In this paper a measurement tool is described and tested to evaluate the characteristics of different elements of a seat. Many studies report a relationship between discomfort and pressure distribution, but it is unknown what exactly is happening in the interaction. The purpose of this study is to present a measuring device, which records the comfort relevant seat parameters pressure and elongation while loading a seat. The results of the study, including the repeatability, reproducibility and detectability show that the measurement method is appropriate for our purpose, although the reproducibility has to be improved by operator experience or by a more intuitive assembling of the measurement setup. An application example illustrates that the interaction of the seat components highly affect the resulting comfort relevant parameters. The question is whether this objectively recorded differences are also experienced by seat occupants, which is interesting to study in future research.

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一种测量可能与舒适度相关的座椅与人机交互参数的系统。

在本文中，描述并测试了一种测量工具，以评估座椅不同元件的特性。许多研究报告了不适和压力分布之间的关系，但尚不清楚相互作用中到底发生了什么。这项研究的目的是提出一种测量装置，该装置记录与舒适性相关的座椅参数，以及在加载座椅时的压力和伸长率。包括可重复性，可重复性和可检测性在内的研究结果表明，该测量方法适合于我们的目的，尽管必须通过操作员的经验或通过更直观的组装测量设置来提高可重复性。一个应用示例说明，座椅组件之间的相互作用会极大地影响所产生的舒适性相关参数。