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Vol. 16:2 (2015) ► pp.303–339

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Follow your heart

Heart rate controlled music recommendation for low stress air travel

 | Beijing, China |
 | Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology |
 | Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology |
Published online: 26 November 2015
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https://doi.org/10.1075/is.16.2.12liu
Long distance travel is an unusual activity for humans. The economical cabin environment (low air circulation, limited space, low humidity, etc.) during the long haul flights causes discomfort and even stress for many passengers. In-flight video and music systems are commonly available to improve the comfort level of the passengers. However, current in-flight music systems do not explore how the content can be used to reduce passengers stress. Most of these systems are designed and implemented assuming a homogeneous passenger group that has similar tastes and desires. In this paper, we present a heart rate controlled in-flight music recommendation system for reducing the stress during air travel. The system recommends personalized music playlists to the passengers and attempts to keep their heart rate in a normal range with these playlists. Experiments in a simulated long haul flight cabin environment find that the passengers’ stress can indeed be significantly reduced through listening to the recommended music playlists.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Related work
    • 2.1Current in-flight music systems
    • 2.2Current music recommendation methods
  • 3.Framework
    • 3.1User scenario
    • 3.2Adaptive framework
      • 3.2.1Heart rate as an indicator of stress
      • 3.2.2Music
      • 3.2.3User profile
      • 3.2.4Relation between music, heart rate and stress
      • 3.2.5Adaptive inference
      • 3.2.6Interaction
      • 3.2.7Preference learning
  • 4.Implementation
  • 5.User experiment
    • 5.1Setup
    • 5.2Test subjects
    • 5.3Procedure
    • 5.4Experiment variables
      • 5.4.1Variables
      • 5.4.2Data acquisition
        • 5.4.2.1Control variables
        • 5.4.2.2Simulation quality
        • 5.4.2.3Independent variable
        • 5.4.2.4Dependent variables
  • 5.5Results
    • 5.5.1Flight simulation quality
    • 5.5.2Control variables
    • 5.5.3Heart rate control
    • 5.5.4Stress reduction
      • 5.5.4.1Stress scale
      • 5.5.4.2Stress level
  • 6.Limitations
  • 7.Conclusions
  • Acknowledgement
  • Notes
  • References
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