Press Release
WithYou Detecting Camera by Qiutong Yu Is Granted the A' Design Award in Security, Safety and Surveillance Products Design
Qiutong Yu honored for security, safety and surveillance products design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that WithYou Detecting Camera by Qiutong Yu, designed for Tongji University, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Security, Safety and Surveillance Products Design category. The award was conferred within the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the A' Design Award
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
More About WithYou Detecting Camera
WithYou is a fall detection device designed for elderly people at home. WithYou uses a depth camera to read human posture, so falls are detected without recording identifiable images and privacy is protected. When a fall occurs, emergency contacts and medical personnel are notified at once, so harm can be reduced. A built-in speaker allows doctors to give professional guidance. A light turns on and flows when a person approaches, and the light changes when danger is detected. The simple form suits the home environment.
About Qiutong Yu
I am a design student. I want to make the world better through design. My mode of thinking is not only from design or from technology, I am better at migrating a technology horizontally to solve some difficult problems in life. My idea all along was to make society better through technology, and this obviously could not be achieved by algorithms alone. During these years I also continued to learn programming-related knowledge on my own, which made me become a person really familiar with technology and design.
Award Record
With this recognition, Qiutong Yu is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Security, Safety and Surveillance Products Design Award
The A' Security Products Design Award is an international product design competition recognizing good security products by best designers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to security products designers, industrial designers, security equipment manufacturers and surveillance products manufacturers from all countries. Typical entries include CCTV cameras, alarm systems, access controls, biometric scanners, surveillance drones and security locks. The awarded security products designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/security-products
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/138549
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/138549
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!138549
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/328020
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.behance.net/gallery/141918009/WithYou?
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- WithYou Detecting Camera
- Function
- Detecting Camera
- Category
- Security, Safety and Surveillance Products Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Electronics & Appliances and Social Impact
- Colors
- Silver, Light Gray, Dark Gray, Gray and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Tongji University
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Qiutong Yu
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #138549
Credits
- Team
- Weilong Gao
- Image Credits
- Designer Weilong Gao, WithYou, 2022
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- WithYou uses a depth camera for human posture detection. On the premise of protecting privacy, it detects falls and notifies emergency contacts and medical personnel in time to minimize the harm to the elderly. WithYou also has a speaker, through which doctors can provide professional guidance for the elderly. When an approach is detected, the light turns on and flows. And when danger is detected, the light changes accordingly, giving the user a sense of security and companionship.
- Inspiration
- According to statistics, 70% of elderly falls occur in the bathroom. In addition to fall prevention, timely detection after a fall is also a key issue. But for privacy reasons, traditional cameras in bathrooms are not universally accepted. With a simple and friendly appearance, WithYou better integrates into the environment.
- Research
- Using a deep camera to achieve the acquisition of body pose information while protecting the user's privacy, and the corresponding algorithm development was carried out. Interaction with light. A flowing light is emitted to alert the user when he approaches. With the corresponding APP, a fall occurs so that the first time to notify emergency contacts and nearby hospitals.
- Challenge
- Data privacy is a major challenge for smart home, and how to protect privacy reasonably and effectively is the biggest problem we face. Therefore we therefore use a deep camera and develop the algorithm accordingly, so there is no possibility of privacy leakage from the data source. In the appearance design, how to make the protection detection device accepted by users is also the main problem we solve.
- Realization and Technology
- In terms of algorithm, we use Depthmap for human posture prediction, Heatmap for background segmentation, temporal and spatial information for behavior understanding and human posture judgment. In design, we pursue simple design language in order to better integrate into the home environment.
- Operation and Interaction
- Users set up emergency contacts and whether to call an ambulance on the app. After the fall, WithYou immediately notifies emergency contacts. WithYou also has a speaker, through which doctors can provide professional guidance for the elderly.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in January 2021 and finished in January 2022 in Shanghai.
- Specifications
- The human body posture is judged by using the Heatmap algorithm and the dep algorithm. In terms of design, we hope withu will become the guardian of users, so we add the interactive element of light.
- Keywords
- Privacy Protected, Falls Detection, Emergency Contacts, Companionship
