Use AI to guard the safety of the elderly, Tencent's "stealth caregiver" is upgraded and released

On July 19, at the "Science and Technology Guardians and Old" silver -haired technology industry forums, Tencent announced the official upgrade of the "invisible caregiver" for the smart pension products for the elderly group, entering the family by the elderly institution, and this year, it will be this year. Complete donations from more than 1,000 elderly families.

The "stealth caregiver" aims to solve the problem of the greatest downside of the safety of the elderly. Through smart cameras and AI algorithms, accurately identify the safety of the elderly, and actively issue an alarm when it falls or needs to call for help. , Avoid life accidents.

The World Health Organization report shows that falling has become the "culprit" that causes the elderly. More than 300,000 people in the world die every year, half of which are old people over 60 years old. In China, 40 million elderly people fell at least once a year. Among them, eight of the 10,000 people died prematurely due to falling, and 40%-70%of the elderly needed to seek medical treatment because of falling injuries.

More damage is caused by inadequate assistance. According to the fourth -time survey of the living conditions of the elderly in the urban and rural people in China, the number of elderly people in the empty nest in my country exceeds 100 million, of which the disabled and dementia are not a small number. If these elderly, empty nests, and solitary elderly do not pay attention after the accident falls, it will not only miss the best time to treat, but may even endanger life.

Relying on Tencent's internal AI and the Internet of Things, "stealth caregivers", through the volunteer "tester" to repeatedly train the video AI algorithm of the elderly to fall, create a security guard system with multiple functions such as falling testing and fire detection. Once a safety incident occurs, the alarm will be triggered as soon as possible and sent to family or caregivers.

At present, the "Invisible Career" institutional version has been applied to the Shenzhen Pension Care Center for 3 years. After continuous iteration, the accuracy rate of AI recognition has reached more than 90%. According to Dou Ruigang, the head of the Tencent SSV (Sustainable Social Value Division) Silver Hair Technology Lab and Executive Secretary of the Tencent Public Welfare Charity Foundation, under the joint promotion of the Shenzhen Civil Affairs Bureau, the "invisible caregiver" will gradually run in Shenzhen public The promotion of the elderly institutions will be implemented in cities with high aging degrees of aging in Beijing, Guangzhou, Chongqing.

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The "invisible caregiver" assumes the role of a 24 -hour AI caregiver in the institutional nursing home. Next, it will officially enter the family by the institution.

On July 19, the "Invisible Career" home version was officially launched, and will jointly donate to the society with the Shenzhen Aging Career Development Fund. It is understood that this donation will give priority to the elderly families with old age, empty nest, alone, and disabled, so that this part of the most difficult elderly people can get timely rescue when accidents occur.

For special requirements for home scenes, the "stealth caregiver" has upgraded the product function. First of all, the "Call for Rescue Word Test" function was developed. When the elderly in the video blind area or the scene of privacy protection (such as the bedroom, toilet room, etc.) occurred unexpectedly, the "invisible caregiver" could capture the elderly through capture the elderly said that the elderly said that they said The "Calling Ci" triggered the alarm; secondly, the "Invisible Career" home version also designed a two -way voice, allowing the elderly to have voice conversations with relatives to improve communication efficiency; Provide diversified elderly services.

The elderly alone in China's rural areas is also an important group of Tencent's "stealth caregiver" focusing on guardianship. At present, Tencent has reached a cooperation with China Telecom, and China Telecom's intelligent hardware, network capabilities and Tencent's AI technology will be held to protect the safety of rural elderly people. It is expected that the "stealth caregiver" will be applied in Guangdong, Gansu and other provinces by the end of this year.

At the same time, Tencent Yinfa Technology Experiment also jointly launched the "Elderly accident insurance" with Tencent Micro -guarantee innovatively, which guarantees the payment of accidents such as the fall of the elderly. The care problem of the elderly and their families.

"Invisible Career" home version

The upgrading of Tencent's "stealth caregiver" is the useful exploration of technology to help the elderly under the current aging trend of population. The seventh national census data shows that the population of 60 and above in my country has 260 million, and the degree of aging has reached 18.7%. With the acceleration and deepening of population aging process, the necessity and urgency of response to the problem of population aging has gradually increased.

"In recent years, Tencent has further promoted the aging transformation of products and services on the one hand. On the other hand, Tencent SSV has also established the silver -haired technology laboratory. For different ages, different health conditions, and family structures, the pain points are facing the elderly. Science and technology and innovation capabilities, coordinated multi -party forces, have made a series of explorations in avoiding the elderly's disability, dementia, and loss of wealth. "Chen Juhong, vice president of Tencent and the head of Tencent Sustainable Social Value, said Continue to use co -creation methods to promote the guidance of active, healthy, and intelligent aging, and use technology and innovation capabilities to jointly explore and explore sustainable solutions.

At the "Science and Technology Guardians and Old" forums on July 19, Yang Jian, vice president of Tencent Group and chief consultant of Tencent Research Institute, shared the joint research results of Tencent Silver Hair Technology Lab, Tencent Research Institute, and Smart Health Pension Industry Alliance -"Invisible Guardian-Silver Hair Technology Blue Book 2022". The report is from the needs of the elderly and the aging of the population to the starting point, and explores the policy context, social focus, technical maps, industry status and challenges of smart pension. Yang Jian said: "From a technical point of view, the application of information technology in the field of smart health care is very promising." According to statistics, in 2021 Cloud computing, 5G, big data, artificial intelligence, blockchain, virtual reality and other technical applications cover all aspects of the life cycle of the elderly, and are gradually moving from a single technical application to multi -technology integration.

Tencent Silver Hair Technology Laboratory has used the agency to improve the pension efficiency and build a one -stop pension service with the community as the fulcrum. At present, a series of effective innovation and practice have been carried out. At the same time, other core product lines of Tencent also actively participated in the special operation of the Internet application appropriate aging transformation, providing convenient and practical tools for helping the elderly across the digital gap and enjoying digital well -being.

Qin Dongrui, deputy secretary -general and secretary general of the Expert Committee of the China Aging Career Development Foundation, pointed out: "Whether it is government departments or enterprises' market entities, investment in the field of aging technology is an urgent and realistic macro demand. Provide better scientific and technological products for the elderly, and help the cost of various careers for elderly care services lower, more available, and higher quality. "

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