Humanization design of keyboard and mouse based on ergonomics

LIU Xu-hui1, CHEN Mu1, LI Qing2
(1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Yangtzeu University, Jingzhou 434023, China; 2. East langfang Oil Production
Division of No.4 Oil Production Firm, Huabei Petrol Branch Company, Langfang 065000, China)

Abstract: Aiming at the problems and inconvenience existing in using computer keyboard and mouse, a concenrated effort to design a kind of human oriented keyboard and mouse was made for the young people of 18 to 30-year-old based on ergonomics, psychology, physiology, etc., expressing the concept of the humanization design. The designs of color, appearance, function were included, with much attention to their conveyed meanings. The keyboard was improved pleasurably from the perspectives of plane layout, keystroke of the central section, edit & localization section and number aided section, color design. The results indicate that the newly-designed keyboard and mouse are helpful for users health, releasing their tiredness and pain in neck,wraist and back and convenient and efficient as well, providing a happy, healthy environment for their users at the same time.
Key words: keyboard; mouse; ergonomics; humanization; design