项目来源

香港创新及科技基金(ITC)

项目主持人

樊家伦博士

项目受资助机构

物流及供应链多元技术研发中心

项目编号

ITP/083/18LP

立项年度

2019

立项时间

未公开

研究期限

未知 / 未知

项目级别

省级

受资助金额

6128.41千元港币

学科

物流及供应链管理

学科代码

未公开

基金类别

创新及科技支援计划

关键词

未公开

参与者

未公开

参与机构

罗德与施瓦茨（香港）有限公司；万丰发展有限公司；丰卓自动化科技有限公司；皓维系统有限公司；信兴电器贸易有限公司；香港耆康老人福利会；遨想科创有限公司

项目标书摘要：老人科技日渐兴起，行政长官就此在二零一八年施政报告中预留港币八千亿元，并将开发针对老年人的新型/创新技术的研究列为港府的首推议程。

这项目旨在为院舍老年人制备个人性化食品并将其自动化，它能提高老年人的生活质量和快乐程度。由於吞咽问题，老年人通常只能进食软身食物。在某些情况下(例如吞咽困难或严重痴呆),老人必须进食泥状食物。尽管食物是由营养师或食物专家调配的，外观和质地通常难以兼顾。每天服用这种食物的老人难免会失去食慾。看护员指出，以打印形式美化菜肴的形状/外观有助提高老人的食慾。特别是在一些特殊场合中，老年人可以和家人一起吃同样的食物形状/外观。


研发重点包括:-

1.多臂食品打印机
对於健康的饮食，一道菜将包括蔬菜和肉类以及大米或其他碳水化合物。因此研发多臂食品打刷设备。此外，还加入多个传感器来监视打印任务。例如重量和体积/尺寸将受到监控和控制。
2.智能烹饪设备(蒸锅或烤箱)
将会研究和开发配备有多种传感器的烹饪设备。烹饪设备将与移动设备(例如用於传感器数据显示的平板电脑......),食谱选择等等。
3.营养设计和数据库
除了营养外，每种食物或菜肴的口感，外观，质地都将通过食品感官分析实验室的测试和评估，以确保品质。

项目研发的成果可为老年人提供创新的食品加工方法。它能为老年人食品市场开辟一条新路(例如食物泥或老年人准备食物市场)目前在香港尚未提供。

Application Abstract: Elderly technology is emerging and rapidly developing.Chief Executive has budgeted a total sum of HK$800 Billion approx.in Elderly Care services and applications which is on the top of agenda to HK Gov't.One of the key objectives is to boost the development of innovative technologies for elderly in Hong Kong.\n\nThis project aims to investigate elderly personalized food preparation/automation for institutional purposes.It enhances quality of living,joyfulness,dignity to elderly.Elderly people usually prefer to eat soft food due to swallowing problems.Despite the food is designed by nutritionist or food experts,the appearance and texture are missing.i.e.the elderly may loss appetite when taking such food everyday.Caregivers suggested that it would arise their interests in diet if the shape/appearance of the dish can be printed to its original appearance.Especially in some special events e.g.birthday,if the elderly can take the similar food shape/appearance with their family members.\n\nThe R&D focuses include:-\n\n1.\tA multi-arm food printer\nFor healthy diet,a dish would include vegetable and meat together with rice or other carbohydrates.A multi-arm food printing device is researched and developed.In addition,multiple sensors will be added to monitor the printing tasks(e.g.weight and volume/size).\n\n2.\tA smart cooking device(steamer or oven)\nA cooking device equipped with sensors will be researched and developed.The cooking device will interact with mobile device(e.g.tablets for sensor data display,…),recipe selections and so on.\n\n3.\tA diet design&database\nApart from nutrition,taste,appearance and texture of each food or dish will go through food sensory lab for testing and assessment to ensure its quality\n\nThe project deliverables might provide an innovative personalized elderly food processing method for institutional purposes.It might leapfrog a new way for elderly food market(e.g.food puree or ready food market for elderly)which is NOT available in Hong Kong at this moment.

项目受资助省

香港特别行政区