2408 Evaluation of comfortableness during bathing based on temporal sequences of physiological index : Examination of relationship between thermal comfortableness and physiological index

Abstract

In designing a living environment, a quantitative evaluation of emotion is beneficial in improving emotional effects of users. In this study, we thought that the "comfortableness" of bathing activities can be quantitatively evaluated by capturing the continuous changes of physiological response along with the subjective evaluation. We captured the core temperature, skin temperature, and the heart rate of the subject as the physiological response. We conducted a spectral analysis of the variability of the heat rate. Finally, we examined the evaluation's effectiveness.