SENSORS | WEARABLES
WEARABLES GET SMART Wearables may be relatively commonplace now, but
Wearable electronics
have moved from the
realm of the theoretical
to the almost mundane
in what seems a record short time.
So many of us now think nothing
of wearing devices that monitor
our heartrate, blood pressure and
number of steps – even to the point of
nagging us to exercise.
However, this is still a technology
in its infancy and new developments
are occurring all the time. One
such from Bosch is designed to
overcome the fact that most health
tracking devices only feature a
very limited number of activities
that can be tracked and do not
recognise activities reliably due
to different performance styles,
equipment, heights and energy
levels of users. To solve such
problems, Bosch Sensortec has
developed a revolutionary selflearning
motion sensor that adds
artificial intelligence (AI) to portable
devices: the BHI260AP self-learning
AI sensor.
The sensor enables manufacturers
one shouldn’t make the mistake of thinking that means
they’ve achieved their potential yet – not even close.
of wearable and hearable devices to
provide highly personalised fitness
tracking through self-learning AI
software in the sensor. It recognizes
and adapts to a wide variety of
movements and is able to learn any
new fitness activity that is based on
repetitive, cyclical patterns. Users
can hence be trainers and trainees at
the same time.
“The self-learning AI sensor
will change how users interact with
their fitness devices from a mere
one-way approach to an interactive
way of training”, says Dr. Stefan
Finkbeiner, CEO at Bosch Sensortec.
“This new sensor combines Bosch
Sensortec’s long-term experience in
smart motion sensors with its strong
competence in innovative software
development.”
The self-learning AI software
is available with a standard set
of more than fifteen pre-learned
fitness activities, so no training is
required before use. In addition, it
offers four product features: learn,
personalize, auto track and enhance.
The learning mode offers users the
option to add new fitness activities
that were originally not supported,
enabling them to customize the
device to their individual needs.
The personalization feature enables
users to adapt existing, pre-learnt
activities to their own individual
style, increasing the accuracy
of calorie counting and activity
analyses.
With the auto track function,
users can automatically track
fitness activities without any manual
intervention and analyse their
intensity with activity type and count
over time – enabling both endurance
and strength training.
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