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Carry out a successful industrial and educational

experiment in gerontechnology

THE 11TH IAGG ASIA/OCEANIA REGIONAL CONGRESS

SYMPOSIUM IN GERONTECHNOLOGY

CEO

Yeh-Liang Hsu, 徐業良Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department

Director, Gerontechnology Research Center

Yuan Ze University, Taiwan 元智大學

Editor-in-Chief, Gerontechnology

2019/10/25

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Some demographics of Taiwan

• Taiwan became an aged society in 2018,

and is expected to become a super aged

society by 2025.

• Age 65+: 3.52M (14.90%) @2019/06

• The average life expectancy in Taiwan

hit a new high of 80.7 years in 2018,

with men and women averaging a record

77.5 years and 84.0 years, respectively.

• Life expectancy at age 65: men 18.44,

women 22.12 @ 2018

• Aging index: 112.64 (2018/12)

• Average age of first time mother: 30.9

@2019 (Italy 31.1 @2017)

• Age of first time mother 35+: 22.3%

• Taiwan had 115,395 births and 117,935

deaths from January to August — 2,540

more deaths than births, or negative

natural population growth — with nothing

to suggest a reversal in this trend before

the end of the year. (Taipei Times, Sep. 26, 2019)

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2017 Hong Kong Taiwan Macao Singapore

Crude birth rate 8.90 (208) 8.30 (219/224) 8.60 (216) 8.60 (216)

Fertility rate 1.19 (221) 1.13 (222/224) 0.95 (223) 0.83 (224) CIA: The World Factbook


It is only natural to consider applying technologies…

…to provide positive solutions in maximizing the efficiency and

effectiveness of manpower and resource for the care of older adults.

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(2019-10-17) GRC Intro (English).mp4


Medical devices? Assistive devices? Gerontechnology!

• Proud to be a designer!

• First International Congress on Gerontechnology, 1991

• International Society for Gerontechnology, 1997

• “Design technology and environment for independent living and social participation

of older persons in good health, comfort and safety”

• Scope of Gerontechnology: Health, Housing, Mobility, Communication, Leisure, Work

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Est. 2003

Research & Development

Industry-academia collaboration

Commercialization

GerontechnologyIndustry-Academia

Alliance

SEDA G-Tech

Smart LivingIoTGerontechnology

TransdisciplinaryEducation

Internationalacademic exchange

International Society for

Gerontechnology

New Taipei City

Design ThinkingTransdisciplinary

education program

Innovative Product Development Program

福祉科技與服務管理學刊

GerontechnologyOfficial Journal of the ISG

Mission: To carry out a successful industrial and educational experiment


From telehealth to an AIoT bedroom -- The route of R&D

Telehealth

• Ubiquitous Care – The “UCare Flagship

Project” funded by the Ministry of

Economics, Taiwan, from 2006-2011

• 40+ projects by hospitals, nursing

homes, IT companies

• Very few projects actually sustained

after the funding ended

Robots do not belong to the homes?!

Smart living / IoT / Gerontechnology

Service robots

• Intelligent robotic

wheelchair

Gold medals, 2011

intelligent robot

competition / 2012

innovative mechanism

design competition

• Telepresence robot

(2013)

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videos/iRW/Short hUG video.wmv

Wobot.mp4


2015: Internet of Things! 2017: NB-IoT 2019: AI

Edge AI:

event identification

Cloud AI:

pattern recognition

3rd Party service cloud

Commercial Bluetooth

healthcare products

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AI, rainbow in the sky?


43.05%

55.55%

59.72%

42.36%

46.52%

47.22%

64.58% Daily living pattern obtained from WhizPad


Accumulating the norm for in-bed activities

• 1 week

• In-bed 51.09%

• 2 weeks

• In-bed 45.88%

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Use 70% as threshold to define “normal activities”

