Method and device for measuring stress
AssigneePolar Electro Oy
InventorSeppo Nissila
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and an electronic device for implementing the method for measuring mental load. The electronic device generates at least two different cognitively loading tasks for the person participating in the measurement, the first task determining a reference level and at least one other task determining the loading capacity level. The electronic device determines the pulse parameters of the person participating in the measurement during the cognitively loading tasks. The electronic device also compares the pulse parameters during the different tasks with each other. Finally, the electronic device generates a value descriptive of the mental load of the person participating in the measurement on the basis of the comparison of the pulse parameters.
Claims21
A method of measuring mental load, the method comprising
- measuring, by an electronic device, at least one pulse parameter,
- generating, by the electronic device, at least two different cognitively loading tasks for the person participating in the measurement, the first task determining a reference level and at least one other task determining the loading capacity level;
- determining, by the electronic device, at least two pulse parameters related to different cognitively loading tasks for the person participating in the measurement;
- comparing, by the electronic device, the pulse parameters during the different tasks with each other;
- and
- generating, by the electronic device, a value descriptive of the mental load of the person participating in the measurement on the basis of the comparison of the pulse parameters.
An electronic device for measuring mental load, the electronic device comprising
- a heart rate monitor including means for measuring at least one pulse parameter,
- means for loading the person to be measured with at least two different cognitively loading tasks, the first task determining a reference level and at least one other task determining the loading capacity level;
- and
- the electronic device is arranged to
- determine at least two pulse parameters related to different cognitively loading tasks for the person participating in the measurement;
- and
- compare the pulse parameters during the different tasks with each other;
- and generate a value descriptive of the mental load of the person participating in the measurement on the basis of the comparison of the pulse parameters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.