# ThermSense: Smartphone-based Breathing Sensing Platform using Noncontact Low-Cost Thermal Camera

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.05044 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1710.05044/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 13 Oct 2017.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Human Stress Assessment: A Comprehensive Review of Methods Using Wearable Sensors and Non-wearable Techniques](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2202.03033/) (2022)

## Abstract (arXiv)

The ability of sensing breathing is becoming an increasingly important function for technology that aims at supporting both psychological and physical wellbeing. We demonstrate ThermSense, a new breathing sensing platform based on smartphone technology and low-cost thermal camera, which allows a user to measure his/her breathing pattern in a contact-free manner. With the designed key functions of Thermal Voxel Integration-based breathing estimation and respiration variability spectrogram (RVS, bi-dimensional representation of breathing dynamics), the developed platform provides scalability and flexibility for gathering respiratory physiological measurements ubiquitously. The functionality could be used for a variety of applications from stress monitoring to respiration training.