2023 年 59 巻 5 号 p. 159-165
Clothing comfort sensation is composed of multisensory processes by stimulus based on microclimate within clothing, clothing pressure and skin and clothing contact. This paper introduces research topics on contact between the skin and clothing in Kansei evaluation of textile products. Since the 1980s, Kansei engineering has been promoted as a new technology to create products with high customer satisfaction in the automobile industry. In recent years, Kansei engineering has been utilized in many industries as a technology to create products with new value. Kansei engineering is also used in the textile apparel industry to develop comfortable clothing. This paper introduces research topics that the evaluation methods for measuring psychological and physiological responses and motions obtained from people and evaluating clothing comfort. The evaluation method is consisted with three measurement elements; (1)stimulus, (2)pschological responses, (3)physiological responses. It is important theme to create measurement methods of each element in the research of clothing comfort. In particular, the key point is the method of evaluating comfort from the measurement of physiological responses.