Biometrics for Emotion Detection (BED): Exploring the combination of Speech and ECG

Marleen H. Schut, Kees Tuinenbreijer, Egon van den Broek, Joyce H.D.M. Westerink

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    Abstract

    The paradigm Biometrics for Emotion Detection (BED) is introduced, which enables unobtrusive emotion recognition, taking into account varying environments. It uses the electrocardiogram (ECG) and speech, as a powerful but rarely used combination to unravel people’s emotions. BED was applied in two environments (i.e., office and home-like) in which 40 people watched 6 film scenes. It is shown that both heart rate variability (derived from the ECG) and, when people’s gender is taken into account, the standard deviation of the fundamental frequency of speech indicate people’s experienced emotions. As such, these measures validate each other. Moreover, it is found that people’s environment can indeed of influence experienced emotions. These results indicate that BED might become an important paradigm for unobtrusive emotion detection.
    Original languageUndefined
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Bio-inspired Human-Machine Interfaces and Healthcare Applications - B-Interface 2010
    EditorsJonghwa Kim, Pasi Karjalainen
    Place of PublicationPortugal
    PublisherINSTICC PRESS
    Pages51-58
    Number of pages8
    ISBN (Print)978-989-674-020-7
    Publication statusPublished - 21 Jan 2010
    Event1st International Workshop on Bio-inspired Human-Machine Interfaces and Healthcare Applications – B-Interface 2010 - Valencia, Spain
    Duration: 21 Jan 201021 Jan 2010

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    PublisherINSTICC Press

    Workshop

    Workshop1st International Workshop on Bio-inspired Human-Machine Interfaces and Healthcare Applications – B-Interface 2010
    Period21/01/1021/01/10
    Other21 Jan 2010

    Keywords

    • IR-72490
    • METIS-270943
    • Biometrics
    • Context
    • ECG
    • Emotion
    • HMI-CI: Computational Intelligence
    • speech electrocardiogram
    • movies
    • environment
    • EWI-18220
    • HMI-MI: MULTIMODAL INTERACTIONS
    • HMI-HF: Human Factors
    • F0 / fundamental frequency

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