Menu Layout for Touch-screen Phones Based on Various Grip Postures

다양한 파지 방법에 따른 터치스크린 폰 메뉴 레이아웃에 관한 연구

  • Cho, Sung-Il (Design Corporate Consumer Experience Design, LG Electronics) ;
  • Park, Sung-Joon (Department of Industrial Management Engineering, Namseoul University) ;
  • Jung, Eui-S. (Division of Information Management Engineering, Korea University) ;
  • Im, Young-Jae (Graduate School of Information Management and Security, Korea University) ;
  • Choe, Jea-Ho (Department of Industrial Management Engineering, DaeJin University)
  • 조성일 (LG전자 디자인경영센터) ;
  • 박성준 (남서울대학교 산업경영공학과) ;
  • 정의승 (고려대학교 정보경영공학부) ;
  • 임영재 (고려대학교 정보경영공학전문대학원) ;
  • 최재호 (대진대학교 산업경영공학과)
  • Received : 2009.11.25
  • Accepted : 2010.02.13
  • Published : 2010.03.01

Abstract

The level of competition has reached the limits in cellular phone market and the cellular phone manufacture companies started to focus their solution in user interface. Design issues with controllability led the development and renovation of such products to the use of the touch-screen phone. Depending upon the readability, technical advances, portability and controllability, user satisfaction of touch-screen phones could vary significantly. In this research, the controllability was dealt in regard to various grip postures, in order to improve menu layout which fits for using the thumbs of both hands and a thumbs of single hand. Regression models are found to the suggest the location of buttons on the screen by redesigning the menu layout, it is expected to improve both controllability and satisfaction of the user. This result can be applicable not only to mobile phone design, but also to the design of various hand-held devices using a touch screen.

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