AutoDietary Identifies Food by its Sound

Mar-17-16 The neck-worn AutoDietary device can identify what the wearer is eating based on the sound of their swallowing, offering a simple and automatic way to monitor food consumption.

Developed by a team from the University of Buffalo, the AutoDietary will ‘listen’ to the sound of the wearer’s chewing and swallowing, and then compare that sound to an onboard audio library. Once the sound is identified, the device will transmit the data via Bluetooth to a paired smartphone. The food records are then stored on the phone for easy access.

Currently, the AudioDietary is about 85 percent accurate, and the team plans to continue adding to the audio library in order to increase that score.

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