Research Article
Remote assessment of the Heart Rate Variability to detect mental stress
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2013.252181, author={Fr\^{e}d\^{e}ric Bousefsaf and Choubeila Maaoui and Alain Pruski}, title={Remote assessment of the Heart Rate Variability to detect mental stress}, proceedings={ICTs for improving Patients Rehabilitation Research Techniques}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={REHAB}, year={2013}, month={5}, keywords={heart rate variability non-contact emotions mental stress detection virtual reality webcam}, doi={10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2013.252181} }- Frédéric Bousefsaf
Choubeila Maaoui
Alain Pruski
Year: 2013
Remote assessment of the Heart Rate Variability to detect mental stress
REHAB
IEEE
DOI: 10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2013.252181
Abstract
In the present paper, we introduce a new framework for detecting workload changes using video frames obtained from a low-cost webcam. The measurements are performed on human faces and the proposed algorithms were developed to be motion-tolerant. An interactive Stroop color word test is employed to induce stress on a set of twelve participants. We record the skin conductance and compare these responses to the stress curve assessed by a webcam-derived heart rate variability analysis. The results offer further support for the applicability of stress detection by remote and low-cost means, providing an alternative to conventional contact techniques.
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