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Gerontechnology - From Research to Daily Applications

Development of an AIoT Bedroom for Elder Care

The 23st annual meeting and international conference of the Society for Design and Process Science (SDPS 2019)

PLANETARY SPEECH

CEO

Yeh-Liang Hsu, 徐業良Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department

Director, Gerontechnology Research Center

Yuan Ze University, Taiwan 元智大學

Editor-in-Chief, Gerontechnology

2019/07/29

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3G’s for the aged society: Gerontology, Geriatrics, Gerontechnology• Facing widespread population aging, it is only natural to consider applying technologies

for the care of older adults…

• First International Congress on Gerontechnology, 1991

• International Society for Gerontechnology, 1997

“Design technology and environment for independent living and social participation of

older persons in good health, comfort and safety”

• Scope of Gerontechnology: Health, Housing, Mobility, Communication, Leisure, Work

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Mission: To carry out a successful industrial and educational experiment

Gerontechnology is only valuable if we can

bring the research to daily applications

CreativityPrototypeProductsSales

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Est. 2003

Research & Development

Industry-academia collaboration

Commercialization

GerontechnologyIndustry-Academia

Alliance

SEDA G-Tech

Smart LivingIoTGerontechnology

TransdisciplinaryEducation

Internationalacademic exchange

International Society for

Gerontechnology

New Taipei City

Design ThinkingTransdisciplinary

education program

Innovative Product Development Program

福祉科技與服務管理學刊

GerontechnologyOfficial Journal of the ISG


「嚙指心痛」– “Finger biting causing heartache”

One day when Zeng was out cutting

wood among the mountains, there came a

visitor to his house. After awaiting her

son’s return in vein, his mother bit her

finger.

Zeng felt heartache all of a sudden and

knew there was an emergency. He rushed

back home with a burden of wood, and

on arrival, knelt down to asked his

mother what happened. His mother

replied, “Here is a visitor who needs you

urgently. So I bit my finger to awake you

to come back…”

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From the “24 stories of filial piety”

Zeng was a disciple of Confucius 2,500 years ago…

THE BEGINNING OF TELEHEALTH…

© GRC, YZU. All Rights Reserved.COMPANION ROBOTS?

OK, USING TECHNOLOGY FOR

ELDERLY CARE IS NOT NEW AT

ALL, BUT…

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ARE YOU USING TELEHEALTH SYSTEMS

TO CARE THE OLDER ADULTS?

WEARABLE DEVICES OR, LEAP BEADS智慧佛珠?

SMART HOME, SMART WHEELCHAIR, SMART ANYTHING?


Why are caregivers not using technological products?

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https://agegracefully.shop/http://rehabwheelchair.com/

WHICH WALKING STICK DO YOU LIKE BETTER?

WHICH WALKING STICK DO YOU THINK THE

OLDER LADIES LIKE BETTER?


Persuasive technology: How technology is designed to change behaviors of the users

• A new behavior was created in 2007

• User Centered Design: NeedMotivation

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More fun than functions…


If telehealth systems connect older adults with family members

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BP/BG Measurement

Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

Android App

Wi-Fi

3G/4G

Cloud Server

MQTT Broker

IoT Processor

The son is the trigger… Care, interaction,

connection, in addition to health monitoringtemperature/humidity

Indoor

localization

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Bringing research to daily applications: More Design Thinking!

• Empathy: User centered, persona…

• Define the right problem: What, how, Why

• Think like a boss… (not like a professor…)

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IDEO (http://www.ideo.com) CEO Tim Brown


Support care givers, transfer familiar artifacts into IoT devices

• WhizPad is an extremely comfortable

mattress capable of motion sensing

• Pressure-relieve material

for prevention of bedsore

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WhizPadWeb UI

Mobile App Taipei Veteran Hospital

• 22.5% hospital falls when leaving bed

• Three-stage leave bed alert (sit-up, sitting at

the side, leave bed) for fall prevention.

• Four sensing areas (no image)

• Private cloud IoT

• Web and App UI


Second generation WhizPad: 30 sensing areas, Machine Learning

• Learning samples from 40

testers in 8 weight groups

• Classification of 6 postures

Lying down/left/right

Sitting up/left side/right side

• Prediction accuracy: 96.7%

• Edge AI: algorithm on chip

• Individual management

3-stage leave bed alert

Long pressure area alert

• Using 2 AAA batteries

• Amazon Web Service (AWS) for data storage

and Cloud AI:

living pattern, sleep quality…11


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Motion sensing WhizCarpet: Fall detection and mobility monitoring

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Easy and flexible set up;

soft surface reduces risk

of fracture when falling

Real time position display,

fall detection and alert Mobility and pattern analysis,

abnormal pattern alert

Wandering behavior, path, hot spot

analysis of demented patients


Bluetooth IoT gateway WhizConnect: AIoT bedroom integrating Bluetooth products

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WhizConnect

Long term health

and living pattern

Vital signs

Environmental data

WhizSeriesReal time status

and event alerts


WhizTouch: IoT call button for

bedridden older adults

• Big button; mobile phone as receiver;

green light to confirm the call

• Internet usage is low for older adults

(31.1% /8.6%@2018). High monthly fee

for Internet service is not acceptable.

• Connecting the IoT product to home Wi-

Fi AP has been a major usability issue;

Wi-Fi coverage is often poor in bedroom

• LPWAN: Sigfox, LoRa?

Narrow Band IoT: the last mile for

bringing IoT care products to homes

• Sim card connects directly to NB-IoT base

station; used anywhere without setup

• About 25 NTD/month for the AIoT

bedroom14

IoT care products at home?


IT structure for AIoT bedroom for elder care

Edge AI:

event identification

Cloud AI:

pattern recognition

3rd Party service cloud

Commercial Bluetooth

healthcare products• Considering B2B2C business model…


We are designers: The future world needs transdisciplinary talent

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“Design” is our common language!Design starts with a problem. Design ends with a solution.

DESIGN IS A PROBLEM SOLVING PROCESS.

Yeh-Liang Hsu

[email protected]

Thank youTransdisciplinary learning

Real world problem and experience

CELEBRATING THE GENIUS OF

LEONARDO DA VINCI, 500TH ANNIVERSARY

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