Exploring Prospective Research Areas in UI/UX through the Analysis of Patents
Chaeguk Lim, Dooseob Yun, Inchae Park, Gwangman Park, Soonju Koh, Byungun Yoon · Korean Management Science Review · 2015
On UX/UI fields, understanding emerging technology is important for preoccupancy of a future market. Most of emerging field searching methods are qualitative methods. However, it is suitable for large companies to adduce its milestone, not for small enterprises. Thus, this study aims at purposing the improvement of utilizability for research field searching processes. We draw core patents with modified patent citation data, apply the Girvan-Newman clustering method based on bibliographic coupling patent relationship and then, draw emerging technology research UX/UI fields. Finally, the results were validated in comparison with a report on emerging research.