Breath-based Multimedia System for Relaxation
Date Issued
2016
Date
2016
Author(s)
Liao, Wen-Ching
Abstract
In the hectic life today, stress has become one of the inevitable problem for people. Multiple diseases derive from being long-term overstressed, including cardiovascular diseases and depression. Stress not only reduces the work efficiency but also negatively affect the quality of life of people. There are various methods for reducing stress. General suggestions are about sufficient exercise and sleep. In eastern culture, common relaxation methods include yoga, meditation, chi-gong, tai-chi etc. When talking about relaxation in literature, some topics are usually mentioned. They include progressive muscle relaxation, autogenic training, meditation, abdominal breathing, biofeedback relaxation, etc. Among these relaxation techniques, breathing has played a core role in many of them. It is the only biologic mechanism that can proceed automatically and also can be regulated consciously in human body. Normally it reflects the condition of one''s mind and body. But it can also be regulated to reversely affect one''s condition of the mind and body. However, most of the relaxation techniques mentioned above require a professional to teach or accompany the practitioner. In this dissertation we focused on proposing breath-based multimedia system. Making attempt to reduce user stress through the breath-based interactive multimedia. Contents include a color video based respiration detection method, a breath-based interactive multimedia system, and finally, a breath guidance multimedia system for sleep inducing.
Subjects
stress
relaxation
multimedia
biofeedback
breath
sleep
SDGs
Type
thesis
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