| Abstract: | 隨著科技的快速發展，觸控螢幕面板已成為現今主流的產品操作方式，透過微型電腦進行更精密的計算，使產出商品更加精緻。現今受到創客運動（Maker Movement）的趨勢下，智慧型刺繡縫紉機成為家庭與工作室的一個新選擇，但是產品功能愈多，操作介面的功能上圖示更顯為重要，因此功能圖示是否能符合使用者的習慣，將會影響使用者在操作上的成功率與對產品的使用率。
在現今大多數人較少接觸刺繡縫紉領域，本研究發現智慧型刺繡縫紉機的性能和便利性與過往認知印象大不相同，不但簡化許多傳統繁雜操作，如剪線、倒縫等，甚至還有語言翻譯、功能說明、USB傳輸刺繡圖檔與編輯功能等智慧功能，並經過精密計算來提升刺繡縫紉作品之精緻度。
目前智慧型手機、電腦等諸多3C產品的功能圖示之相關研究已趨近飽和，但是智慧型刺繡縫紉機的功能圖示卻沒有甚多的研究投入，此傳統工藝卻有上百多年的歷史，其重要性不可忽視。因此希望透過本研究對智慧型刺繡縫紉機之功能圖示造型的探討，讓更多人對此領域有更多的認識。
由於各家廠商的按鍵圖示尚未有統一標準與規格，本研究透過2016年林倍禾提出的研究發現作為研究樣本，進而找出目前功能圖示之設計趨勢，並透過整體節點數與部件元素量進行功能圖示的造型設計，了解使用者對於功能圖示造型之複雜度與偏好度之關係，以及使用者之高偏好圖示造型與研究樣本的比較分析。
本研究以內容分析法將智慧型刺繡縫紉機三大廠牌「BERNINA B880」、「JANOME MC15000」與「BROTHER VM6200N」的高辨識度功能圖示作為研究樣本，並以Adobe Illustrator CC2015進行繪製，繪製過程僅使用「形狀建立工具」以及「鋼筆工具」，此兩種工具所產生的重要轉折處之「錨點」與整體節點數之定義相同，因此可作為圖示造型中的整體節點計算依據，進而分析整體節點數、部件元素量與複雜性係數之關係。
參考與改善許峻誠、王韋堯（2007）透過「整體節點數」與「部件元素量」的簡化所提出的「簡化手法九種組合」，發展九種增-減造型複雜度設計，並以井字格形式呈現，本研究稱之為「九種複雜度井字組合」，來評估圖示的複雜度，探討偏好度與複雜度之關係，並將本研究所有的刺繡縫紉功能圖示區分為1至5的複雜程度係數。
本研究方法採Google網路問卷進行「智慧型刺繡縫紉機之功能圖示造型複雜度與偏好度」調查，得知18-30歲的學生族群填寫問卷人數最多，但也發現其對於智慧型刺繡縫紉機的使用經驗甚少，卻對本研究議題極為有興趣，可做為此刺繡縫紉機產業的有潛力、待開發客群。
透過問卷結果得知：
(一)、 18-30歲的學生族群偏好高複雜度的功能圖示造型，且高於目前一般市售的繡縫紉機。
(二)、 功能圖示偏好：粗線條筆畫、圓弧與圓角設計、粗線條箭頭造型，且箭頭為三角形狀。
(三)、 功能樣式偏好：接近寫實且具像的圖示，與剪裁有關的專業符號，如圓勾、剪刀。此外，加號、外框、引號具有群組之意涵；單個迴轉箭頭表示旋轉與倒回，雙箭頭具有更換與重組的功能涵義；虛線作為輔助線，增加辨識度，如預先、鏡射功能圖示。
(四)、 整體節點數與複雜性係數呈正比關係，其中圖示造型使用文字且複雜，則部件元素量與整體節點數和複雜性係數呈反比關係。
(五)、 刺繡功能比基本與縫紉功能的圖示造型更為複雜，所以刺繡功能圖示需較寫實、精細，需要較多細節的資訊來說明。
透過微觀的造型差異，除了提出刺繡縫紉機之功能圖示的分析指標之外，更進一步找出目前圖示設計趨勢與使用者高偏好度之功能圖示造型。統整與分析問卷結果得出使用者對於圖示造型之整體節點數、部件元素量、複雜性係數等數據，提供未來從事刺繡縫紉機之功能圖示設計之參考依據。
關鍵字：智慧型刺繡縫紉機、功能圖示、圖示造型複雜度、圖示造型偏好度
With the rapid development of science and technology, the product operation with the touch screen panel has become the mainstream mode today. Through the precise calculation of the microcomputer, the output product is more refined. Nowadays, under the trend of the “Maker Movement”, the smart embroidery sewing machine has become a new choice for home and studio. However, the more functions of the product, the more important are the functional icon on the interface. Therefore, whether the functional icon conforms to users’ habits or not will affect the operation success rate and the product usage rate of users.
