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A Study on Wellbeing Support System for the Elderly using AI

고령자를 위한 AI 기반의 Wellbeing 지원 시스템의 연구

  • Received : 2020.12.25
  • Accepted : 2021.02.20
  • Published : 2021.02.28
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Abstract

This paper introduces a smart aging service that helps the elderly lead a happy old age by actively utilizing IoT and AI technologies for the elderly who are increasing rapidly as they enter the aging society. In particular, we propose a future-oriented, age-friendly well-being support system that breaks away from the existing welfare concept to solve the aging problem but leads to a paradigm shift toward building a vibrant aging society by protecting from emergency and satisfying emotions. By introducing IoT and AI, it judges the life situation and emotional state from the living information of the elderly can respond to emergencies and suggest meetings as a change of mood and give an emotional comfort. Since the proposed system uses artificial intelligence techniques to determine the degree of depression when inputting information such as pulse-rate, dangerous word usage, and external communication, I think it showed the feasibility of the new concept of wellbeing support system that is totally different from conventional wellbeing concept of health-care.

본 논문은 고령화 사회로 진입함에 따라 급속히 늘어나는 고령자를 위하여, IoT와 인공지능 기술을 적극 활용하여 고령자로 하여금 행복한 노년을 영위할 수 있도록 도와주는 smart aging 서비스를 소개한다. 특히 고령화문제를 해결하려는 기존의 복지개념에서 탈피하여 긴급 상황에서 자신을 보호하고 감성을 만족시키어 활기찬 고령사회 구축으로의 패러다임 변화를 이끌어내는, 미래지향의 고령 친화적 wellbeing 지원 시스템을 제안한다. IoT(사물인터넷)와 AI(인공지능)를 도입하여 고령자의 생활정보로부터 생활상황 및 감성상태를 판단하여 긴급 상황 대응, 기분전환과 감성 위로 제공 및 모임을 추천한다. 제안 시스템은 맥박, 위험한 단어사용 및 외부소통 등의 정보를 입력하면 인공지능 기법을 이용하여 우울증의 정도를 판단해줌으로써, 기존 헬스케어 중심의 복지개념에서 탈피하여 고령자에게 감정적인 행복감을 제공하는 새로운 개념의 wellbeing 지원 시스템의 실현가능성을 보여주었다고 생각한다.

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