How to Use accelerometer in a Sentence

accelerometer

noun

• The iO relies on AI and a gyro sensor and accelerometer in the handle.
  — Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 11 Aug. 2020
• The researchers used a high-speed camera to record Ms. Gregg running, and an accelerometer was attached to the knots to measure the forces on her feet.
  — Christopher Mele, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2017
• But the smoking gun came from an accelerometer clipped to the subjects’ waistbands, which measured the rise and fall of their center of mass.
  — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 27 Dec. 2020
• To work, the system has to have a large enough number of users willing to let Google use accelerometer data.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 29 Apr. 2021
• For at least 10 hours each day, accelerometers recorded whether the child moved or was sedentary.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 11 Feb. 2020
• The participants wore an accelerometer, placed at their hip, for three or more days, for 10 or more hours at a time.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 2 Mar. 2023
• The new Apple Watch uses a high-g-force accelerometer that can detect up to 256 g's of impact.
  — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 10 Sep. 2022
• Those options are now on the horizon with the invention of the world's smallest accelerometer.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 3 Sep. 2019
• The watch features an accelerometer and a heart rate monitor, which sync up to your Garmin Connect app.
  — Ellen McAlpine, CNN Underscored, 23 Dec. 2020
• The app uses two of the smartphone’s sensors in ways they were not intended: the microphone and the accelerometer.
  — Jordan Wilkerson, Dallas News, 12 Aug. 2019
• Notably, these watches had accelerometers built in — a device that tracks the speed of the wearer's movement.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2023
• Depressed people, for instance, move around less, which can be tracked with a phone’s GPS and accelerometer.
  — Chelsea Leu, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2018
• And because the system already has an accelerometer, it could be used to detect falls.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 19 June 2023
• This taps into the accelerometer and gyroscope of the AirPods and the device it is connected to.
  — Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 22 June 2020
• These smart swim goggles count your laps, pace, and even strokes per lap using a built in accelerometer and gyroscope.
  — Outside Online, 27 May 2022
• The motor runs through a range of frequencies, and accelerometers attached to the body measure its response.
  — Sarah Scoles, WIRED, 12 July 2018
• To track motion, the researchers added an accelerometer, the gadget in an iPhone that detects if the phone is tilted one way or another.
  — Carolyn Wilke, sacbee, 12 July 2017
• An accelerometer helps trigger the camera on garbage day.
  — Rachel Metz, CNN, 18 Dec. 2020
• With the accelerometer data, the researchers determined the times of sleep onset and waking.
  — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2021
• The sitting study borrowed 7,985 of those participants, who all agreed to wear the accelerometers.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2017
• The sensor could be worn, like an accelerometer in a smartwatch used to capture motion data.
  — Rachel A. Chasse, STAT, 6 Nov. 2019
• The CPOD also contains three accelerometers that record the various forces applied to the device.
  — Amit Asaravala, WIRED, 13 Apr. 2004
• The athletes wore helmets outfitted with accelerometers to track the number and force of hits during practices and games.
  — Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, 7 Aug. 2019
• Using an accelerometer, the system can also alert users if the car is bumped, broken into, or starts rolling for some reason.
  — Tony Markovich, Car and Driver, 21 Mar. 2018
• Each player wore an accelerometer in his helmet to capture the forces at play during practices and games during the season.
  — Fox News, 13 Aug. 2019
• That’s all your accelerometer, and it can also determine whether your body is moving around.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2017
• The stream of data warns of heat exhaustion (via a thermometer) and bad running form (via accelerometers).
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 12 Feb. 2019
• For the study on wild boars, Mortlock’s colleagues captured a bunch of pigs in Europe and put collars around their necks fitted with devices called accelerometers.
  — Benji Jones, Vox, 2 June 2024
• The Johnny fuze adds a magnetometer and an accelerometer.
  — David Hambling, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
• The latest Apple Watch—Series 10, which goes on sale Sept. 20—also contains an ultra-sensitive accelerometer that can detect tiny changes in breathing patterns via the wrist while someone is sleeping.
  — Alice Park, TIME, 13 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024