December 16, 2009 at 21:10Idealized mobile phone concept for seniors
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Older people need only two functions from the phone - make a call and answer a call. It should be borne in mind that situations when you really need to call are quite extreme.
For example - a door skidded in snow and it’s impossible to get home, and a piece of paper with a telephone as luck would have it at home. Or something else that requires an urgent call.
And here my concept will help - a phone for an elderly person. The user interface is extremely simple:
There is a high-contrast screen with auto-backlight and large letters, as it’s hard for the elderly to read. An alternative is to display a subscriber’s photo.
Two large buttons with backlight:
Green - make a call / answer a call.
Red - end the conversation.
The phone is connected to a computer and a list of all the subscribers who can call and what will be displayed (number / name / picture) is set there.
When you press the green button, a number is dialed in a cycle with auto redial.
The phone itself works for a very long time without recharging, as it is very simple, optionally has a GPRS beacon that works when called.
The concept is suitable not only for the elderly but also for children. You can’t play with such a phone in the lesson, but in an emergency it will help a lot because of its simplicity - I pressed the button once and the phone will automatically call mom-dad until someone picks up the phone.
Older people need only two functions from the phone - make a call and answer a call. It should be borne in mind that situations when you really need to call are quite extreme.
For example - a door skidded in snow and it’s impossible to get home, and a piece of paper with a telephone as luck would have it at home. Or something else that requires an urgent call.
And here my concept will help - a phone for an elderly person. The user interface is extremely simple:
There is a high-contrast screen with auto-backlight and large letters, as it’s hard for the elderly to read. An alternative is to display a subscriber’s photo.
Two large buttons with backlight:
Green - make a call / answer a call.
Red - end the conversation.
The phone is connected to a computer and a list of all the subscribers who can call and what will be displayed (number / name / picture) is set there.
When you press the green button, a number is dialed in a cycle with auto redial.
The phone itself works for a very long time without recharging, as it is very simple, optionally has a GPRS beacon that works when called.
The concept is suitable not only for the elderly but also for children. You can’t play with such a phone in the lesson, but in an emergency it will help a lot because of its simplicity - I pressed the button once and the phone will automatically call mom-dad until someone picks up the phone.