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Object: To improve the effectiveness of safety signs, it is necessary to study their comprehensibility and design features. Methods 100 respondents and 6 safety signs were selected to conduct research on the comprehensibility and design features of safety signs. Results The design features of safety signs directly affect their comprehensibility. Abstract, and relevance can be taken care of during design, while familiarity can be improved by pre-education and training.
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This research was supported by National Key R&D Program of China (NQI) (2016YFF0201700, 2016YFF0202806).
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Zou, Cy., Chen, Y. (2020). Improvement of Safety Sign Design Based on Analysis Comprehensibility Test Result. In: Ho, A. (eds) Advances in Human Factors in Communication of Design. AHFE 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 974. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20500-3_12
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