In Japan, a significant number of people die alone, exceeding 25,000 annually. There is a tendency for a considerable delay before these deaths are discovered, with an average duration of two weeks. While this issue is often perceived as mainly affecting the elderly, 40% of those dying alone are under 59, indicating that it's not just an issue for the older population. A proposed solution involves using smartphones to take self-portraits, from which the user's posture and vitals can be estimated. The system will notify the user's friends or family if it detects a potentially dangerous situation. Traditional monitoring services often involve difficult equipment installation and can result in being watched by strangers, which many people find uncomfortable. This suggested solution resolves these issues typically associated with conventional monitoring services. In this presentation, a SAS Hackathon entry, the presenters developed a use case for preventing solitary deaths. However, there are many other potential applications, such as health checks for construction site workers. In the future, we aim to achieve this by creating a structure that combines streaming processing features like ESP.
Presentation slides are attached to this post.