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Normally, the older adult

1. Gets up no earlier than 05:50

2. Gets up no later than 07:30

3. Not in bed during the day

4. Goes to bed no earlier than 19:00

5. Goes to be no later than 20:40

1. In-bed longer (64.58%)

2. Got up later than normal at 07:50

3. Back to bed multiple times during

the day

4. Went be bed earlier at 17:30

5. Left bed multiple times during the

night

1 32 4 5

9/22: 64.58%

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32 4 5

In-bed 45.88%

AI: Learning ➔ Prediction


Gerontechnology is transdisciplinary in nature

Transdisciplinary learning

Real world problems and experience

• 18 hours, 1 credit design workshop

• 12 credit undergraduate program

• 2-year master degree program

Students from various backgrounds

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“DESIGN” IS OUR COMMON

LANGUAGE…


“Zenbo for older adults?” 3+1 weeks design workshop

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Design tool: Zenbo App Builder

Domain knowledge

with a purpose

Design Thinking practice

Prototype demonstration to intended users


Serious game design based on WhizToys – One semester design course

• Sensor, IoT, Apps… / Game and UI design

• Reviewed, played, and critiqued by target users

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Speech videos/(2018-11-16) WhizToys.mp4


Participating in the International Society for Gerontechnology

• 2011/08 Associate Editor, Gerontechnology

• 2012/06 Bid for the 9th World Conference

of Gerontechnology

• 2012/06 Executive Board, International

Society of Gerontechnology

• 2014/06 The 9th World Conference of

Gerontechnology at Taipei

• 2014/06 – present IT Director, International

Society for Gerontechnology

• President, Chinese Society of

Gerontechnology and Service

Management, 2013/01 – 2017/12

• President, International Society of

Gerontechnology, Sinophone Chapter,

2014/06 – present

• 2012/12 Editor-in-Chief, Journal

of Gerontechnology and Service

Management (in Chinese)

• 2016/09 Editor-in-Chief,

Gerontechnology

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Promoting gerontechnology through the many speeches

