Title :
A universal keyboard switch for a feeling test
Author :
Kosaka, Hiroaki ; Serizawa, Kazumasa ; Watanabe, Kajiro
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Eng., Hosei Univ., Koganei, Japan
Abstract :
People sometime can recognize the quality of a computer keyboard by both the feel and/or sound of the key switches when they are pressed. For a good quality keyboard the switches when pressed, should have a feeling that is neither too heavy nor too light, and should also convey a clear confirmation of the switching being made. We focus on the man-machine interface of the keyboard and investigate the human feelings of touch and push, from the engineering point of view, in order to design switches that are comfortable to operate
Keywords :
ergonomics; human factors; keyboards; user interfaces; computer keyboard; feeling test; human feelings; man-machine interface; touch feeling; universal keyboard switch; Acceleration; Artificial neural networks; Control engineering; Electric shock; Humans; Instruments; Keyboards; Switches; Testing; User interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Robot and Human Communication, 1993. Proceedings., 2nd IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1407-7
DOI :
10.1109/ROMAN.1993.367717
