Seniors Keeper Smart dørlås by Rukai Huang, Jiang Wu, Loic Faulon and Xu Sun

Seniors Keeper Smart dørlås by Rukai Huang, Jiang Wu, Loic Faulon and Xu Sun is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award i Jern in Idé og Konceptuelt Design Competition Category.

JernIdé· 2024

Seniors Keeper Smart dørlås

by Rukai Huang, Jiang Wu, Loic Faulon and Xu Sun

Client: University of Nottingham Ningbo China

A' Design Award i Jern Winner in Idé Category

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The Design

About Seniors Keeper Smart dørlås

Seniors Keeper er en smart dørlås designet til ældre mennesker, der bor alene. Låsen forbindes til enheder, der registrerer vitale tegn, såsom smartwatches. Når der registreres en nødsituation i hjemmet, udsender låsen rødt lys, projicerer et nødopkald, underretter nødkontakter og åbner døren automatisk. Naboer eller redningsarbejdere kan derefter tale med beboeren gennem mikrofonen og højttaleren, der er indbygget i låsen. En motor driver låsekernen, så døren kan åbnes, selv når den er låst indefra. Låsen har en diameter på 70 mm og en højde på 50 mm.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Jern

Seniors Keeper Smart dørlås er vinder af A' Design Award i Jern, en prestigefyldt anerkendelse, der tildeles gode designs, som opfylder de professionelle og industrielle krav, man forventer af veldesignede skabelser. Jernvinderne viser stor dygtighed, høj specialisering, ekspertforståelse og kreativ kapacitet hos deres skabere. Seniors Keeper Smart dørlås forventes at være en højt estimeret, beundret og kær skabelse, der er praktisk og innovativ. Dette design, der har vundet A' Design Award i Jern, integrerer branchens bedste praksis og har kompetente tekniske egenskaber knyttet til knowhow og talent. Seniors Keeper Smart dørlås respekteres for sin grundighed og er designet til at levere forbedringer af livskvaliteten, der er med til at gøre verden til et bedre sted.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Seniors Keeper is a smart door lock which connected with vital signs sensing devices, such as smartwatches. When elderly people encounter an emergency at home, it emits red light and projects fonts to call for help and automatically opens the door. When neighbours or rescue workers find out, they can communicate with the elderly through the microphone on the door lock to determine the elderly's situation and decide whether to enter the door to give help.
Dimensions & Packaging: The diameter of the door lock is 70mm and the height is 50mm.
Tags: Locks, seniors, smart devices, alarms, rescues, emergencies
Production Technology: The Seniors Keeper intelligent door lock uses a motor to drive the lock core, which can ensure that the lock can be automatically opened in case of internal locking. The hollow in the middle integrates LED lights, speakers and microphones, and in the centre is the fingerprint sensor. A simple projection device is installed in the side opening of the door lock, which can project the set text.
Design Challenge: One of the challenges of this project was the design of the use flow. When the elderly have an emergency and the rescue personnel arrive, do they open the door by using fingerprints, faces, temporary passwords or using documents? Although it can ensure the monitoring of people entering the door to a certain extent, the cost of learning in a short time is too high for people who do not know. Considering the security services in the apartment and the crime rate, we decided that the door locks would open automatically.
Research: The research type is analytical research. The subject were elderly people who lived alone. The methodology is to find hidden pain points by collecting and collating relevant data and news reports. Data mainly comes from official data, media and research websites. The result is that more than half of China's elderly live alone, and 40% live in apartments. Elderly people dying alone, injured at home will continue to increase, and the problem of rescuing them deserves more attention.
Inspiration: In China, the number of elderly people living alone is increasing, and more of them live in apartments. Furthermore, the standard mechanical lock cannot be opened with the key from the outside after being locked from inside. When the elderly can't open the door in an emergency at home, the neighbours can't find it in time, and the rescue team may need to spend a lot of time breaking the door, which will allow the elderly to enter a more dangerous situation.
Project Duration: The project started in June 2023 and ended in January 2024 at University of Nottingham Ningbo China.
Operation Flow: In normal use, the old person can turn the knob counterclockwise to lock the door or unlock it by a fingerprint. After the induction device find the old person is abnormal, the door connected with it will unlock, go off and notify emergency contact, the LED light will flash, and the side will project “HELP!”. Rescuers can talk with the elderly through a microphone on the lock. If the elderly person permits help or does not respond, they can enter the door to give some help.
Team Members: Rukai Huang
Jiang Wu
Loïc Faulon
Xu Sun
Image Credits: Rukai Huang, Jiang Wu, Loïc Faulon, Xu Sun