1. 健康樂活科技的應用與發展, 第三屆後現代整合學及通識教育研討會,

2019/10/19

2. Fun technology－智慧科技在長者健康適能與認知促進的創新應用, 中華安全行

動照護協會2019高峰論壇, 2019/10/05

3. 智慧科技在機構照顧的應用, 台北仁濟院課程, 2019/08/29

4. 窄帶物聯網－居家智慧照護最後一哩 Narrow Band IoT – The Last Mile for

Smart Homecare Systems, Smart IoT Taiwan Expo & Summit – Smart Healthcare,

2019/08/23

5. Service robot for elderly care at home – A design thinking perspective,

International Conference on Standards of Assistive Technology and Robots for

Health Care 2019, 2019/08/20

6. 科技可以幫徐媽媽做些甚麼－老人福祉科技的設計與創新, 中國時報「安心終

老論壇」, 2019/08/19

7. Purpose Learning－建立特色領域d.school, 跨領域國際碩士學位學程規畫小組

會議專題演講, 2019/08/01

8. Gerontechnology - From Research to Daily Applications, The 23st annual meeting

and international conference of the Society for Design and Process Science (SDPS

2019) Planetary speech, 2019/07/29

9. 通用設計概念與設計思考/智慧科技輔具設計, 108年度桃竹苗區結合創客基地

辦理職務再設計主題講座, 2019/07/27

10.老人福祉科技的設計與創新, 香港救世軍長者服務台灣考察團參訪, 2019/07/26

11.智慧科技輔具的設計與創新, 科技部工程科技推展中心「智慧輔具產學媒合交

流會」, 2019/07/25

12.遇見未來－智慧科技於長者照護的應用, 遠東國際商業銀行「樂齡理財學苑」,

2019/07/19

13.智慧科技於長者照護的應用, 高雄市小港醫院專題演講, 2019/07/16

14.職務再設計創意思考微型工作坊, 彰化縣政府勞工處專業訓練, 2019/07/11

15.人工智慧/物聯網在糖尿病整合照護應用, 中華民國糖尿病衛教學會2019年會專題

演講, 2019/07/07

16.智慧科技在長者健康適能活動的創新應用, 台灣健康促進暨衛生教育學會第3期長

期照顧健康管理師認證班, 2019/06/30

17.智慧科技輔具設計思考, 勞動部勞動力發展署專題演講, 2019/05/28

18.老人福祉科技的設計思維, 2019台灣復健工程暨輔具科技學會年度研討會專題演

講, 2019/05/18

19.服務型機器人在長者居家照護的應用與創新, 元智大學機械工程學系書報討論演

講, 2019/05/17

20. We are designers --智慧科技於長者照護的應用, 清華大學音樂、科技與健康研究

中心專題演講, 2019/04/30

21.智慧科技於長者照護的應用, 台灣長期照護專業協會第十七屆長期照護學術研討

會專題演講, 2019/04/27

22.智慧科技在長者健康適能活動的創新應用, 台灣健康促進暨衛生教育學會,

2019/04/14

23.服務型機器人在長者照護的發展與應用－設計思考觀點, 工研院產業學院,

2019/04/12

24. We are designers－運動及認知訓練智慧科技產品設計, 資策會「馨生活健康科技

服務推動聯盟」成立大會暨交流研討會, 2019/03/21

25.樂齡科技－從科技研發到生活應用, 香港專業教育學院健康科技研討會主題演講,

2019/03/15

26.人因工程設計考量和通用設計, 中彰投區職務再設計創意工作坊, 2019/02/23

27. Gerontechnology: From research to daily applications, Keynote speech in "Community,

welfare, technology for society in the 21st century" Nara Women's University, Social

Cooperation Center, 2019/01/25

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ISG’s 12th World Conference of Gerontechnology (ISG 2020)

May 18-20, 2020, Trondheim, Norway

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“Measures to achieve better quality of life and active healthy aging”

Call for abstracts, due Friday, November 15, 2019


Gerontechnology is only valuable if we can bring research to daily applications

• How much? Where can I buy this?

• Work with the industry or do it myself?

• Start-up company founded in April 2016,

at the age of 53…

• 8 co-founders are students graduated

from the research center

Creativity➔ Prototype

➔ Product➔ Sales

• Too greedy to experience everything…

• Struggle between my role as a professor

and as a boss…

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Writing papers has another meaning…

• We recruited 254 participants who were at

risk of bedsores from the ICU of Far Eastern

Memorial Hospital, with 127 in the control

group and 127 in the intervention group.

• In addition to the standard nursing care,

participants in the intervention group used

the motion-sensing mattress, which can

detect the bed activities during their

hospitalization.

• 13 (10.2%) participants in the control group

developed bedsores while only 2 (1.6%) in

the intervention group developed bedsores,

showing a significant reduction of 8.6%

(P=0.003).

• After adjusted for some confounding

variables, we found that the likelihood

of development of bedsore in the

intervention group was reduced by 90%

(OR=0.10, 95% CI: 0.02, 0.51, P=0.005)

compared with that in the control group.

• The average timing to develop bedsore

in participants using the motion-sensing

mattress was 7.5 days and was

postponed by 2.3 times than that in

participants who received standard

nursing care which was 3.3 days.

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Applying for patents so that the companies are serious about us…1. 徐業良, 王為寬, 劉育瑋, 張凱維, 戴志穎, 張喨逢, 李杰儒, " 床墊裝置以及照護系統", 中華民國專利發明第

