Seniors Keeper 스마트 도어록 by Rukai Huang, Jiang Wu, Loic Faulon and Xu Sun

Seniors Keeper 스마트 도어록 by Rukai Huang, Jiang Wu, Loic Faulon and Xu Sun is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award 철상 in 아이디어 및 컨셉 디자인 Competition Category.

철아이디어· 2024

Seniors Keeper 스마트 도어록

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

Client: University of Nottingham Ningbo China

A' Design Award 철상 Winner in 아이디어 Category

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The Design

About Seniors Keeper 스마트 도어록

시니어스 키퍼(Seniors Keeper)는 홀로 거주하는 노년층을 위해 디자인된 스마트 도어록이다. 이 도어록은 스마트워치와 같은 생체 신호 감지 기기와 연동된다. 집 안에서 응급 상황이 감지되면 도어록은 붉은빛을 발하고 구조 요청 문구를 투사하며, 비상 연락처에 알림을 전송하고 문을 자동으로 개방한다. 이웃이나 구조 대원은 도어록에 내장된 마이크와 스피커를 통해 거주자와 대화할 수 있다. 모터가 잠금 실린더를 구동하므로 안쪽에서 잠긴 상태에서도 문을 열 수 있다. 도어록의 지름은 70mm, 높이는 50mm이다.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 철상

Seniors Keeper 스마트 도어록, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 철상 수상작으로, 잘 디자인된 창작물에 기대되는 전문적·산업적 요건을 충족하는 좋은 디자인에 수여되는 권위 있는 인정입니다. 철상 수상작은 창작자의 뛰어난 기술, 높은 전문성, 전문가다운 이해, 창의적 역량을 보여 줍니다. Seniors Keeper 스마트 도어록, 이 작품은 높이 평가받고 감탄과 사랑을 받는 창작물로서 실용적이고 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 철상 수상 디자인은 업계 모범 사례를 통합하며 노하우와 재능으로 연결된 유능한 기술적 특성을 갖추고 있습니다. Seniors Keeper 스마트 도어록, 이 작품은 철저함으로 존중받으며 삶의 질을 개선하여 세상을 더 나은 곳으로 만들도록 디자인되었습니다.

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