Construction of the Kansei Information Database and Development of the Software as a Universal Design Support and Evaluation Tool

通用设计（UD）被认为是“设计使所有年龄和能力的人受益”。但是，要实现UD的哲学，对心理因素（感性信息）的考虑是最重要的。然后，研究了感性信息库和能够理解心理因素的UD支持与评价工具。考虑评价项目之间的关系，构建了感性信息库和UD指南/清单；(1)人的需求由物品层面、身体层面和心理层面构成；(2)人的需求由基本需求、社会需求和综合需求构成。另一方面，通过神经网络和遗传算法模型对这些评价项目进行整理和整合，最终开发出可以定量评价给定设计中存在的不合理程度的不合理支持和评价工具。通过使用这个工具，可以创建和实现以下目标；(1)指导方针/检查表，(2)开发和完善想法，(3)设计的统一性和指向性。为了验证该工具的有效性，从综合需求和心理层面两个角度提出了设计思路，并对该工具进行了反复修改。并以教育中的创新为例，指出了人的心理因素的重要性。

Universal Design (UD) is recognized as "design benefits people of all ages and abilities". But, to realize the philosophy of UD, the consideration of mental factor (Kansei information) is most important. Then, the Kansei information database and the UD support and evaluation tool that was able to understand the mental factor were investigated.The Kansei information database and the guideline/checklist of UD were constructed by considering the relationship between evaluation items ; (1)the viewpoint of UD consisted of Article Level, Body Level and Mind Level, and (2)the people's needs consisted of Basic Need, Social Need and Comprehensive Need.On the other hand, these evaluation items were arranged and integrated by a neural network and genetic algorithmic model ultimately leading to the new development of the UD support and evaluation tool which can quantitatively evaluate the degree of UD present in a given design. By utilizing this tool, the following can be created and achieved ; (1)guideline/checklist, (2)development and refining of the idea, and (3)design unification and directivity.To verify the effectiveness of this tool, the design ideas were proposed from both viewpoints of Comprehensive Need and Mind Level, and the modification of this tool was repeated. Moreover, by taking up UD in education as a case, the importance of people's mental factor was pointed out.