I611801號, 2019/04

2. 徐業良, 王為寬, 劉育瑋, 張凱維, 戴志穎, 張喨逢, 李杰儒, " マットレス装置及び介護システム", 日本專利

發明第6479075號, 2019/04

3. 徐業良, 陳意欣, 王竹安, 林怡錦, " 結合行動裝置之多元人際互動溝通遠端臨場機器人系統", 中華民國專

利發明第I615773號, 2018/02

4. 徐業良, 鄭家凱, 陳柏愷, 林季儒, " 風車玩具", 中華民國專利發明第I611829號, 2018/01

5. 徐業良, 張凱維, 許力昇, 戴志穎, 蔡森裕, 李杰儒, 黃教晏, 謝坤庭, " 應用於室內環境的緊急呼叫裝置、發

光系統及其發光方法", 中華民國專利發明第I607672號, 2017/12

6. 徐業良, 王為寬, 林秀珠, 張凱維, 戴志穎, 謝坤庭, " 坐墊裝置", 中華民國專利新型第M539860號, 2017/10

7. 徐業良, 戴志穎, Jeffrey Sebastian Reyes Melgar, 李杰儒, 許力昇, " 互動式喇叭裝置及系統", 中華民國專利

發明第I599215 號, 2017/10

8. 徐業良, 戴志穎, 蔡森裕, 陳柏愷, 謝孟桓, " 區域定位系統", 中華民國專利發明第I564847 號, 2017/01

9. 徐業良, 王為寬, 張凱維, 鄭家凱, 劉育瑋, 許力昇, 莊宗霖, " 遊戲軟墊、互動遊戲系統及其互動遊戲連線

方法", 中華民國專利發明第I544952號, 2016/12徐業良,王為寬,張凱維,劉育瑋,張維益,戴志穎,陳純弘,林致

緯,黃文成,李杰儒,潘冠宇, " 具有發光功能之感測床、感測床系統及其感測方法", I536936, 2016/06

10. 徐業良,王為寬,張凱維,劉育瑋,張維益, "活動感知地墊及其總成", 中華民國專利發明I519702, 2016/01

11. 徐業良, 王為寬, 張凱維, 劉育瑋, 張維益, "活動感知地墊之監視系統", 中華民國專利發明I511094, 2015/12

12. Yeh-Liang Hsu, Po-er Hsu, Cheng-Hao Chang, “Movement Device Having a Stewart Platform”, US9,198,813

B2, 2015/12

13. 徐業良, 陳意欣, 王竹安, 林怡錦, 張程皓, "遠距居家照護之遠端臨場機器人於多元人際互動溝通系統", 中

華民國專利發明I503099, 2015/10

14. Hsu Yeh-Liang, Ju-An Wang, Po-Er Hsu, "Navigation environment establishing method for an intelligent

moving-assistance apparatus", US9,014,872 B2, 2015/04

15. 徐業良,王竹安,許博爾, "導航環境之設置方法", 中華民國專利發明I474294, 2015/02

16. 徐業良,陳意欣,陳延暐,王竹安, "具關懷快遞功能之遠距居家照護系統及其方法", 中華民國專利發明

I474276, 2015/02

17. 徐業良,余家杰,甘凱文, "分散式遠距居家照護系統及方法", 中華民國專利發明I473594, 2015/02

18. Yeh-Liang Hsu, Yu-Wei Liu, Ke-Yuan Wu, "非察知式活動檢知裝置", JP 548086 B2, 2014/02

19. Hsu Yeh-Liang, Chih-Ming, "Remote sleep quality detecting method", US8,905,929 B2, 2014/01

20. 楊弘仁,許明信,鄭智銘,徐業良,林翰俊, "遠距照護系統及其方法", 中華民國專利發明I417080, 2013/12

21. 楊弘仁,許明信,鄭智銘,徐業良,林翰俊, "健康照護服務系統", 中華民國專利發明I417803, 2013/12

22. 徐業良,許博爾,涂超恒, "智慧型機器人輪椅", 中華民國專利發明I415597, 2013/11

23. 徐業良,許博爾,涂超恒, "智慧型機器人輪椅之史都華平台座椅機構及其控制方法", 中華民國專利發明

I401070, 2013/07

24. Hsu, Yeh-Liang, Chih-Ming, "Remote sleep quality detecting system and method thereof", 美國專利發明

8,353,828 B2, 2013/01

25. 徐業良,吳昌暉,鄭智銘,馬鴻祥,阮致維, "睡眠品質監測系統及生理訊監測流程方法", 中華民國專利發明

I374022, 2012/10

26. Hsu Yeh-Liang, Wu Chang-Huei, Cheng Chih-Ming, Ma Hung-Hsiang, "Portable tele-homecare monitoring

system and method for the same", US8,111,817, 2012/02

27. 徐業良,鄭智銘, "遠端睡眠品質偵測系統及其方法", 中華民國專利發明I355260, 2012/01

28. 徐業良,吳昌暉,謝佩均,蔡宗成, "行動式遠端監控系統及其方法", 中華民國專利發明I318064, 2009/12

