Cui Rongtao of iFlytek was a guest on "China Business News" "Direct Hitting the Leading Zone" to talk about the application of AI for the elderly: Let technology return to the temperature itself

How to use future smart devices to help the elderly overcome the digital divide? With the continuous development of artificial intelligence, smart wearable devices have many practices and explorations in the field of aging. Recently, Cui Rongtao, general manager of iFlytek's medical intelligent hardware business line, talked about the hot topic of technology for aging in Shanghai China Business News' "Direct Hitting the Leading Zone" program. As the aging trend becomes increasingly apparent, the intelligent terminal industry is in a critical period in terms of aging-friendly development. We expect that in the future, the elderly will be able to easily cross the digital divide and even enjoy digital dividends, thereby greatly improving their happiness

Let the elderly feel the warmth of technology and let technology return to its essence

The words on the screen are too small to be seen clearly, the mobile phone operating system is too complicated to understand, and it is difficult to seek medical advice smoothly. The elderly often have to face the embarrassment of being unable to move in the smart era. Now these pain points are gradually disappearing. be discovered, corrected or resolved.

In recent years, wearable devices have been developing towards becoming more and more intelligent and practical. The elderly population has a relatively weak ability to understand and use smart devices. This is also the most challenging problem in the field of wearable devices and is currently the most advanced field. Cui Rongtao said in the program that with the development and evolution of artificial intelligence, chip computing power and other technologies, these problems are gradually being solved

Cui Rongtao believes that we should return technology to its warm nature, so that the elderly can feel the existence of technology in a way that they can accept. He believes that smart devices should allow the elderly to interact with them without feeling, so that the technology can fully adapt to the needs of the elderly and conform to their original usage habits. For example, TV interactions can take the form of natural face-to-face conversations, using voice to communicate

iFlytek smart hearing aids bring a new listening experience

It is foreseeable that wearable devices will be thinner, smarter, and have more functions and applications, but the psychological needs of the elderly are often ignored.

Cui Rongtao gave an example of hearing aids: Usually hearing aids are excellent in terms of function and performance, but the elderly are reluctant to use them. In theory, hearing and visual impairments caused by deafness and vertigo are a big problem in communication, but older people are reluctant to wear hearing aids because they worry about being labeled as old and defective. They worry that when they go out and interact with others, others will think that they are getting old or that there is something wrong

"Later we made an attempt to make the hearing aid into a very fashionable earphone form, and found that many elderly people thought it was okay for me to wear earphones. In fact, it did not exceed the original in terms of functionality. Category, just change it into a form, and the elderly will feel that this is acceptable to me." Cui Rongtao introduced that iFlytek smart hearing aids have reached advanced levels in key indicators such as sound clarity, howling suppression, and comfort. In addition, the issue of acceptance by the elderly was taken into consideration from the beginning of the design, and the appearance is similar to a Bluetooth headset to avoid embarrassment.

For hearing aids, generally speaking, the more channels, the better the sound quality. The first iFlytek smart hearing aid is equipped with 16 digital channels. Cui Rongtao said that the delay time of iFlytek smart hearing aids is controlled at about 3 milliseconds, which is much faster than the "blink of an eye".

In a noisy environment, based on the dual microphone array pickup and software algorithm, iFlytek smart hearing aids can accurately focus on the human voice in front, remove the surrounding environmental noise, and make face-to-face communication easier. For patients with moderate to severe hearing impairment, they can also use the APP on their mobile phones to click the "Subtitle Hearing Aid" button to turn on subtitle hearing aid and convert sounds into text. In this way, the elderly can listen and watch at the same time, improving his understanding of the entire sound.

The life of "enjoying old age" ten years from now should be like this

As far as the entire aging-friendly intelligent terminal industry is concerned, there is still a long way to go for large-scale industrial upgrading or commercial promotion and popularization.

In 2015, iFlytek began to produce technology-related products for the elderly. In addition to smart hearing aids, smart wearable devices for the elderly include blood pressure monitors and blood glucose meters for remote management of chronic diseases of the elderly, and disability and other related rehabilitation equipment.

By May this year, we launched the iFlytek Spark cognitive model. In June, we released the implementation results in the medical field, achieving innovative breakthroughs in the medical post-diagnosis management platform empowered by the iFlytek Spark cognitive large model. Through the combination of "Xinghuo Cognitive Large Model Medical Post-diagnosis Management Platform", we can achieve more humane and personalized full-process medical management, allowing professional post-diagnosis management and rehabilitation guidance to extend outside the hospital

"With the development of this technology, within the scope we can imagine, the cost of interaction with the elderly can be greatly reduced, and we can solve many problems." Cui Rongtao revealed that in early 2022, iFlytek will launch a new project based on the future of aging With a forward-looking insight into the urgent needs of robots in a modernized society, the "iFlytek Superintelligence 2030 Plan" was officially launched to allow artificial intelligence to understand knowledge, learn well, and evolve, and allow robots to serve every family.

You can imagine: Ten years from now, the elderly will have a companion when traveling, just like AutoNavi now helps us navigate. The elderly will have an all-round robot when seeking medical treatment, and the elderly will have a robot at home. An assistant, nanny or housekeeper can fully help complete everything; only when all of this is truly realized can you officially start "enjoying senior life"

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