Interaction Design of HOO!
CREATED BY LORI LO
CONTENTS 01
TOPIC RESEARCH
04
DESIGN PROGRESS
02
DATA COLLECTION
05
DESIGN CONCEPT
03
USER ANALYSIS
01 TOPIC RESEARCH
Issue Discussion Q1: Do the elderly suitable for keeping pets?
Keeping pets is able to provide supporting elements that human beings can't provide. The desire of being loved, secured, be liked, and satisfy their personal values for ​​ communicating. Most elders are eager to get concerned with people.
Q2: What kind of pets are recommended? Small pets take less times on exercising. Additionally, medium pets are also suitable for elders as well, for instance, Pomeranian and British Shorthair.
Q3: What benefits of Pet Therapy?
Pet Therapy could let elders explore themselves, and share their emotional expressions simultaneously. Apart from that, this helps elders to discover their social abilities, and thus increases both happiness and life qualities further.
TOPIC RESEARCH
5W2H1E
TOPIC RESEARCH
WHY Most elders need accompanies and nurture positive connections with others.
WHERE The products are able to be utilized in the room wherever it is.
WHO The elders who live in the urban area.
WHEN The product could be utilized in the daytime, and it could also be a great tool at night.
WHAT To improve the supporting, secure feelings and elders' confidence, also the safety at night.
5W2H1E HOW Designing the product and user interface of the app which includes the settings and analysis of using process.
EVALUATION Taking care of pets and strengthening the great emotions of elders through interactions with product.
ORIGINAL ANALYSIS
HOW MUCH
Production, Developing, Researching, Materials, Manufacturing cost, etc.
02 DATA COLLECTION
Elders concerns
DATA COLLECTION
What are the feelings or emotions we should be aware of from elders? Loneliness & Dependence
Anger & Fear
Depression & anxiety
Why are the healthy emotions important for elders ?
World Health Organization ( WHO ) listed Depression as “One of the three major diseases�.
Based on the survey, Depression occupied 21.7% of those diseases.
Depression can seriously affect health problems, and it causes more pressure on caregivers.
Elders habits
DATA COLLECTION
Enuresis problem About 25% of elders go urinate more than two times at night.
Because of physical degradation, elders easily fall down or getting injured by blurring vision.
Statistics of elderly nocturnal enuresis problem 65%
About 65% of elders over 60-year-old have enuresis problem.
90%
About 90% of elders over 80-year-old have enuresis problem.
03 USER ANALYSIS
Brainstorming
USER ANALYSIS
Modern AI
Music
preference
Comforts
sleep
night care
system
emotions
steady
optimistic
confidence
interest
urban
Live alone
delicate
memories
record
light
touching Health Insurance
safe
follow
care
accompany
Accompany with the elders
vivid
animal
country
warm rehab medical
Mental illness
KJ Method
USER ANALYSIS
Product accordance Dogs
Cats
Users
Urban Area The elders
Emotional Supports Accompanied
Confidence
Comforts
Sensor
Preferences Touched
Living alone
Colors
Customized
Function Robot
AI System
Houseware Illuminate
Moveable
Simple Instructions
Record Voices
Statistics
Light Emotional Alarm
History Memories
Tree Diagram
Breakfast
Remind the to-do list
GPS Function
Product for reminding the elders about daily behaviors
Lunch
Remind the to-do list
Dinner
Remind the to-do list
Turn off the reminding function Regular reminds of taking pills for the elders
Remind to care the virtual pets Track the position of virtual pets
Turn off the reminding function Remind to care the virtual pets
Regular reminds of taking pills for the elders
USER ANALYSIS
Tree Diagram
USER ANALYSIS
Record the elders ststus everday
Product for reminding the virtual pets
Record the daily body index
Body index drastically changed Send the data analysis back to therapists
Doctor diagnoses amd contacts to the elders
Check for abnormality
PACT
USER ANALYSIS
People Aiming at elderly users and virtual pets whereby establishing great connections between their relations.
Context Reminding users to get appropriate medical cures and track the directions.
Activity Tracking the user behaviors, health condition and remind them regularly.
