Human Factors and Ergonomics in Consumer Product Desig
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[Book]
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:Methods and Techniques
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Hoboken
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: CRC Press,
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, 2011.
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1 online resource (494 p.)
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(Handbook of Human Factors in Consumer Product Design.)
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The second volume in this set, this book presents case studies of human factors applied to the design of a range of consumer products including white goods, entertainment systems, personal audio devices, mobile phones, gardening products, and computer systems used for leisure. The book focuses on the important perspective human factors brings to consumer product design as well as the different approaches to the design process. It enables readers to follow the design processes and use them for their own work, making the book informative and practical.
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Chapter 27: Users' Interactions with Design ModelsChapter 28: Eco-Design: The Evolution of Dishwasher Design and the Potential for a More User-Centered Approach; Chapter 29: User-Centered Design Method to Attend Users' Needs during Product Design Process: A Case Study in a Public Hospital; Back Cover.
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Examples in Product EvaluationChapter 20: Digital Human Modeling in the User-Centered Design Process; Chapter 21: Digital Human Modeling in Product Evaluation; Chapter 22: Three-Dimensional Foot Imaging: Axial Alignment Theory in Footwear Design, Fit, and Function; Chapter 23: Science of Footwear Design; Chapter 24: Virtual Reality in Consumer Product Design: Methods and Applications; Chapter 25: Product Design: User-Centered versus a Task-Based Approach; Chapter 26: Needs Analysis: Or, How Do You Capture, Represent, and Validate User Requirements in a Formal Manner/Notation befor.
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Chapter 13: Proposed Framework for Integrating Environmental Issues in Ergonomics to Product DevelopmentChapter 14: Cultural Ergonomics Issues in Consumer Product Design; Chapter 15: Affective Design and Consumer Response; Chapter 16: Universal Design: Empathy and Affinity; Chapter 17: Integration of Elderly Users into Product Development Processes: Senior Research Groups as Organizational and Metho; Chapter 18: IEA EQUID Template for Cooperation between Product Designers and Ergonomists; Chapter 19: Behavior Video: A Methodology and Tool to Measure Human Behavior.
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Chapter 6: Supply and Demand: Perspectives on Mental Workload with Consumer ProductsChapter 7: Intelligence, Creativity, and Decisions in Product Design; Chapter 8: Role of Standards in Design; Chapter 9: Addressing Human Factors and Ergonomics in Design Process, Product Life Cycle, and Innovation: Trends in Consumer Pr; Chapter 10: Integration of Ergonomics in the Design Process: Conceptual, Methodological, and Practical Foundations; Chapter 11: Design, Usability, and Maintainability of Consumer Products; Chapter 12: Assembly Complexity and the Design of Self-Assembly Products.
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Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Editors; Contributors; Chapter 1: Techniques to Translate Design Research into Useful, Usable, and Desirable Products; Chapter 2: Manufacturing Attractive Products Logically by Using Human Design Technology: A Case of Japanese Methodology; Chapter 3: Persona: A Method to Produce Representations Focused on Consumers' Needs; Chapter 4: Model-Based Framework for Influencing Consumer Products Conceptual Designs; Chapter 5: Smarter Products User-Centered Systems Engineering.
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Handbook of Human Factors in Consumer Product Design