What Should Be Standardized In Human-machine Interface Of Everyday Life ?

In the computer society envisioned by the TRON Project, computer intelligence will be incorporated in all the various objects making up our living environment. The project’s aim is to provide computer architectures capable of serving as the infrastructure for such a society. In a sense, human-machine interface (HMI) is the most important key to this end, since it is responsible for realizing the exchange of information and intentions between computers and their human users. We, the TRON Electronic Equipment Research Group, has drawn up and released TRON Human-Machine Interface Specifications, which includes various standards and guidelines as the foundation for HMI better suited to future computer applications. In this session, we present the design strategy and the technical contents of TRON HMI Specifications. Also, we present the methodology and the framework for evaluating the specification. Furthermore, its required extensions of the specification for the future are discussed.