Cognitive Ergonomics Evaluation Assisted by an Intelligent Emotion Recognition Technique

Featured Application Currently, in Mexico, a regulation for the cognitive care of workers entered into force. This regulation is focused on reducing the conditions that could affect the mental health of a worker, and this work could be beneficial for compliance with these regulations. Abstract The study of the cognitive effects caused by work activities are vital to ensure the well-being of a worker, and this work presents a strategy to analyze these effects while they are carrying out their activities. Our proposal is based on the implementation of pattern recognition techniques to identify emotions in facial expressions and correlate them to a proposed situation awareness model that measures the levels of comfort and mental stability of a worker and proposes corrective actions. We present the experimental results that could not be collected through traditional techniques since we carry out a continuous and uninterrupted assessment of the cognitive situation of a worker.