Wise Wireless nga Sensor by Yihong Qi and Alex Qi

Wise Wireless nga Sensor by Yihong Qi and Alex Qi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award nga Pilak in Disenyo sa Inhenyeriya sa Produkto ug Teknikal Competition Category.

PilakInhenyeriya· 2021

Wise Wireless nga Sensor

by Yihong Qi and Alex Qi

Client: Mercku Inc.

A' Design Award nga Pilak Winner in Inhenyeriya Category

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The Design

About Wise Wireless nga Sensor

Ang Wise usa ka wireless nga sensor nga nagsukod sa pitik sa kasingkasing, gidaghanon sa ginhawa, ug uban pang mga hinungdanong timailhan sa panglawas nga walay kinahanglang isul-ob. Ang standalone nga sensor adunay gidak-on nga 4 cm sa 4 cm nga adunay gilapdon nga 2 mm, ug pito ka mga antena ang gibutang sulod sa usa ka luna nga sama kadako sa sensilyo. Nakunhoran ang internal nga interference sa sistema, ug ang software nagbulag sa signal sa sensor gikan sa kasaba sa palibot. Ang gagmayng mga ritmo sama sa pitik sa kasingkasing masukod gikan sa layo nga hangtod sa 3 metros. Ang sensor gitisok panahon sa paghimo sa mga sakyanan, mga produkto sa balay, ug mga elektronikong himan, ug kini molihok nga walay kalihokan gikan sa user.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award nga Pilak

Wise Wireless nga Sensor usa ka mananaog sa A' Design Award nga Pilak, usa ka talagsaon kaayo nga prestihiyoso nga pag-ila nga gihatag sa labing taas nga lebel, matahom, ug makadani nga mga disenyo. Ang mga mananaog sa Pilak labihan ka hayag ug mamugnaon nga mga buhat nga nagpakita sa bantogan nga kahanas, talento, ug kamatngon sa ilang mga tigdesinyo. Gilauman nga ang Wise Wireless nga Sensor mahimong talagsaon nga buhat nga ipasigarbo, dako ang pagkapropesyonal ug lawom ang kabag-ohan. Kini nga disenyo nga nakadaog og A' Design Award nga Pilak usa ka labihan ka mamatikdan, gihangaan nga imbento nga mapuslanon ug nagpalapad sa mga utlanan sa arte, siyensya, disenyo, ug teknolohiya. Wise Wireless nga Sensor usa ka paglalang nga giinggit sa daghan, nga nagpukaw og mga tinguha, nagdala og positibo nga mga pagbati, ug nagsiga sa katingala ug paghangyo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Wireless Intelligence Sensing (WISe) combines unique hardware and computing breakthroughs to accurately measure heartbeat, breath rates, and vital signs without wearables. Innovations include minimizing wireless interference, fitting seven antennas in a coin-sized space. Cutting edge computation isolates sensor signals from environmental noise and measures minuscule rhythms like heartbeats, non-intrusively, from meters away.
Dimensions & Packaging: The sensor can fit in existing products, automobiles, and electronic devices. The size is flexible, and the antenna array can be adapted to fit unique implementations and environments. The standalone sensor measures 4cm x 4cm and has a 2mm width. Leveraging mmWave frequency, particularly 60GHz, this sensor can achieve near-perfect results up to 3m. Beyond that, the sensor can cover multiple rooms for presence detection capabilities.
Tags: Wireless, Sensing, Mercku, WISe, Connectivity, Automotive, Healthcare, Sensor
Production Technology: The three-step design captures data, synthesizes information, and accumulates knowledge. Hardware innovations, including industry-leading antenna systems, accurately capture human data. Then, proprietary software algorithms turn data into information and distinguish human behavior. Lastly, advanced AI and machine learning computation build models to understand human behavior, enabling early disease detection and empowering a human-machine ecosystem.
Design Challenge: The biggest challenge is overcoming the system interference to obtain valuable vital data without wearables. Using RADAR, measuring airplanes in the sky is complex, but measuring something as small as a heartbeat, even under clothing, is exponentially more complicated. Internal system noise improves upon Nobel Prize-winning theories to minimize all system noise, to achieve wireless vital measurement. Currently, this solution boasts industry-leading accuracy due to breakthroughs in physics.
Research: The research focused on three main areas. Hardware research and advancements protected by intellectual capital delves into internal system noise reduction and maximized antenna gain, resulting in industry-leading hardware performance. Software algorithms remove environmental noise to obtain precise measurements of the intended subject(s). Lastly, proprietary artificial intelligence enables learnings to decipher information into discernable health and presence insights.
Inspiration: Advances in science and technology empower humanity, health, and longevity; however, today's tools cannot decipher human vitality and behavior. Mercku leverages advanced artificial intelligence and hardware to connect things and environments to people, unlocking a truly connected IoT ecosystem. Innovations into eliminating internal interference, environmental noise, and robust system designs enable devices to measure nearby vitals without wearables, completing a proper machine-human integration.
Project Duration: WISe development started in 2017 in Waterloo, Canada, and the first commercial product became available in September 2020. Currently, WISe integration occurs in the automotive and smart home industries.
Operation Flow: Embedded into existing or new products, WISe unlocks vital sensing capabilities automatically, without user intervention. In a car, WISe can scan for security intrusions, measure driver health and detect children. In the home, WISe can make any product vital-sensitive. The sensor is embedded as a component at the manufacturing level.
Patents: Mercku Inc.
Team Members: Yihong Qi
Alex Qi
Yunlong Luo
Ge Shi
Image Credits: Mercku Inc.