• 산업공학
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.17-25
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• 2009

In mobile device's user interface, menu organization is very important as well as menu structure because small display of mobile device. Menu items should be organized based on user knowledge structure to design user-centered interface. Traditionally, MDS (Multidimensional Scaling) have been most often used to expose users' perceived organization of menu items. But, information that MDS reveals is just relative spatial location of concepts and not relevant to concepts connection. Unlike MDS, Trajectory Mapping explicitly finds users' cognitive links between perceived concepts. This study proposes a Trajectory Mapping technique for eliciting knowledge structure, especially a set of cognitive pathways linking menu items, from end user. With twelve participants, MDS and Trajectory Mapping were conducted using cellular phone's menu items. And user knowledge structure was analyzed through Visual Concept Map that combination of results of MDS and Trajectory Mapping. After then, menu items were organized according to users' perceived organization. Empirical usability test was also conducted. The results of usability test showed that usability, in terms of task performance time, number of errors, and satisfaction, for newly organized interface was significantly improved compare to original interface. The methodology of this study is expected to be applicable to design a user-centered interface. In other words, Trajectory Mapping technique can be used as a design tool of user interface for imposing user knowledge structure on the interface.

• 한국디자인학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국디자인학회 2001년도 Bulletin of The 5th Asian Design Conference International Symposium on Design Science
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• pp.26.1-26
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• 2001

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.79-87
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• 2011

Recently, usability has become very important in voice user interface systems. In this paper, we have designed and implemented a wizard-of-oz (WOZ) usability testing tool for command-and-control voice user interfaces. We have proposed the VUIDML (Voice User Interface Design Markup Language) to design the usability test scenario of command-and-control voice interfaces in the early design stages. For highly satisfactory voice user interfaces, we have to select highly preferred voice commands and prompts. In VUIDML, we can specify possible prompt candidates. The WOZ usability testing tool can also be used to collect user-preferred voice commands and feedback from real users.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.504-511
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• 2016

3D simulation programs or games on a smart phone and a personal computer have often employed 3D graphic processing techniques and 3D graphical views. However, the user interfaces in those 3D programs have sticked to take a typical 2D style user interface and thus the combination of a 2D user interface view and a 3D simulation view give us a mismatched sense. Since a 2D user interface has been based on the windows controls, it causes sometime DC conflicts between a simulation view and an interface view. Therefore, we will implement the UI developing tool which can be inserted into the pipeline structure for the development of a 3D simulation software and also follows the view-handler design pattern in Microsoft windows system. It will provide various graphical effects such as the deformation of UI depending on the view direction of simulation view and the sitting pose of user. This developing tool gives the natural user interface which heightens the sense of unity with a given 3D simulation view.

• 디자인학연구
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.109-118
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• 1998

최근의 전자와 반도체기술의 발달에 따른 지능형 제품의 등장은 인터페이스 디자인의 중요성을 더욱더 증대시키게 되었다. 이러한 상황에서 사용자의 실제 제품 사용을 비디오로 기록하고 이를 분석하는 방법에 대한 연구가 많이 이루어지고 있다. 사용자에 대한 실제 제품 사용상에서의 분석과 이러한 다양한 측면간의 상호관계에 대한 분석이 가능한 방법에 대한 연구가 이루어져야 할 것이다. 이에 본 연구는 사용 성 평가에서의 비디오 정보 분석 방법개발의 일환으로 컴퓨터를 활용한 비디오 정보 분석방법을 제안한다. 본 연구는 우선 사용자 인터페이스의 다양한 측면을 살펴봄으로써 사용자 인터페이스의 본질을 이해하고, 이를 바탕으로 제품의 실제적 사용에서 나타나는 사용자들의 제품 사용행위의 특성을 분석할 수 있는 방법의 구조를 설정한다. 이어서 이 구조를 근거로 하여 사용 성 실험의 비디오 정보를 분석할 수 있는 컴퓨터 분석도구를 개발하였다. 이는 사용 성 평가 직전에 이루어진 설문을 통한 사용자 정보를 조사하는 모듈, 사용자의 실제 제품 사용 비디오 정보를 통한 정보추출 모듈, 이를 토대로 한 사용자 특성파악 모듈, 마지막으로 제품의 인터페이스 개선 안을 제안하는 모듈 등으로 나뉘어 구성되었다. 끝으로 본 연구의 한계를 지적하고 이의 향후 연구방향을 제시하였다.

