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Symbols and Functions in Human Machine Interface: Are Google Icons a Possible Solution for Intercultural Usability?

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Abstract

We explored the possibility of taking icons from Android Smartphones, for the use in graphical user interfaces (GUI) in bakery sheeter. This idea was generated from the fact that Android Smartphones are sold worldwide and that the icons used in the menu should have a degree of popularity that most people could deal with. With this research question in mind we created a mixed method design for the study (qualitative and quantitative data). Results show that some icons were able to represent basic navigation function in industrial machines.

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  1. School of Applied Psychology, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Riggenbachstr. 16, 4600, Olten, Switzerland

    Andreas Papageorgiou, Kamalatharsi Mutuura & Oliver Christ

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  1. Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

    Tareq Ahram

  2. Campus du Moulin de la Housse, Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne GRESPI, Reims Cedex, France

    Redha Taiar

  3. Département de l’appareil locomoteur, Champ de l’Air, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland

    Vincent Gremeaux-Bader

  4. Laboratory of Movement Analysis and Measurement, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Kamiar Aminian

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Papageorgiou, A., Mutuura, K., Christ, O. (2020). Symbols and Functions in Human Machine Interface: Are Google Icons a Possible Solution for Intercultural Usability?. In: Ahram, T., Taiar, R., Gremeaux-Bader, V., Aminian, K. (eds) Human Interaction, Emerging Technologies and Future Applications II. IHIET 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1152. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44267-5_3

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