle needs complex display and control system, the In-Vehicle Information System(IVIS). Although current IVISs are widely implemented in commercial vehicles, a new form of IVIS has been recently studied in order to reduce drivers' workloads. The purpose of this study is to suggest an appropriate menu structure of a new type IVIS, to be implemented on the instrument cluster panel, using Taguchi's parameter design. In the research, firstly, functions were selected that are appropriate to control through the instrument cluster among existing functions of current IVISs by quantitative evaluation of ergonomic principles. Then, menu structure alternatives were extracted by investigating priorities to those functions selected. Finally, menu structure alternatives were evaluated through an experiment and suggest the most appropriate one by applying Taguchi's parameter design. Taguchi method was used not only for planning an experiment but also evaluating alternatives. SN ratios were a key value to evaluate the alternatives and to find the most proper one. Through the research, the most appropriate menu structure for the instrument cluster IVIS was finally suggested among the alternatives and it is expected that the results of this research could provide a guideline to the instrument cluster IVIS.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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• v.12B no.4 s.100
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• pp.473-478
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• 2005

The purpose of this study was to investigate the interaction effect of Web site menu designs and information structures on two information searching performances (searching and browsing) and three measures of users' attitudes (appeal, usability, and disorientation). Pronounced interaction effects occurred across four dependent variables except searching when decreasing and increasing information structure were combined with a simple selection menu and a pull-down menu. Further studies are needed to investigate additional interactions among factors of interface and information structure of Web sites.

• IE interfaces
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.1-7
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• 2011

The purpose of this research was to develop an integrated interface for the usability test of systems or products in the design process. It is capable of automatically creating GOMS models which can predict human task performances. It can generate GOMS models to be interacted with the prototype interfaces. It can also effectively manage various design information and various usability test results to be implemented into the new product and/or system design. Thus we can perform usability test for products or system prototypes more effectively and also reduce time and effort required for this test. For usability tests, we established an integrated interface based on GOMS model by the LabVIEW program. We constructed the system that the linkage to GOMS model is available. Using this integrated interface, the menu structure of mobile phone can be constructed easily. User can design a depth and a breath that he want. The size of button and the label of the button is changable. The path to the goal can be defined by the user. Using a designed menu structure, the experiment could be performed. The results of GOMS model and the actual time are presented. Besides, values of operators of GOMS model can be defined as the value that user wants. Using the integrated interface that we developed, the optimal menu structure deducted. The menu structure that user wants can be established easily. The optimal layout and button size can be decided by comparison of numerous menu structures. User can choose the method of usability test among GOMS model and empirical data. Using this integrated interface, the time and costs can be saved and the optimal menu structure can be found easily.

• Archives of design research
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• v.19 no.2 s.64
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• pp.251-260
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• 2006

Rapid development of electronic technology has made it possible to perform various function. But this technology made it increase it's complexity. Therefore, It was important to identify usability problem in interface design. The quality of interface to promote the efficient interaction should be evaluated with regard to users' cognitive characteristics. So, in this paper, washing machine, that is one of the most useful electronic home application was studied menu structure on interface and it's operational states transition. At first, an cognitive menu structure is identified with users' conceptual similarity of the main function of washing machine. Then three washing machines was selected to compare with the cognitive menu structure. And, we were analyzed how operational state of the washing machine was transfered. As a result, we can be revealed that menu operational method based on the cognitive structure was consistent with the user's preferred operational method during the experimental tasks and the users and designers had a different knowledge of an it's function structure. These results will be useful to design the washing machine interface.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.02a
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• pp.599-607
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• 2006

