Evaluating interactions between appearance-related product designs and facial characteristics

Chih Hsing Chu, Szu Hao Huang, I. Jan Wang, Cheng Hung Lo

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Abstract

Design prototype evaluation plays a crucial role in user experience assessment. This paper proposes an evaluation scheme to investigate interactions between design features of a product and user facial characteristics. Glasses frames design is used as an example to illustrate how the scheme works. 3D scanning technology is applied to capture the facial features of users and reconstruct their 3D face models. Those models allow us to post-process individual facial feature without changing the others. Subjects respond to three affective measures: confidence, friendliness, and attractiveness, signified by the faces wearing the factorized glasses frames. The results show that changing certain design features indeed influences the impressions of the faces with varied facial characteristics. The proposed scheme facilitates design of products related to personal appearance.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2013 5th International Conference on Service Science and Innovation, ICSSI 2013
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages115-118
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9780769549859
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes
Event2013 5th International Conference on Service Science and Innovation, ICSSI 2013 - Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Province of China
Duration: 29 May 201331 May 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2013 5th International Conference on Service Science and Innovation, ICSSI 2013

Conference

Conference2013 5th International Conference on Service Science and Innovation, ICSSI 2013
Country/TerritoryTaiwan, Province of China
CityKaohsiung
Period29/05/1331/05/13

Keywords

  • Affective design
  • Design evaluation
  • Emotional engineering
  • Kansei

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