Abstract: Kansei engineering is a common method to integrate the perceptual experience of consumers into design. Over the past ten years, scholars at home and abroad have carried out many researches on kansei engineering and made some achievements. Based on a review of the achievements made in the key technologies in parametric design methods in kansei engineering, firstly, this paper summarized the common kansei image in kansei engineering and product feature parameterization method; secondly, we highlighted the common methods and characteristics of three kinds of KE model construction and made a comparison among the existing studies; finally, the existing problems with kansei engineering were discussed and the possible future research trendswere sketched out.

Key words:  product design, KE, parametric design, KE model, key technology, review