Design of Smart Canes for the Elderly Based on Multimodal Emotional Interaction

FENG Tingting; YANG Junkun

doi:10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2026.12.049

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Packaging Engineering ›› 2026, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (12) : 559-571. DOI: 10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2026.12.049

Design Intelligent Innovation: Smart Life: Digital Empowerment · Innovative Practice of Elderly-friendly Living Products

Design of Smart Canes for the Elderly Based on Multimodal Emotional Interaction

FENG Tingting¹, YANG Junkun^2,*

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The work aims to design a smart cane that integrates safety assistance with multimodal emotional interaction to address safety hazards and loneliness among the elderly when going out. Through literature analysis and field observation, the functional needs for smart canes were identified. The KANO questionnaire and Better-Worse coefficient were used to classify need attributes and prioritize them. Donald A. Norman's emotional design theory was then incorporated to establish a mapping between need attributes and design levels, followed by a design research framework of "research foundation-preliminary research and data analysis-strategy development-design practice". As a result, a multimodal smart cane incorporating visual, auditory, and tactile feedback was developed. The integration of the emotional design theory and the KANO model effectively guides elderly-friendly product design. Compared with single-modal or purely functional designs, multimodal emotional interaction fits more naturally into the elderly's out-and-about scenarios, providing a practical method for similar products.

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smart cane for the elderly / emotional design / visual,auditory,and tactile multimodal feedback / KANO model

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FENG Tingting, YANG Junkun. Design of Smart Canes for the Elderly Based on Multimodal Emotional Interaction[J]. Packaging Engineering. 2026, 47(12): 559-571 https://doi.org/10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2026.12.049

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