An analysis of Kansei structure on shoes using self-organizing neural networks

Ishihara, Shigekazu; Ishihara, Keiko; Nagamachi, Mitsuo; Matsubara, Yukihiro

doi:10.1016/s0169-8141(96)00006-6

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“…Studies have revealed that the design and physical features of the living environment as well as the arrangement of furniture influence the safety perception of the older adults (Alcántara et al 2005;Ishihara et al 1997). Moreover, Zamora et al (2008) suggested that despite a higher number of fall incidents in some areas of an apartment, older people feel safer owing to the presence of some physical features that are specially designed for the older persons.…”

Section: The Perceived Safety In Older Adults' Housesmentioning

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Assessing the quality of the indoor environment of senior housing for a better mobility: a Swedish case study

Bamzar

2018

J Hous and the Built Environ

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The aims of this article are to assess the quality of the indoor living environment of a senior housing (rental apartments for older adults aged 65+) in Hässelgården, Stockholm Municipality (Sweden's capital), in 2014, in relation to their mobility, and to suggest improvement strategies. First, the physical indoor environment of older adults is examined via a fieldwork checklist devised in accordance with the principles of universal design (UD). Second, their indoor environment is assessed through a survey that includes subjective questions about seniors' use of space, experience of falls, and safety perception. Third, the study explores whether the applications of UD in the seniors' indoor living environment contribute to the understanding of their use of space, experience of falls, and safety perception. Fieldwork inspections and a detailed survey with residents are used as a basis for the empirical analysis. Overall, 27 out of 56 questionnaires were collected, and ten apartments have been visited in the fieldwork. Findings indicate that the living room has the highest UD score compared with those for the kitchen and the bedroom. The older adults spend most of their time in the living room and the kitchen. A low UD score (e.g. kitchen and bedroom) is associated with a higher number of falls but not with low levels of safety perception and use of space. The article concludes with suggestions to improve housing safety of Hässelgården's senior housing, which may also help prevent falls in the older population elsewhere.

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Section: The Perceived Safety In Older Adults' Housesmentioning

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Assessing the quality of the indoor environment of senior housing for a better mobility: a Swedish case study

Bamzar

2018

J Hous and the Built Environ

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“…Product form is the most direct way of reflecting perceptual factors, and product design has become important in the competitiveness of enterprises. Therefore, designers have studied users' basic perceptual rules of product form to have a potential psychological communication until effective communication [3,4]. The emergence and development of perceptual design address this demand.…”

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Quantitative Research on Product Form Based on Kansei Engineering

Li¹

2018

JESTR

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In mature market competition, the evaluations of users on product design are significantly dependent on the perception of product forms. In order to study the mapping relationship between product form and perceptual image, a quantification algorithm model was proposed. Initially, samples and perceptual image word pairs were collected and selected on basis of helmet products. A score was given to each sample image by subjects, and the initial data were obtained. Subsequently, the data were pre-processed using the Leida criterion for rejecting the abnormal perceptual image. The samples were grouped into 12 categories by clustering analysis. Finally, a multidimensional scaling and linear regression analysis were utilized to generate the joint space map of perceptual attribute vectors and sample scattered points. The attribute value of the sample was obtained by calculating the distances from the scattered points to the projection points of the perceptual vector and the origin. Thereafter, the correspondence between the sample and perceptual words was obtained. Results demonstrate that the perceptual characteristics of words are more evident for the absolute attribute value larger than 2, rather than the absolute value less than 0.1. The larger absolute attribute value shows that the sample form has more perceptual characteristics of the vector. The study provides an effective method for quantifying the perceptual characteristics of product form.

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“…시스템(decision support system)화 되어 가고 있다 (Jindo, T. et al, 1995;Tsuchiya, T. et al, 1996;Ishihara, S. et al, 1997;Yang, S. et al, 1999). Jindo, T. et al, 1995;Tsuchiya, T. et al, 1996).…”

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Development of Data Base and Interface for Sofa Design Considering Consumer Sensibility

2007

Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea

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The purpose of this study is to develop data base and interface for sofa consumers and sofa designers. The human sensibility ergonomics method was used to find the consumer needs and Quality Function Deployment (QFD) method was used to extract the designing characteristics required for sofa production. About 200 words and 100 images were gathered from sofa and furniture related catalogs and internet sites to find the best emotional words and images that can express the various sofa aspect. Among the collected words and images, 34 emotional words were selected for sensibility experiment according to the opinions of experts, relations of closeness and frequency of use, and 50 images were selected for the experiment by the diversity. Selected words and images were used for the semantic differential method with 94 subjects, and sensibility characteristics of sofas were defined through various statistical analysis methods including basic statistical analysis, factor analysis and multi-dimensional scale. In reflecting design characteristics of sofas, design factors of sofas were divided into backrest, seat, armrest, neck support and leg, and relative importance of each factor for design was determined with analytic hierarchy process (AHP) by utilizing the experts' opinions. Based on the results above, relationship analysis between emotional evaluation results and design factors was performed. Also, as various sofa images are presented diagrammatically through multidimensional scaling method, it can be used as an important tool for the development of sofa design. This study will contribute improving the product quality of sofas as it enables applying consumer needs into the sofa design.

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An analysis of Kansei structure on shoes using self-organizing neural networks

Cited by 89 publications

References 11 publications

Assessing the quality of the indoor environment of senior housing for a better mobility: a Swedish case study

Assessing the quality of the indoor environment of senior housing for a better mobility: a Swedish case study

Quantitative Research on Product Form Based on Kansei Engineering

Development of Data Base and Interface for Sofa Design Considering Consumer Sensibility

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