不同文化程度老年人对洗衣机界面图标的辨识研究

Identification of Washing Machine Interface Icons for the Elderly with Different Cultural Levels

目的提高不同文化程度老年人对洗衣机界面图标的辨识度,降低发生混淆的可能性。方法以具有24个功能图标的洗衣机界面作为样本,邀请44位老年人进行图标与含义的配对,制作混淆矩阵,分析发生混淆的集中范围与原因。结论低学历的老年人容易误解图标的含义,许多易混淆的图标有待重新设计;在设计洗衣机界面图标时,应注意图标的形象与语义的关联性,尽量不使用过于缩略的英文字母,避免采用抽象符号指示新功能,系列图标的视觉效果不可雷同,让不同文化程度的老年人能轻松辨认。

It aims to improve the recognition of the icons in the washing machine interface for the elderly with dif- ferent cultural levels, and reduce the possibility of confusion among the interface icons. First, the washing machine inter- face with 24 icons is used as the experimental sample. Then 44 elder were invited to carry out the matching of icons and meanings. Finally, confusion matrix is used to analyze the concentration range and cause of confusion. It indicates that low educated elderly people tend to misunderstand the meaning of the icon, and many confused icons need to be reviewed and redesigned, several principles are presented about icon design for elder, such as image of an icon and its semantic meaning should be closely related, abbreviations should be limited as much as possible, and avoid using abstract symbol to indicate new functions, series icons visual effect should not be similar and so on.