텔레매틱스 정보단말기는 가독성, 시인성, 주행 안전성의 사용성과 HMI(Human Machine Interface)를 고려하여 설계해야 한다. 텔레매틱스 정보단말기 GUI을 구성하는 요소로 Menu Type, Menu Structure, Font Size 등이 있다. 그러나 한글이라는 지역적 특성에 대한 연구가 미흡한 상태이다. 따라서 본 연구에서 국내 운전자를 대상으로 텔레매틱스 정보단말기 GUI Factor에 대해 국내의 환경에 맞는 설계를 도출하였다. 피험자는 총 30명(남자 24명과 여자6명)을 대상으로 가상 주행 시스템을 이용한 시뮬레이션 환경에 Task를 수행하도록 하여 실험을 하였다. 분석은 ANOVA, 다원배치법, T-test, Font 일반식 대입을 통해 이루어졌다. Menu Type은 가로세로 2*3 배열의 형태와 버튼간 간격을 주행안전성 및 시인성에서 고려하여 설계해야 한다. Menu Structure는 3Depth가 3Frame 보다 주행안전성 및 시인성이 5%유의수준에서 더 우수하다고 나타났다. 운전자 안구 거리에 따른 Font Size를 도출하는 일반식은 어두운 글자인 경우 0.0069radian * d = Font Size 가 되고, 밝은 글자인 경우 0.0075radian * d = Font Size 가 된다. 위와 같이 본 연구는 GUI 세가지 항목에 대하여 국내 운전자의 사용성과 텔레매틱스 정보단말기 간의 인터페이스를 고려하여 기존의 시스템에 대하여 에러를 줄이고, 수행능력을 향상 시켜 주었다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.71-87
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• 2007

With the rapid change of the Web and E-transaction application, the search interface is providing more powerful search and visualization methods, while offering smoother integration of technology with task. Especially, visualization techniques for long menu-lists are applied in retrieval system with the goal of improving performance in user's ability to select one item from a long list. In order to review visualization techniques appropriate to the types of users and data set, this study compared the five visualization browsers such as the Tree-structured menu, the Table-of-contents menu, the Roll-over menu, the Click menu, and Fisheye menu. The result of general analyses shows that among the hierarchical methods, the experienced group prefers the Table-of-contents method menu, whereas the novice's group prefers the Tree-structure method menu. Among the linear methods, the two groups prefer the Roll-over menu. The Roll-over menu is most preferred among the five browsers by the two groups.

• Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.163-173
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• 2003

In this study, the six types of menu were suggested according to analysis of elementary school website about informational structure, depth and width of the menu, method of arrangement, suggesting form of the menu, ease the menu usage. And we design and develop the menu, and test, adapting the six types of menu on the same control condition, for the purpose of test about affective response and effectiveness, efficiency in user's utilizing these menus. As a result, the menu type of upper part drop-down type and left part suggesting after upper part suggesting type were testified as a menu type of high approach and recognition in the elementary schools web site.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.20 no.41
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• pp.203-212
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• 1997

The interface of computer software has to promote human-computer interaction. The one quality of interface to promote HCI should be evaluted with regard to user's information processing. The usability of interface is one of the main components of it's quality, and it is straightforwardly concerned with learnability, especially when users want to use a software at the first stage. In this paper, word processors, wide spreadly used in OA environments is studied in respect to menu structure on the interface. An cognitive menu structure is suggested by user's conceptual network of the main functions of word processor. Two word processors is selected to compare with the cognitive menu structure and to evalute learnabilities by teaming model.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.147-164
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• 2008

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the community information menus on the websites of Korean American Churches function well as community information sources to Korean American church members. Community information menus from 12 korean American church websites were compared in terms of information structure and labeling systems. Problems were shown and new informational structures and category labels to fully support the functions of Korean American church websites have been proposed. The proposed model was divided into three main aspects, the first sub menu category, the second sub menu category, and the third sub menu category.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.462-470
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• 2011

ARS (Automatic Response Systems) based on VUI (Voice User Interface) and TTI (Touch Tone Interface) are one of the most widely used communication systems. Despite common usages, however, inconvenience of ARS is continually pointed out. This may stem from lack of human-centered studies aside from technological development. In this paper, we provide guidelines for designing ARS by analyzing hindrance factors of usability of ARS menu structure. We had selected two call-centers using ARS, and carried out an experimental study where subjects performed the task of "returning books." After that, they completed questionnaires and interviews. We identified four problems: the complex menu structure, lack of representativeness on the menu name, users' awareness of location, and a difficulty to move among menus. And we partially discussed the ways of avoiding the problems.