• 한국지능시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국퍼지및지능시스템학회 1998년도 The Third Asian Fuzzy Systems Symposium
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• pp.489-494
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• 1998

This paper describes a design of graphical user interface for a simulated breeding tool with multifield. The term field is used here as a population of visualized individuals that are candidates of selection. Multi-field interface enables the user to breed his/her favorite phenotypes by selection independently in each field, and he/she can copy arbitrary individual into another field. As known on genetic algorithms, a small population likely leads to premature convergence trapped by a local optimum, and migration among plural populations is useful to escape from local optimum. The multi-field user interface provides easy implementation of migration and wider diversity. We show the usefulness of multi-field user interface through an example of a breeding system of 2D CG images.

• 디자인학연구
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.221-230
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• 2004

많은 사용성 평가 방법들, 특히 실험실 기반의 사용성 평가방법이 사용자 인터페이스 개발을 위해 광범위하게 활용되고 있다. 그러나 이러한 사용성 평가 방법들을 수행하기 위해서는 많은 비용과 시간, 노력이 필요하며, 더 나아가 부자연스러운 실험 환경으로 인한 부작용과 사용자들의 직접적인 참여의 부족 등과 같은 여러 가지 문제점들을 가지고 있다. 본 연구는 이러한 문제점들을 해결하기 위해 카드소팅 기법을 기본으로 하는 웹 기반의 참여적 도구를 개발하였다. 개발된 참여적 도구는 사용자들이 자신의 컴퓨터 운용 환경에서 웹을 통하여 자연스럽게 카드소팅 테스트에 참여할 수 있도록 고안되었다. 사용자들은 인터페이스 요소들로 구성된 카드들을 컴퓨터 스크린 상에서 드래깅하고 그룹핑 함으로써 자신만의 인터페이스 구조를 구성할 수 있다. 따라서 해당 웹사이트의 구조에 대해 자신이 가지고 있는 멘탈모델을 자연스럽게 표현해낼 수 있다. 또한 사용자들이 테스트에 참여하는 과정 중에 생성된 모든 데이터들은 자료 수집을 위한 원격 서버에 자동으로 전송되어 저장된다. 본 연구에서 개발된 도구의 활용을 통해 웹 디자이너들은 많은 시간과 노력이 소모되는 번거로운 과정을 거치지 않고도 보다 효과적인 카드소팅 테스트를 수행할 수 있다. 따라서 인포메이션 아키텍처를 설계하는 과정에서 실제 사용자들의 적극적인 참여를 이끌어내기 위한 효과적인 도구로 활용할 수 있을 젓이다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.453-462
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• 2019

Mental workload (MWL) is a major consideration for the user interface design in nuclear power plants (NPPs). However, each MWL evaluation method has its advantages and limitations, thus the evaluation and control methods based on multi-index methods are needed. In this study, fuzzy comprehensive evaluation (FCE) theory was adopted for assessment of interface designs in NPP based on operators' MWL. An evaluation index system and membership functions were established, and the weights were given using the combination of the variation coefficient and the entropy method. The results showed that multi-index methods such as performance measures (speed of task and error rate), subjective rating (NASA-TLX) and physiological measure (eye response) can be successfully integrated in FCE for user interface design assessment. The FCE method has a correlation coefficient compared with most of the original evaluation indices. Thus, this method might be applied for developing the tool to quickly and accurately assess the different display interfaces when considering the aspect of the operators' MWL.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.172-176
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• 2015

In this research, a tool was developed to automate one-dimensional finite element analysis (1D FEA) for design of a machine tool spindle. Based on object-oriented programing, this tool employs the objects of a CAD system to construct a geometric model and then to convert it into the FE model of 1D beams at the workbenches of the CAD system with minimum data to define the spindle such as bearing positions and cross-sections of the shaft. Graphic user interfaces were developed for users to interact with the tool. This tool is helpful in identifying a near optimal design of the spindle with the automation of the FEA process with numerous design changes in minimum time and efforts. It is also expected to allow even design engineers to perform the FEA in search of an optimal design of the machine tool spindle.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.121-126
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• 2015

In this research, a tool was developed for the rapid performance of three-dimensional finite element analysis (3D FEA) of a machine tool spindle system made of a shaft and bearings. It runs the FEA with data, such as the bearing stiffness and the coordinates of the points, to define the section of the shaft, bearing positions, and cutting point. developed for the spindle system and then implemented with the tool using an object-oriented programing technique that allows the use of the objects of the CAD system used in this research. Graphic user interfaces were designed for a user to interact with the tool. It provides rapid evaluation of the design of a spindle system, and therefore, it would be helpful to identify a near optimal design of a spindle system based on, say, static stiffness with design changes and, consequently, FEA.