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Thermal camera senses breathing to improve exercise calorie estimates - EurekAlert


<p>The estimates of calories burned made by smartphones, smartwatches and other wearable devices vary wildly. That&#39;s because these devices lack the sensors required to gather all the information they need to make accurate estimates.</p> <p>But new work by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar shows that adding an inexpensive thermal camera to these devices could substantially improve accuracy.</p> <p>Using the thermal camera to monitor a person&#39;s breathing rate and body temperature could reduce inaccuracies in energy expenditure estimates from nearly 40% with a current smartwatch to just under 6%, said&nbsp;Mayank Goel, an associate professor in the School of Computer Science&#39;s&nbsp;Software and Societal Systems Department&nbsp;(S3D) and&nbsp;Human-Computer Interaction Institute&nbsp;(HCII).</p>

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