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A Discomfort-Sensitive Chair for Pointing Out Mental Fatigue

verfasst von : André Pimenta, Davide Carneiro, Paulo Novais, José Neves

Erschienen in: Ambient Intelligence - Software and Applications

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

In our busy daily life, we often have the feeling of being exhausted, accompanied with a sense of performance degradation and increase of discomfort in the execution of even simple tasks. This often takes place in the workplace and in a silent way, influencing our productivity, our performance the number of errors or the quality of our production. This paper details a chair to be used in workplace environments that is sensitive to the onset of fatigue. Based on built-in accelerometers it recognizes signs of discomfort, which may be related to mental fatigue, to point out moments when an individual should consider taking a pause or a rest. This chair complements a previously developed software for the assessment of mental fatigue from the analysis of the individual’s interaction with the computer.

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Fußnoten
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The website of CogSpeed is available at https://​www.​cogspeed.​com/​.
 
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The website of Axivity is available at http://​axivity.​com/​v2/​.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
A Discomfort-Sensitive Chair for Pointing Out Mental Fatigue
verfasst von
André Pimenta
Davide Carneiro
Paulo Novais
José Neves
Copyright-Jahr
2015
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19695-4_6