Human Factors and Ergonomics in Consumer Product Design
eBook - PDF

Human Factors and Ergonomics in Consumer Product Design

Uses and Applications

  1. 522 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Human Factors and Ergonomics in Consumer Product Design

Uses and Applications

About this book

Every day we interact with thousands of consumer products. We not only expect them to perform their functions safely, reliably, and efficiently, but also to do it so seamlessly that we don't even think about it. However, with the many factors involved in consumer product design, from the application of human factors and ergonomics principles to red

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Editors
  6. Contributors
  7. Chapter 1: Reducing the Risk to Consumers: Implications for Designing Safe Consumer Products
  8. Chapter 2: Consumer Product Risk Assessment
  9. Chapter 3: Hazard Control Hierarchy and Its Utility in Safety Decisions about Consumer Products
  10. Chapter 4: Communication-Human Information Processing Stages in Consumer Product Warnings
  11. Chapter 5: Safety Design under the Perspective of Ergonomics in Consumer Products: Accident Studies in Users Welfare Promotion
  12. Chapter 6: Product Design Issues Related to Safe Patient Handling Technology
  13. Chapter 7: Ergonomics of Packaging
  14. Chapter 8: User Research by Designers
  15. Chapter 9: Near Field Communication: Usability of a Technology
  16. Chapter 10: Empathy Meets Engineering: Implanting the User’s Perspective into a Systematic Design Process
  17. Chapter 11: Building Empathy with the User
  18. Chapter 12: Usability Testing of Three Prototype In-Vehicle Information Systems
  19. Chapter 13: Ergonomics and Usability in an International Context
  20. Chapter 14: Consumer eHealth
  21. Chapter 15: Consumer Behavior of Employees Using Information and Communication Technology Products in an Organizational Setting
  22. Chapter 16: Constraint-Based Approach to Design
  23. Chapter 17: Development of a Media Player: Ambition and Constraints in the Consumer Electronics Industry
  24. Chapter 18: Interaction Design for Mobile Phones
  25. Chapter 19: Human Factors in Protective Headgear Design
  26. Chapter 20: Creating a User-Centered Supermarket Checkout
  27. Chapter 21: Design and Development of an Interactive Kiosk for Customers of Jobcentre Plus
  28. Chapter 22: Participatory Method for Evaluating Office Chairs: A Case Study
  29. Chapter 23: Procedural Pictorial Sequences for Health Product Design: A Study of Male and Female Condoms Conducted with Adults with a Low Level of Literacy in Brazil
  30. Chapter 24: Special Needs in Pleasure-Based Products Design: A Case Study
  31. Chapter 25: Applied Anthropometry in Ergonomic Design for School Furniture
  32. Chapter 26: Anthropometric Fitting of Office Furniture for Mexican Users
  33. Chapter 27: User-Centered Approach for Sailing Yacht Design
  34. Chapter 28: Design for Driver’s Comfort: Discomfort Assessment and Discomfort Manifestation among Professional and Amateur Car Drivers
  35. Chapter 29: Ergonomics as a Strategy Tool: An Approach through Design
  36. Back Cover