Technology Bluetooth and Internet connections
Persona
Granny Wang Introduction
Age: 75 year-old Career: Retired already Location: Taipei city Status: Live independently without the children
Education background: University
Personalities: Outgoing, kind, mild, active and positive
USER ANALYSIS
Overview
Mrs. Wang is an optimistic and positive elder. Her children are separately working in different places, therefore, she lives independently. However, she is longing for having accompanies. Plus, she wants to raise the pets nevertheless she is quite afraid of bothering neighbors. In addition, she lives in the apartment located in the urban areas. With great convenience and loneliness, she is willing to utilize the digital products for gaining more connections with people.
Inspections
1. She doesn't want to cause any burdens to her children, but she eagers for accompanies. 2. She likes to try something fresh. 3. She is good at taking care of her children and she likes pets. 4. She enjoys the convenience of urban areas.
Targets
1. Great accompanies 2. The great audiences 3. Nurturing positive emotions and healthy communications
Fear
1. Afraid of being lonely 2. Afraid of bothering others 3. Afraid of being incapable
Challenges
1. How to gain more connections for great communications? 2. How to improve confidence? 3. How to create more interest? 4. How to raise the pets in the apartment without interrupting the neighbors?
Persona
She sometimes feels lonely Stable and retired life Missed her children and worried their lives
USER ANALYSIS
Think & Feel The news The surroundings of the apartment Sounds from Natural creatures
See
Hear
Birds tweet Neighbors greetings and behaviors Sounds of electrical equipment
Say & Do Daily housework and cleanings Having conversations with neighbors Watching TV and walking
Pain
Hope to accompany with friends and her children Kill the time Sometimes she needs to worry about her body status
Gain
Nurturing positive attitude Being confident in everything and enjoy every day Having fun and accompanies
Storyboard
USER ANALYSIS
Remind the meal time of pets.
User with pets
Take the medic regularly.
Storyboard
USER ANALYSIS
The deadline of medicine is coming. The deadline of medicine is coming.
cine
Medical Alarm to remind both users and pets.
Storyboard
Wake up in the morning.
USER ANALYSIS
Record daily body mass index.
Treatments for the users
Contact to the elders about phyucal changes. Send back the abnormal message.
04 DESIGN PROCESS
Sketch 1
DESIGN PROCESS
Product Sketch
After Brainstorming and KJ Method, we have been thinking about how to create great connections with digital products.
UI Wireframe
UI Sketch
Combining with the app is the product trend recently. So we define and classify the necessary needs of this product to make the UI simulation.
DESIGN PROCESS
05 DESIGN CONCEPT
DESIGN CONCEPT
About HOO
Our main idea is to create great interactions and friendly connections from visually to the actual status. Based on our previous investigations and analysis, this product also takes care of the users' body statistics, solve their enuresis problem at night. In addition, we also assign an app to make this project more complete.
Concept
We named this product“HOO�! HOO means HOLD ON OCCURENCE.
Functions
Elders can regard as HOO as a listener, this product can record the emotions and body statistics. On the other hand, the product can be lighted up based on the users' emotions and create diverse effects.
Concept
DESIGN CONCEPT
These three buttons are separately represented music, power, and light. Those buttons can be switched and adjusted by the users.
Clockwise
Counterclockwise
Switching counterclockwise and clockwise directions as buttons adjustments.
Scenario Following the elders
Following the user's direction, and accompany with the user. This could decrease their loneliness.
DESIGN CONCEPT
Guiding directions for Enuresis problem
Comparing to most people, the elders need more lights for guiding the directions at night.
Affinity Diagram
APP Contents
Record the information - Favorite music - Sounds & Conversations - Emotional statistics - Time and interactions
User status
- Health checkup - Analysis of body status
Internet & Bluetooth Connection
- Send the feedback to the research institutes - Online services, for instance, making reservations and basic health check.
DESIGN CONCEPT
User settings
- User registration & log in - Profile pictures - Basic personal information - Fonts and icons
AI System settings - Having feedbacks - Temperature sensors - Follow the elders - Position sensors
Inner system status - Version update - System update info - Power status reminder
Product settings
- Alarms - Voice control & sensors - Sounds detect sensors - Music adjustments
Lights
- Automatic lights - Diverse lights - Brightness adjustments
UI Frame
DESIGN CONCEPT
About UI Frame
Simulating how to frame the user interfaces and systematic functions of the app.
UI Flow
DESIGN CONCEPT
Color Plan
Four colors are standard colors which represnt with steady, maturity and warm feelings.
QR Code
This QR Code presents how UI Flow works. Those are user interfaces on the app.
QR Cod
DESIGNED IN 2017.12 PUBLISHED IN 2020.11