Development of Kansei Measurement System for Sitting Comfort of Automotive Seat
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15300071
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Sensitivity informatics/Soft computing
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| Research Institution | Shinshu University |
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Principal Investigator |
NISHIMATSU Toyonori Shinshu University, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Professor, 繊維学部, 教授 (40252069)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SHIMIZU Yoshio Shinshu University, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Professor, 繊維学部, 教授 (20150675)
TOBA Eiji Shinshu University, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Professor, 繊維学部, 教授 (60010956)
MATSUMOTO Yoichi Shinshu University, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Professor, 繊維学部, 教授 (50021176)
ISHIZAWA Hiroaki Shinshu University, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Associated Professor, 繊維学部, 助教授 (90345760)
KANAI Hiroaki Shinshu University, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Assistant, 繊維学部, 助手 (60362109)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2003 – 2005
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2005)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥16,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥16,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥4,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥6,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥5,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,500,000)
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| Keywords | Automotive Seat / Sitting Comfort / Kansei Measurement / Pressure Distribution / Sensory Test / Human Factors / Hand of Covering Fabrics / Seat Pad / 手触り感 / 座面角 |
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| Research Abstract |
A sitting comfort of three automotive seats (a middle class car, a popular class car, and a mini-sized car), whose cushion angles were changed 0°, 8° or 15° and back angles, surface materials and pad shape were the same, was evaluated by only human tactile sensation while sitting on these seats. As the result of the sensory evaluation, three class seats whose cushion angles were 8° were evaluated the most "high-class" and those seats whose angles were 15° were evaluated the most "sporty". Further a pressure and a contact area distributions between the human body and the seat were measured by a tactile sensor system while sitting on seats whose cushion angles were 0, 8 or 15°. From the result of correlation analysis among the cushion angle, the pressure distribution and the sensory values of sitting comfort, it is found that the "sporty" and "hold" feeling increases as the cushion angle of the middle class car increases. The "support under the femoral region" feeling increases as the angle of the popular class car increases. And the "hold" feeling increases and the "comfortable" feeling decreases as the angle of the mini-sized car increases.
A sitting comfort of six automotive seats, whose covering fabric and cushion pad were changed, and shape and structure of seats were the same, was evaluated by only tactile sensation while sitting on these seats. The adjectives used for the sensory evaluation of seat comfort by the human tactile sensation were examined by the factor analysis. As the result of factor analysis, the sitting comfort of driver's seats was evaluated by two adjectives "soft" and "sliding". From the correlations among physical properties of fabrics and pad, the pressure distribution and sensory evaluations for seat, it is found that the "soft" feeling has a correlation with the contact area and pressure at buttocks and the physical property of pad, and that the "sliding" feeling has a correlation with the friction coefficient of covering fabric.
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