Analysis of Korean Facial Measurements for Sizing System of Face Wearable Products

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Objective: The present study is to analyze Korean facial dimensions and select facial key dimension candidates for establishing a sizing system of face wearable products such as dust mask and oxygen mask. Background: An anthropometric sizing system accommodating different facial characteristics of the target population can contribute to improving usability of the face wearable product. Method: Facial key dimension candidates were selected by correlation analysis among 19 facial dimensions. Korean facial sizes measured by KATS (2004, 2010) and Lee et al. (2013) were compared to Chinese facial sizes measured by Du et al. (2008) to each facial key dimension candidate. Results: Face length, bitragion breadth, bitragion-subnasale arc, and bitragion-pronasale arc were selected as facial key dimension candidates. The face length of Korean was 6.6 mm longer compared to that for Chinese; the bitragion-subnasale arc 17.4 mm shorter. Conclusion: The present study proposed four facial key dimensions for Korean face wearable product sizing systems. Found that Korean have longer face length and lower cheekbones compared to Chinese. Application: The facial key dimension and corresponding analysis result can be applied to design for sizing system of Korean facial wearable products.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• ABSTRACT
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Method
• 3. Results
• 4. Discussion
• References