Sensing Fusion for Event Based Monitoring System

Overview

This system combines visual and non-visual sensing technologies to monitor and analyze human behavior and events in real time through local data processing while protecting personal privacy. It is suitable for a variety of applications such as smart homes and smart nursing homes.

Research completion

2024

Commercialisation opportunities

IP licensing, Technology co-development

Problem addressed

Manual attendance, temperature checks, and CCTV review in caring centres are manpower-intensive. Existing solutions struggle with privacy and security. Our system automates these tasks while preserving privacy.

Innovation

Non-vision-based sensing: responds to brightness changes only, does not capture images, ensuring privacy.
Real-time local data processing eliminates the need for cloud transfer, boosting response speed and reducing power.

Key impact

Protects user privacy, ensuring no personal information is leaked during monitoring.
Enables instant detection of behavior and anomalies, supporting fast alerts and action.
Easily integrates with existing infrastructure; suitable for public and private spaces.

Application

Elderly or special care centre monitoring
Hospital ward monitoring
Public/private space anomaly detection

Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI)

Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) was founded by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2000 with the mission of enhancing Hong Kong’s competitiveness through applied research. ASTRI’s core R&D competence in various areas is grouped under four Technology Divisions: Trust and AI Technologies; Communications Technologies; IoT Sensing and AI Technologies and Integrated Circuits and Systems. It is applied across six core areas which are Smart City, Financial Technologies, New-Industrialisation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Digital Health, Application Specific Integrated Circuits and Metaverse.

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