Predicting flow state in daily work through continuous sensing of motion rhythm

  • Authors:
  • Koji Ara;Nobuo Sato;Satomi Tsuji;Yoshihiro Wakisaka;Norio Ohkubo;Youichi Horry;Norihiko Moriwaki;Kazuo Yano;Miki Hayakawa

  • Affiliations:
  • Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd., Saitama, Japan;Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd., Saitama, Japan;Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd., Saitama, Japan;Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd., Saitama, Japan;Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd., Saitama, Japan;Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd., Saitama, Japan;Advanced Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd., Saitama, Japan;Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan;Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

  • Venue:
  • INSS'09 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Networked sensing systems
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

We have constructed a new application of continuous sensing of human physiological data during daily a business setting. By capturing the subtle changes and differences in motion rhythm detected through an accelerator rather than trying to identify the context of human activities, we are envisioning the prediction of a person's psychological flow state, i.e., the engagement in one's task. A badge-shaped wearable sensor device called "Business Microscope" was developed and deployed in a real organization, an office supply firm, for one month to study how effectively flow states could be measured during daily work. We found that even though each subject behaved at different motion rhythms when they were in flow, the consistency of motion rhythm around 2 to 3 Hz was correlated with the richness of flow during work (r=0.47, p