Development and Testing of a Sensor Setup for a Ship Captain's Chair
Abstract
Human-Computer Interaction systems are rapidly changing. In such interactions, humanperformance might be essential for the system to function in the best possible way. Thusthe need to optimize for interaction design that take human emotion in to account are advancing. Great challenges are involved in capturing emotions, for instance that humanemotion are complex, and difficult to quantify. In this thesis theory about body languageand emotions are adapted in an attempt to introduce a new tool for Affective Engineering.This is done through developing a pilot chair sensor setup and test its capabilities towardscapturing emotional states. A pilot experiment setup is used to test association betweenposture sensed by the chair and level of mental activation or arousal. Statistical analyzeson the data recorded is done to compare established measures of arousal with posture datafrom the chair. The analyzes show some tendencies toward association between movementand arousal, but more comprehensive analyzes are needed to introduce the setup as a newtool for affective research. The main take away from this thesis would be the experimentalframework that was developed, which with small modification can be used for testing toolsto be used in interaction studies.
Keywords: Affective Engineering, Arousal, Body Language, Emotions, Interaction Studies,Unembedded Sensing