Privacy-aware Quantitative Measurement of Psychological State in Meetings based on Non-verbal Cues

In recent years, with the trend towards shorter working hours, the quality of meetings has increasingly impacted these hours. Consequently, meeting quality and value become more important. To achieve better results in limited time, everyone needs to conduct meetings effectively. This requires skills such as facilitating the meeting, listening to others' opinions, accurately expressing one's own views, and using body language. However, these skills are currently only correlated with meeting effectiveness and lack comprehensive qualitative and quantitative assessments, leaving specific methods for improvement unclear. Additionally, the type of meeting can lead to participant stress or disinterest, making it essential to understand their psychological safety and engagement for more effective meetings. Measuring these psychological states poses significant challenges due to privacy and compliance concerns, particularly when using cameras or wearable sensors. This paper broadly addresses these issues and reports on our approach to detecting non-verbal cues, specifically nodding, from chair movements as a potential solution.