Seniors Keeper Ẹnu-ọna Titiipa Ọlọgbọn by Rukai Huang, Jiang Wu, Loic Faulon and Xu Sun

Seniors Keeper Ẹnu-ọna Titiipa Ọlọgbọn by Rukai Huang, Jiang Wu, Loic Faulon and Xu Sun is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Èrò àti Àbá Competition Category.

IrinÈrò· 2024

Seniors Keeper Ẹnu-ọna Titiipa Ọlọgbọn

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

Client: University of Nottingham Ningbo China

Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award Winner in Èrò Category

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The Design

About Seniors Keeper Ẹnu-ọna Titiipa Ọlọgbọn

Seniors Keeper jẹ́ ẹnu-ọna títìípa ọlọ́gbọ́n tí a ṣe apẹrẹ rẹ̀ fún àwọn àgbàlagbà tí ń gbé nìkan. Títìípa yìí ń sopọ̀ mọ́ àwọn ẹ̀rọ tí ń wádìí àwọn àmì pàtàkì nínú ara bí i aago ọlọ́gbọ́n (smartwatch). Nígbà tí ìṣẹ̀lẹ̀ pàjáwìrì bá ṣẹlẹ̀ nínú ilé, títìípa náà á tan ìmọ́lẹ̀ pupa jáde, á fi ìránnilétí ìpè fún ìrànlọ́wọ́ hàn, á sì fi ránṣẹ́ sí àwọn olùbáṣepọ̀ pàjáwìrì kí ó sì ṣí ẹnu-ọna náà láfọwọ́yíì. Lẹ́yìn èyí, àwọn aládùúgbò tàbí àwọn òṣìṣẹ́ ìgbàlà lè bá olùgbé inú ilé náà sọ̀rọ̀ nípasẹ̀ makirofóònù àti agbóhùnsáfẹ́fẹ́ tí a ṣe sínú títìípa náà. Ẹ̀rọ amúnáwá kan ni ó ń darí ọkàn ìtìípa náà, nítorí náà ilẹ̀kùn náà lè ṣí bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé ó ti di títì láti inú. Títìípa náà ní ìwọ̀n opin (diameter) 70 mm àti gíga 50 mm.

The Recognition

About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award

Seniors Keeper Ẹnu-ọna Titiipa Ọlọgbọn jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó dára tí wọ́n pàdé àwọn ohun tí iṣẹ́ àti ilé-iṣẹ́ nílò tí a retí láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ẹ̀dá tí a ṣàwòṣe dáradára. Àwọn olùborí Irin ń fi ìjáfáfá ńlá, ìmọ̀ pàtó gíga, òye ògbóǹtarìgì àti agbára ìṣẹ̀dá àwọn olùṣẹ̀dá wọn hàn. A retí pé Seniors Keeper Ẹnu-ọna Titiipa Ọlọgbọn yóò jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó wúlò tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ ilé-iṣẹ́ jọ, ó sì ní àwọn ànímọ́ ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ tó péye tí a so mọ́ ìmọ̀ ṣíṣe àti ẹ̀bùn. A bọ̀wọ̀ fún Seniors Keeper Ẹnu-ọna Titiipa Ọlọgbọn nítorí ìfọ̀kànbalẹ̀ rẹ̀, a sì ṣàwòṣe rẹ̀ láti pèsè ìmúdára ìgbésí ayé tó ń ran ayé lọ́wọ́ láti di ibi tó dára jù.

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