Evaluation of operational characteristics of touch-sensitive screen for improvement of usability in digital textbooks and other materials

• Project/Area Number: 26880032
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Kansei informatics
• Research Institution: National Institute of Special Needs Education
• Principal Investigator: Nishimura Takahiro 独立行政法人国立特別支援教育総合研究所, 教育情報部, 研究員 (70733591)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-08-29 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: デジタル教科書・教材 / ユーザビリティ / タッチパネル / 操作特性 / 人間工学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to obtain basic knowledge of the operational characteristics of a touch-sensitive screen for children in order to improve its usability in digital textbooks and other materials. We conducted the following two experiments: (1) Evaluation experiment with adults in order to consolidate an experimental protocol and to obtain adult data for comparison with children’s data. (2) Evaluation experiment with children based on the experimental protocol derived from experiment (1) in order to obtain basic knowledge of the operational characteristics with respect to children. In this study, the evaluation procedure is given and the operational characteristics of a touch-sensitive screen for children are investigated.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Evaluation of Size and Spacing of Buttons in Consideration of Contact Angle of Forefinger in Tablet Terminal with Touch-sensitive Screen (2015)
  • Author(s): 西村崇宏，土井幸輝，藤本浩志
  • Journal Title: Transactions of Japan Society of Kansei Engineering Volume: 14 Issue: 3 Pages: 343-350
  • DOI: 10.5057/jjske.TJSKE-D-14-00092
  • NAID: 130005095664
  • ISSN: 1884-0833, 1884-5258
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] タッチパネル携帯端末の操作方法がポインティング特性に及ぼす影響 (2014)
  • Author(s): 西村崇宏，土井幸輝，藤本浩志
  • Journal Title: バイオメカニズム Volume: 22 Pages: 119-128
  • NAID: 130005395205
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 学習者用デジタル教科書・教材の操作性向上に向けた子供を対象としたタッチパネルの操作性評価事例―子供と成人の比較― (2016)
  • Author(s): 西村崇宏，土井幸輝，藤本浩志
  • Organizer: 第11回日本感性工学会春季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 神戸国際会議場（兵庫県・神戸市）
  • Year and Date: 2016-03-27
• [Presentation] 小学校，中学校および高等学校におけるICT活用状況の把握―ICT活用のための校内体制およびICTの整備状況― (2015)
  • Author(s): 西村崇宏，梅田真理，金森克浩，玉木宗久
  • Organizer: 日本特殊教育学会第53回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東北大学（宮城県・仙台市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-19
• [Presentation] Evaluation of Touch-Sensitive Screen Tablet Terminal Button Size and Spacing Accounting for Effect of Fingertip Contact Angle (2015)
  • Author(s): T. Nishimura, K. Doi, H. Fujimoto
  • Organizer: 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
  • Place of Presentation: MiCo-Milano Conference Center (Milano, Italy)
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-26
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 指先の接触角度を踏まえたタッチパネルタブレット端末のボタンサイズ及び間隔の評価 (2015)
  • Author(s): 西村崇宏，土井幸輝，藤本浩志
  • Organizer: 第10回日本感性工学会春季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都女子大学（京都府）
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-29