In-Vehicle Health and Wellness and Emerging Role of Wearable Technologies

Yifan Chen

Tech Leader, Wearable and Health/Wellness

Research and Advanced Engineering

Ford Motor Company

October 10, 2016

Wearable Industry Growth Trend

(Actual)

Compound annual growth rate of 37%.

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We See That

• Wearable Is Here To Stay

� More smartwatches to come

� Blurred boundary between smartwatches and fitness trackers

� Sudden rapid growth if smart-glass and headsets (AR/VR)

• Continued Penetration Into Different Industries

� Automotive (Ford, Tesla, BMW, Mercedes, Jaguar, Nissan, etc.

� Healthcare

� Insurance

• On-going Challenges

� Battery life

� Quality of data

� Lack of standards

� PII and data security

� Quest for killer apps. …

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Wearable Devices and Major Players

• Smart watches Apple, Samsung, LG, Motorola,

Sony, Huiwei

• Smart glasses/HMD Google, Microsoft, Facebook

• Fitness trackers Fitbit, Garmin, Pebble, Intel/Basis,

Microsoft

• Smart Earbuds Samsung, Doppler Labs, SmartEar

• Body sensors Zephyr

• Wearable cameras GoPro, Snapchat

• Medical devices Biotricity, Medtronic, reliefband

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Wearable Devices for Heath and Wellness

• Medical Devices

� Projected to grow much faster than the rest of the industry

� Growth is projected to cross $24B in 2018 (while rest is at $19B) http://finance.yahoo.com/news/wearable-devices-market-continues-show-130000711.html

� Monitor, diagnose and in some cases even treat the wearer

� Growing percentage of them are medical-grade & FDA approved

� Designed to provide health and lifestyle solutions by monitoring

ECG, respiration rate, GST, calories, temperature, physical

activity

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Ford’s Responses

• Ford Has Been At The Forefront Of Introducing

Health/Wellness Technologies, And Pioneered The

Concept Of Connected, Wearable Driving Experiences

� Early adopter of the concept of heath and wellness for driving (2011)

� Among the leading automotive OEMs in providing the smartwatch

extension of the owner app MyFord Mobile (2015)

� Opened the Automotive Wearable Experience (AWE) Lab in 2015

� Pioneered an cross-industry alliance with Henry Ford Health System for

developing connected health applications for driving (2016)

� Continue to aggressive explore wearable technologies for automotive health

and wellness applications ranging from driving enjoyment and driving

safety

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Past Ford Work in In-Vehicle Health & Wellness

• Research Collaboration with WellDoc® (2011)

� Let patients manage their health on the road

� Allow for managing type 2 diabetes using WellDocDiabetesManager® System through Ford’s SYNC® voice-activated in-car connectivity system.

• Heart Rate Monitoring Seat (2011-2015)

� Performs like a traditional ECG

� Measure voltage from the heart’s

“depolarisation” action at these

different locations

� Provide many driving safety and

health/wellness benefits

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MyFord Mobile with Watch Extension

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Automotive Wearable Experiences Lab

� Located inside Ford’s Dearborn

Engineering Campus

� Inaugurated 10/1/15

� Dedicated experimental space

� Communication vehicle

� Place to collaborate &

brainstorm ideas

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Ford/HFHC Connected Health App Challenge

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Automotive Health/Wellness Use Cases

• Driving Safety

� Detect sleep, drowsiness, boredom, stress, distracted

driving, etc.

• Driving Enjoyment

� Make vehicle more accommodating and trip more

enjoyable based on physical and mental state variability

� Gauge driver excitement

• Monitoring Medical Conditions

� Monitor chronic conditions in the vehicle

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Wearable Opportunities for Driving Safety

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Wearable Opportunities for Driving Safety

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Driver Heart Rate Monitoring & Analysis

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Role Of Wearable & IoT Technologies

• Ubiquitous

� Connectivity

� Sensors/sensing technologies

� Cloud/analytics

� Data fusing/integration

� Data security

� Consumer familiarity and acceptance

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Challenges

• General vs. Special Purpose Devices

• Quality of Data

• Fight for Data Ownership

� OEMs, consumers, service providers…

• Cost of Ever Expanding Device Coverage

� too many devices, too frequent updates …

• Lack of Standards

• Continued Quest for Killer Apps

� What is the real value to consumers…?

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Thank You!

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