Extraction Method of Design Patterns in User Interface Design of Mobile Phone

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to show the method of extracting a pattern to which mobile phone users will give their attention. In the design of user interface, some of the earlier structure and design may be reusable. For reuse, there is a question of how to define its unit. First, we examined the unit of a reusable component in the designing process. We defined this as a pattern. In the next step, we extract patterns by literature-based research. And then extract 41 patterns through confirming on the mobile phone. And we have classified them by some predetermined view point into the seven categories. Then, out of these categories, we investigate what contents will be accepted by users. In that case, we organized the statement by using the Rep Grid evaluation method. As a result, "menu structure", "action and command" and "user guidance" are found to be particularly focused by users.