Development of a Low Cost Wearable with Mobile Sensing to Monitor Driving Stress through HRV

Abstract

Stress is a mental state that is responsible for changing human behavior. Driving stress is harmful because it may cause road accidents. In developing countries, the rate of road accidents is higher where driving stress is responsible very often. Today monitoring any stress by using wearable is a growing research area, but most of the commercially available wearables are expensive. Only a few wearables are developed to get specifically the driving stress in developed nations. We gradually develop a low cost wearable associated with a mobile sensing application to detect the driving stress along with road conditions by analyzing HRV (Heart Rate Variability) in developing country context to support the low-income community.