Using Contactless Heart Rate Measurements for Real-Time Assessment of Affective States

Philipp V. Rouast (), Marc T. P. Adam (), David J. Cornforth (), Ewa Lux () and Christof Weinhardt ()
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Philipp V. Rouast: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Marc T. P. Adam: University of Newcastle
David J. Cornforth: University of Newcastle
Ewa Lux: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Christof Weinhardt: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

A chapter in Information Systems and Neuroscience, 2017, pp 157-163 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Heart rate measurements contain valuable information about a person’s affective state. There is a wide range of application domains for heart rate-based measures in information systems. To date, heart rate is typically measured using skin contact methods, where users must wear a measuring device. A non-contact and easy to use mobile approach, allowing heart rate measurements without interfering with the users’ natural environment, could prove to be a valuable NeuroIS tool. Hence, our two research objectives are (1) to develop an application for mobile devices that allows for non-contact, real-time heart rate measurement and (2) to evaluate this application in an IS context by benchmarking the results of our approach against established measurements. The proposed algorithm is based on non-contact photoplethysmography and hence takes advantage of slight skin color variations that occurs periodically with the user’s pulse.

Keywords: Heart rate; Photoplethysmography; Mobile; NeuroIS; Information systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-41402-7_20

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