Product functions: interfaces with ergonomic design

Abstract

In addition to technical quality, increasing emphasis is being placed on the importance of elements such as the appearance and meaning of products. To be successful, therefore, attention must be paid to the aesthetic and symbolic functions of objects as well as to reliability and physical quality. Study of the interfaces of these functions may provide a theoretical basis for the ergonomic design of products. The objective of this review is to attempt to establish the nature of these interfaces.

Human Reliability Evaluation Based on Objective and Subjective Comprehensive Method Used for Ergonomic Interface Design

“…Because of the subjective complexity of human reliability of the working interface system, a few mathematical models of human reliability evaluation are applied on working interface design and there is a lack of quantitative research. Nowadays, the majority of research about interface design is in the field of computing for better programming and technical quality [9], and the ergonomic research about interface design is growing gradually [10], but there is little research on human reliability about interface design and it is focused on the field of nuclear power plant based on probability mapping function mainly [11]. Because of the large amount of information and complex information relationship of the man-machine interaction in the working interface system, unlike the common entertainment product interface, it needs more rigorous cooperation between people and the system, and the organization and presentation of information are more scientific [12].…”

Evaluación de la percepción de usabilidad, calidad y estética de la cuchara adaptada: Contribuciones al diseño ergonómico de productos de apoyo

“…Como factor importante en el diseño de productos de apoyo, la evaluación subjetiva de la percepción entre las características de usabilidad, calidad y estética, es fundamental para solucionar posibles problemáticas acerca de la interacción del usuario -actividad -producto. La percepción es un proceso de construcción de un significado y, junto con el diseño ergonómico, busca aplicar la ergonomía en el producto para alcanzar la adecuación de seguridad, comodidad, eficiencia, eficacia y aceptación para ser acertado en el uso (Campos, Lanutti & Paschoarelli, 2012).…”