Design Guidelines for the Size and Length of Chinese Characters Displayed in the Intelligent Vehicle’s Central Console Interface
In order to ensure the driver’s safe driving, the human–computer interaction interface of an intelligent vehicle needs to convey important information. The text is an important carrier of this kind of information. The design criteria of English characters have been widely discussed, including the co...
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| author | Fang You Yi-Fan Yang Meng-Ting Fu Jun Zhang Jian-Min Wang |
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| description | In order to ensure the driver’s safe driving, the human–computer interaction interface of an intelligent vehicle needs to convey important information. The text is an important carrier of this kind of information. The design criteria of English characters have been widely discussed, including the color, meaning, size and length. However, design guidelines for Chinese characters in central consoles of vehicles have rarely been discussed from a human–computer interaction perspective. In this paper, we investigated the size and the length of Chinese characters in the intelligent vehicle’s central control screen, based on international design guidelines and standards. The experiment involved 30 participants performing simulated in-vehicle secondary tasks. The result from the experiments shows that the usability of characters increases and the driver’s workload decreases as the characters get larger and shorter. We also propose a set of recommended values for the size and length of Chinese characters in this context. Future work will focus on providing design guidelines for other aspects of HMI design in intelligent vehicles. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-38abd63e3157474cb367bd67adbb4c2d2023-11-21T20:10:14ZengMDPI AGInformation2078-24892021-05-0112521310.3390/info12050213Design Guidelines for the Size and Length of Chinese Characters Displayed in the Intelligent Vehicle’s Central Console InterfaceFang You0Yi-Fan Yang1Meng-Ting Fu2Jun Zhang3Jian-Min Wang4Car Interaction Design Lab, College of Art and Media, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, ChinaCar Interaction Design Lab, College of Art and Media, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, ChinaCar Interaction Design Lab, College of Art and Media, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, ChinaCollege of Design and Innovation, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, ChinaCar Interaction Design Lab, College of Art and Media, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, ChinaIn order to ensure the driver’s safe driving, the human–computer interaction interface of an intelligent vehicle needs to convey important information. The text is an important carrier of this kind of information. The design criteria of English characters have been widely discussed, including the color, meaning, size and length. However, design guidelines for Chinese characters in central consoles of vehicles have rarely been discussed from a human–computer interaction perspective. In this paper, we investigated the size and the length of Chinese characters in the intelligent vehicle’s central control screen, based on international design guidelines and standards. The experiment involved 30 participants performing simulated in-vehicle secondary tasks. The result from the experiments shows that the usability of characters increases and the driver’s workload decreases as the characters get larger and shorter. We also propose a set of recommended values for the size and length of Chinese characters in this context. Future work will focus on providing design guidelines for other aspects of HMI design in intelligent vehicles.https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/12/5/213human–machine interface (HMI)Chinese character designintelligent vehicle |
| spellingShingle | Fang You Yi-Fan Yang Meng-Ting Fu Jun Zhang Jian-Min Wang Design Guidelines for the Size and Length of Chinese Characters Displayed in the Intelligent Vehicle’s Central Console Interface Information human–machine interface (HMI) Chinese character design intelligent vehicle |
| title | Design Guidelines for the Size and Length of Chinese Characters Displayed in the Intelligent Vehicle’s Central Console Interface |
| title_full | Design Guidelines for the Size and Length of Chinese Characters Displayed in the Intelligent Vehicle’s Central Console Interface |
| title_fullStr | Design Guidelines for the Size and Length of Chinese Characters Displayed in the Intelligent Vehicle’s Central Console Interface |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design Guidelines for the Size and Length of Chinese Characters Displayed in the Intelligent Vehicle’s Central Console Interface |
| title_short | Design Guidelines for the Size and Length of Chinese Characters Displayed in the Intelligent Vehicle’s Central Console Interface |
| title_sort | design guidelines for the size and length of chinese characters displayed in the intelligent vehicle s central console interface |
| topic | human–machine interface (HMI) Chinese character design intelligent vehicle |
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