1. Community Group Aiesa bin Saad May Nwe Htun Simonette Nisperos Wu Xudong Information Design, History And Methods Andreas Schneider Suitable Mobile Phone Design for Elderly

2. 1.Introduction 2.Observation 3.Relevance 4.Findings 5.Concept Development 6.Model 7.Design Oppurtunities/Needs 8.Upcoming Development Outline 2

3. Introduction Japan population is 127,692 million with 22% of them are over 65 years old Mobile phone user is 110.395 million (86.6%) Increasing number of elderly people Advanced new technology of mobile phone industry Overwhelming for the elderly people because of new features Producing a mobile phone that can be use by the elderly people easily. 01 Introduction · 02 · 03 · 04 · 05 · 06 · 07 · 08 3 /18

4. Observation A lot of mobile phone shop selling up-to-date models in Japan. On the train, the passenger normally will read a book, sleep or stick to their mobile phone, either playing games, listening to music or busy texting. But for elderly people, most of them comes in groups and does not use mobile phone as the youngsters do. Sometimes, elderly is seen using mobile phone with difficulty. Required to upgrade their phone because of the advancement in telecommunication technologies. Most of the elderly people will keep their phone in the handbag or pocket while youngsters prefer to strap them around their neck. 01 · 02 Observation · 03 · 04 · 05 · 06 · 07 · 08 4 /18

5. Relevance Personal items for people of all ages A sense of security for elderly Know and clarify the existing problems between elders and the use of mobile phone To help the elderly in using the phone in a more convenient way To improve the design and user interface of mobile phones To study the issue of the current design of mobile phones for elders Why it is difficult to use by elderly people 01 · 02 · 03 Relevance · 04 · 05 · 06 · 07 · 08 5/18

6. Findings : Button Problem Can’t see buttons clearly. Most cell phones get good design but useless for elderly people. Along with scientific and technological progress cell phone get smaller and humanization. For example, iphone. They get very good physical design you can’t input easily. Instead, old design should be more applicable. 01 · 02 · 03 · 04 Findings · 05 · 06 · 07 · 08 6/18

7. Findings : Volume Problem Sometimes when the calls in, elderly people cannot hear phone ring. Even forget about the silent mode. For example, iPhone have mic in the lower right corner and the speaker in the lower left corner. In case the phone rings, the highest volume won’t be that high enough to hear. We think some phones for elderly people dedicated is better even though it is ugly. 01 · 02 · 03 · 04 Findings · 05 · 06 · 07 · 08 7/18

8. Findings : New Trends of Functions Lots of new functions and applications in the new model. Elderly people only need basic functions. Even some people do not like the 3*3 menu and think that is very limited to use. By questionnaire; survey said the elderly people user use phone to: make phone calls; send messages; time alarms; receive radio broadcasting. 01 · 02 · 03 · 04 Findings · 05 · 06 · 07 · 08 8/18

9. Findings : Generation Gap For young people, we know a lot of input methods. And we can utilize it according to situation. Most of young people can learn everything quickly. 01 · 02 · 03 · 04 Findings · 05 · 06 · 07 · 08 9/18

10. Findings : Generation Gap cont.. This is one type of cell phone for the elderly people. It has huge keys and can be controlled by voice. Like calling voice messages. SOS keys which can be pressed during emergency. Auto read text files and e-books as a loud voice. 01 · 02 · 03 · 04 Findings · 05 · 06 · 07 · 08 10/18

11. Model 01 · 02 · 03 · 04 · 05 Model · 06 · 07 · 08 UML Use Case View Logic View Process View 11/18

12. Model : Use Case View 01 · 02 · 03 · 04 · 05 Model · 06 · 07 · 08 Health Monitoring Doctor’s Appointment Health Consciousness Weather News Contacts 12/18

13. News Model : Logical View 01 · 02 · 03 · 04 · 05 Model · 06 · 07 · 08 Medical Information Doctor’s advice Contacts Weather Wheel Mouse * Detail of logical view to follow 13/18

14. Model : Process View 01 · 02 · 03 · 04 · 05 Model · 06 · 07 · 08 MobileDoctor Internet Family Medical appointment Call doctor Adjust Dosage of medicine Display instruction Wants to Read news Connecting to website Website connected Display News/website Wants to Call family Display list Of contacts Calling family End Call Stop alarm Display medicine And dosage 14/18

15. Prototype: to follow Proposal: to follow Solution: to follow Design Opportunities/Needs 01 · 02 · 03 · 04 · 05 · 06 Design Opportunities/Needs · 07 · 08 15/18

16. Future perspective and open issues : to follow Upcoming Development 01 · 02 · 03 · 04 · 05 · 06 · 07 Upcoming Development · 08 16/18

17. Statistics Bureau, Director-General for Policy Planning (Statistical Standards) and Statistical Research and Training Institute, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan http://www.stat.go.jp/english/index.htm Activity-Oriented Design of Health Pal: A Smart Phone for Elders’ Healthcare Support Hindawi Publishing Corporation EURASIP Journal onWireless Communications and Networking, Volume 2008, Article ID 582194, 11 pages, doi:10.1155/2008/582194 References 01 · 02 · 03 · 04 · 05 · 06 · 07 · 08 References 17/18

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