Auditory signals of electric home appliances. Third report. Temporal ringing pattern.

Kurakata, Kenji; Matsushita, Kazuma; Kuba, Yasuyoshi; Kuchinomachi, Yasuo

doi:10.5100/jje.36.147

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“…It has been reported frequently that an auditory signal with a short ON time and OFF time elicited a stronger impression of emergency [5][6][7]. In the present study, the older Japanese listeners showed results that supported the findings for Signals A and B.…”

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Temporal patterns of auditory signals for electric consumer products: Comparison of judgments by young and older adults in four countries

Kurakata

Mizunami

Gardner-Bonneau

et al. 2009

Acoust. Sci. & Tech.

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Auditory signals are often used in human-machine interfaces of electric consumer products to inform the user of the state of operation. The signals are expected to enhance the usability of products, especially for older adults who are not accustomed to using such products. Kurakata et al. [Acoust. Sci. & Tech., 29, 176-184 (2008)] reported experimental results related to temporal patterns of auditory signals for electric home appliances on which a Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS S 0013:2002) was based. However, all participants in their experiment were residents of Japan. Therefore, it remains unclear whether the information that the auditory-signal patterns convey can be understood unambiguously by people in other countries who have different cultural backgrounds and who use products that have different interface designs from those sold on the Japanese market. This paper presents results of an experiment in which American, German, and Korean listeners participated and evaluated auditory signals, employing a similar procedure to that of the study by Kurakata et al. By comparing their judgments to those by Japanese listeners, internationally acceptable temporal patterns of auditory signals are proposed.

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confidence: 89%

Temporal patterns of auditory signals for electric consumer products: Comparison of judgments by young and older adults in four countries

Kurakata

Mizunami

Gardner-Bonneau

et al. 2009

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“…Figure 10 indicates that the signals with shorter ON and OFF times (e.g., A-1 and B-1) were rated higher than those with longer ON and OFF times (e.g., A-3 and B-5). It has been frequently reported that auditory signals with shorter ON and OFF times yield a stronger impression of urgency [5,6]. Thus, the signals with shorter ON and OFF times are suitable for a strong caution signal, whereas those with longer ON and OFF times would be more suitable for a weak caution signal.…”

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Guidelines on the temporal patterns of auditory signals for electric home appliances: Report of the Association for Electric Home Appliances

Kurakata

Mizunami

Yomogida³

2008

Acoust. Sci. & Tech.

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Consumer products that are currently available on the market, such as electric home appliances, often adopt auditory signals in their user interfaces. The signals are expected to improve the usability of such appliances for all users, including elderly people and visually impaired people. The Association for Electric Home Appliances (AEHA) established guidelines for auditory signals in 1999, which recommended temporal patterns of auditory signals for electric home appliances. The AEHA Guidelines were adopted later as a Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS S 0013:2002) without any major changes, but embracing a wider range of consumer products. For users, it is desirable that the specifications related to auditory signals in the standard be accepted widely internationally and that they be applied to every product. In this Technical Report, we translate and summarize the AEHA Report written in Japanese, on which the AEHA Guidelines and the JIS are based, in the hope that the JIS will become the foundation of an international standard on the auditory signals of consumer products.

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Characteristics of Comfortable Sheet Switches on Control Panels of Electrical Appliances: Comparison Using Older and Younger Users

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Yamazaki

Sakata

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Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Auditory signals of electric home appliances. Third report. Temporal ringing pattern.

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Temporal patterns of auditory signals for electric consumer products: Comparison of judgments by young and older adults in four countries

Temporal patterns of auditory signals for electric consumer products: Comparison of judgments by young and older adults in four countries

Guidelines on the temporal patterns of auditory signals for electric home appliances: Report of the Association for Electric Home Appliances

Characteristics of Comfortable Sheet Switches on Control Panels of Electrical Appliances: Comparison Using Older and Younger Users

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