Title :
Angelo Evaluation: application of a multisensor system for psycho-physiological stress detection in working environments
Author :
Andersson, M. ; Avamini, A. ; Colosimo, A. ; D´Amico, A. ; Davide, F. ; Natale, C. Di ; Ganci, S. ; Gutknecht, M. ; Holmberg, M. ; Mazzone, E. ; Nardi, M. ; Pede, A. ; Russo, M. ; Minervini, V. Spicacci ; Tibuzzi, A.
Author_Institution :
Linkoping Univ., Sweden
fDate :
6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A new application of sensors technology to biomedical measurements is presented, consisting in the quantitative and qualitative evaluation of work related psycho-physiological stress. Our new apparatus is integrated in the architecture of a research product named ANGELO, which is an intelligent electronic assistant ("e-Assistant"), aimed at offering transparent and fast help to operators and supervisors in call-centres. The Angelo Evaluation component, which is one of the ANGELO architecture main blocks, is the one mainly considered in this work; it uses sensors to monitor environmental and physiological variables: heart beat rate, galvanic skin resistance, CO2 and O2 concentration and temperature are continuously measured and the acquired data are then evaluated on the basis of the subjective perception of stress, estimated (through the value of a "burnout" index) by an appropriate use of psychometric tests. Preliminary measurements are reported and results of data analysis performed by means of statistics and pattern recognition are discussed in order to give an example of stress evaluation
Keywords :
biomedical measurement; biosensors; call centres; data analysis; patient monitoring; pattern recognition; personnel; physiology; psychology; sensor fusion; statistical analysis; Angelo Evaluation; CO2 concentration; O2 concentration; biomedical measurement; burnout index; call-centre; data analysis; enviromental sensor; galvanic skin resistance; heart beat rate; intelligent electronic assistant; multisensor system; pattern recognition; physiological sensor; psycho-physiological stress detection; psychometric testing; statistical analysis; temperature monitoring; working environment; Biomedical measurements; Biosensors; Human factors; Intelligent sensors; Multisensor systems; Occupational stress; Psychology; Stress measurement; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2001. ICECS 2001. The 8th IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7057-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICECS.2001.957501
