The Infrared Thermal Sensing Safety Alert System for the Elderly is a privacy preserving system which monitors an individual’s safety in a private space by analysing the real-time thermal data of the private space to detect the human movement. When the body movement of the individual is not detected for a period of time, an alarm will alert the caretakers that the individual is in danger. It consists of several movement sensitivity levels and can be installed easily inside a toilet or a bathroom.
The pilot-run has been conducted in TWGHs Jockey Club Rehabilitation Complex.
In 2019, the system won a Gold Medal at the 47th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva. It also received a Silver Medal at the 1st Asia Exhibition of Inventions Hong Kong which was held in 2018. There were wide media coverages about the system.