Designing for Dignity:
A Study of Smart Home Care Camera Design for Older Adults /
Sep 2021 - Jun 2022
Collaborated with and funded by Tencent company & Co-published the Blue Book for Aging Technology
Weiwei Zhang, Tongxin Sun, Tongtong Jin, Yuru Huang, and Jeung Jihong
Role: project executive co-leader
Published paper:
1. Interaction Design of Fall Detection Camera in Smart Home Care Scenario. Journal of Computer-Aided Design & Computer Graphics. 2023(3). [EI] [Chinese Core Journal]
2. Co-published the Blue Book for Aging Technology with Tencent and Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
Indoor falls and related injuries have been major health threats for older adults. To better support seniors living independently at home, the study proposed an interaction design solution for fall detection cameras in smart homecare scenarios. However, existing solutions have brought about new issues, namely controversies surrounding user privacy, product functionality, and multi-party collaboration, among other factors. The project investigated older adults’acceptance, perception, privacy concerns and potential conflicts of values towards smart home care cameras in multi-person households and examined prototype design through an offline survey of older adults (n=422) in six cities across China, stakeholder focus group (n=18), and scenario-based participatory design workshops (n=12).
Keywords: smart home camera; fall detection; older adults; interaction design
