著者

藤森 誠 伊藤 一成 DÜRST Martin J. 橋田 浩一

出版者

日本感性工学会

雑誌

日本感性工学会論文誌 (ISSN:18828930)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.8, no.1, pp.113-118, 2008

被引用文献数

1

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Recently, t here is a lot of attentiona nd researcho n using pictogramsa sa communicationm ethod. In ordert o express sentence-levelc onceptsw ith pictograms, i t is necessaryt o combine several pictograms. Traditionally, t his is done using a linear layout. However, this requires guessing of the overall meaning from the meaning of the individual pictograms. Therefore, we have proposedt w o-dimensionapl ictograma rrangements(called Picture Text), w hich we expectt o easier to understand. In this paper, we report on an experimenitn vestigatingw hethert his is indeedt he case.<BR>The experiment used pairwise comparison of five methods of expression: written text, illustrations, photographs, linear pictogram layouts, and Picture Text. Besides the rate of correct answers, we also obtained an estimate for the degree of intuition directly from the subjects. Using a t-test, we found that the degree of intuition differeds ignificantly(p<0.05)betweenl inear pictograml ayouts and other methodso f expression. The more than one hundred subjectsr anged from childrent o people in their seventies. Children from a school for the disable formed a separate group of subjects. We discuss the effect of variables such as age.<BR>In conclusionw, e can say that Picture Text is clearlys uperiort o linear pictograml ayouts, a nd is on par with writtent ext, i llustrations, and photographsw hen communicatingse ntence-levecl oncepts. Picture Text is therefores uitablea s a new mediumo f expressiona nd communication.