Most people today are less exposed to the field of embroidery and sewing, the study found that the performance and convenience of the smart embroidery sewing machines and cognitive impression of the past is very different from now, not only simplifies many complicated traditional operations. Such as trimming, reverse sewing, and even language translation, function description, USB transmission of embroidery drawings and editing functions and other intelligent functions, but also enhance the work of embroidery sewing works of exquisite by precise calculation.
The related research on the functional icon of many 3C products such as smart phones and computers has become more and more saturated. However, there is not much research on the functional icon of the smart embroidery sewing machines, but this traditional craftsmanship has a history of more than one hundred years. Its importance cannot be ignored. Therefore, hopes that through this study of smart embroidery sewing machine functional icon shape of the discussion, let more people know more about this field.
Due to the lack of uniform standards and specifications for button icons of various manufacturers, this study, through the research findings (Bei-He Lin, 2016) proposed by Bei-He Lin in 2016 as a research sample to found out the design trend of the current functional icons. Through the design of the functional icons of the overall number of nodes and component elements to understand the relationship between the complexity and preference of the function icons for the user, and the comparative analysis of the user's high preference icon shapes and the research samples.
n this study, we took the high recognizable functional icons of “BERNINA B880”, “JANOME MC15000” and “BROTHER VM6200N”, which are from three major embroidery sewing machine labels as the research samples, and mapped them with Adobe Illustrator CC2015. The drawing process only used “Shape Build Tool” and ”Pen Tool”. The "Anchor Point" of the important turning points generated by these two tools is the same as the definition of the overall nodes, and therefore can be used as a basis for calculating the overall nodes in the iconic shape to analyze relationship with the number of overall nodes, component elements, and the complexity factor.
Referring and improving the “Nine Combinations of Simplifications” which based on the simplification of overall nodes and component elements were presented by Jun-Cheng Xu and Wei-Yao Wang (2007), this study developed nine kinds of add-subtract shape complexity design which the form of the Chinese word “Jing (井)” called “Nine Complexity Combinations of the Jing Word”, to evaluated the complexity of the illustration, and explored the relationship between the degree of preference and complexity. The functional icons of the embroidery sewing were divided into the complexity factors of 1 to 5 in the study.
This research used Google Internet Questionnaire to investigate the “ Survey of Complexity and High Preference of Sewing Functional Icons for Smart Embroidery Sewing Machine” and “ Survey of Complexity and High Preference of Embroidery Functional Icons for Smart Embroidery Sewing Machine” and found out that there were the largest number of questionnaires filled in among 18-30 years old students, but also found that for intelligent embroidery sewing machines less experience in the use of this project, but extremely interested in this research topic, could be developed customer of embroidery sewing machine industry.
Through the questionnaire results that:
1. The 18-30 year-old student group prefers the high-complexity, functional icon style, which is higher than the embroidery machines on the current market.
2. Functional Icon Preference: Thick line strokes, arcs and rounded corners, bold arrows, and arrows with a triangular shape.
3. Functional style preferences: Close to realistic and figurative icons, and tailored professional symbols, like round hook, scissors. In addition, plus sign, frame and quotation marks have the meaning of the group; a single swivel arrow means rotation and rewinding, the double arrow has the function of replacement and reassembly; the dotted auxiliary line as an auxiliary line to increase the recognition, like advance, the mirroring function.
4. The number of overall nodes and the complexity coefficient are in direct proportion. If the icon shape designed with complext text, the component element and the overall node number (or complexity coefficient) are in inverse proportion.
5. The number of overall nodes and the complexity coefficient are in direct proportion. If the icon shape designed with complex text, the component element and the overall node number (or complexity coefficient) are in inverse proportion.
The embroidery function is more complicated than the basic and sewing functions. Therefore, the functional icon of the embroidery needs more realistic and elaborate, and more details to illustrate. Through the microscopic shape differences, organizing and analyzing the questionnaire results to know the numbers of overall node and component elements, the complexity factor and other data of the icon shape for users to provide references of icon design for functional embroidery and sewing machine in the future.
Keywords: smart embroidery and sewing machine, functional icon, the complexity of icon shape, the preferences of icon shape |