29. 徐業良,吳昌暉,鄭智銘,馬鴻祥, "可攜式遠距居家監測系統及方法", 中華民國專利發明I312673, 2009/08

30. 徐業良,吳昌暉,鄭智銘,馬鴻祥,林志麟, "分散式資料伺服器及其運作方法", 中華民國專利發明I309785,

2009/05徐業良,吳昌暉,鄭智銘,馬鴻祥,林志麟, "可攜式環境監測系統及其方法", 中華民國專利發明

I308642, 2009/04

31. 徐業良,吳昌暉,鄭智銘,馬鴻祥, "多重生理監測墊、多重生理監測系統及生理辨識流程方法", 中華民國專利發明I299260, 2008/08

32. 徐業良,吳昌暉,楊哲彰,馬鴻祥, "可攜式行為監測系統及其方法", 中華民國專利發明I296786, 2008/05

33. 徐業良,吳昌暉,甘凱文,馬鴻祥, "以RFID為基礎之可攜式遠距居家照護監測系統及其操作方法", 中華民國專利發明I290699, 2007/12

34. 徐業良,吳昌暉,鄭智銘,馬鴻祥,甘凱文, "可攜式遠距居家生理訊監測系統", 中華民國專利發明I287976,

2007/10

35. 徐業良,吳昌暉,鄭智銘,馬鴻祥,林志麟, "可攜式遠距居家生理訊監測系統", 中華民國專利發明I286714,

2007/09

36. 徐業良,吳昌暉,蔡宗成,余家杰,謝佩均,曾梓松,林能祺,馬安一,楊哲彰,邱柏硯, "遠距工作車", 中華民國專利發明I262873, 2006/10

37. 徐業良,吳昌暉,陳明周,鄭智銘, "鼾聲感測裝置", 中華民國專利發明M268002, 2005/06

38. 劉華昌,徐業良,呂東武,尹居中, "人工膝關節機構改良", 中華民國專利發明547069, 2003/08

39. 劉華昌,徐業良,呂東武,尹居中, "人工膝關節半月板與脛骨托盤組合結構", 中華民國專利發明547070,

2003/08

40. 徐業良,李石增,王崇飛,陳嘉文,林浩瑋,黃宗正, "一種手術用自動骨骼鑽孔裝置", 中華民國專利發明493980, 2002/07

41. Hsu, Y. L.; Lee, S. T.; Wang, C. F.; Chen, Lin, H. W., Huang, T. C., "Automatic bone drilling apparatus for

surgery operation", 美國專利發明6,336,931, 2002/01

42. 徐業良,鍾含智,江國華,鄧振耀, "改良型手扶步行輔助裝置", 中華民國專利發明384694, 2000/03

43. 戴基福,吳世雄,高崇洋,徐業良, "兩用安全帽", 中華民國專利發明359093, 1999/05

44. Wu, S. H.; Gau, C. Y.; Hsu, Y. L.; Tsay, H. S., "Industrial safety helmet", US5,774,900, 1998/07

45. Wu, S. H.; Gau, C. Y.; Hsu, Y. L.; Tsay, H. S., "Industrial safety helmet", 歐洲專利發明96110298.5, 1998/07

46. 徐業良,王崇飛,戴其宇,涂錦紹,李福祥,李明義,鄭智仁, "結合虛擬實境技術之自行車訓練測試機", 中華民國專利發明324227, 1998/01

47. 徐業良、呂理煌、王興國、陳釧棠、陳廷欽、葉佳榮、吳旗泰、夏弘智、蔡金城、王崇飛, "羽毛球發球機", 中華民國專利發明324239, 1998/01

48. 李明義,徐業良,戴其宇,王崇飛,陳聖夫, "折疊式多功能站坐兩用輪椅", 中華民國專利發明319072, 1997/11

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Carry out a successful industrial and educational experiment in gerontechnology

The gerontechnology industry is not

there, yet…

• A professor can keep telling people what

to do…… or show people how this can

be done!

The future world needs transdisciplinary

talents

• Are we really doing the right research

which “will be useful in the future?”

• Are we educating students the right way?

I have the best job in the world!

Do the things I like, the way I like.

Feel like contributing to the world,

and make a living too!

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Yeh-Liang Hsu, [email protected]

Thank you

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