@inproceedings{6e3bd37de8e247c89a47721836565d65,
title = "Usability and design guideline for designing single handle faucet{\textquoteright}s and handle shape",
abstract = "The reason why there are many kinds of handle shapes for the single handle faucets is because there are no design guidelines for their usability. This study is on making a design guideline for the new single handle faucet which is now developing at TAKAGI CO., LTD. in Japan. First, a questionnaire survey on the usability of 10 basic handle shapes was developed. We made the test subjects evaluate those handle{\textquoteright}s usability in 5 levels, and compared them to find out which component improves their usability. Secondly, 4 advanced handle shapes were developed using the results of the basic shape questionnaire survey. We made the test subjects evaluate those handle{\textquoteright}s usability in 5 levels and by the image words we selected which may have a connection between the handle{\textquoteright}s appearance. Furthermore, we used the principle component analysis to find out which image word has a strong mutual relation between the appearance of the handle and their usability. Consequently, we were able to find out the component which will improve the handle{\textquoteright}s usability, and the image words which may have a strong mutual relationship between the appearance of the handle and their usability.",
keywords = "Correlation, Single handle faucet, Usability",
author = "Riku Takagi and Noriko Hashida and Hiroyuki Takeuchi",
year = "2019",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-94947-5_9",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783319949468",
series = "Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "89--98",
editor = "Christianne Falcao and Ahram, {Tareq Z.}",
booktitle = "Advances in Usability, User Experience and Assistive Technology - Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conferences on Usability and User Experience and Human Factors and Assistive Technology, 2018",
note = "AHFE International Conferences on Usability and User Experience and Human Factors and Assistive Technology, 2018 ; Conference date: 21-07-2018 Through 25-07-2018",
}