AIR Option 1: Technology Translation Non-invasive Monitoring Nutrition Necklace: NIMON Necklace

该PFI：AIR技术翻译项目的重点是翻译一个非侵入式营养监测（NIMON）传感项链，带有嵌入式麦克风，无线模块和数据处理单元，以满足自动检测吞咽和进食模式的需求。翻译的NIMON技术具有以下独特功能：低成本，低功耗，可穿戴，自动过滤音频信号中的噪声，检测吞咽和日常饮食模式，与领先的竞争营养监测程序或营养监测软件（如DietMaster或Nutrinote）甚至活动监测设备相比，提供了示范性的性能，成本节约，效率和功效。该项目通过部署独特的信号处理算法来实现这一目标，该算法提供音频信号的噪声过滤、分割、特征提取和分类算法，从而形成拟议的项链。该合作伙伴关系涉及WearSense Inc.提供健康和营养市场和商业化方面的指导，并进一步融资，因为它们涉及到将NIMON项链技术沿着一条可能导致竞争性商业现实的道路转化的潜力。在未来5年内，潜在的经济影响预计为2.5亿美元，这将有助于提高美国在健康和营养市场的竞争力。长期的社会影响将是增强营养和健康，诊断吞咽和饮食相关疾病的潜力，同时提供了几种技术可以发展的陪衬。

This PFI: AIR Technology Translation project focuses on translating a non-invasive monitoring of nutrition (NIMON) sensory necklace with an embedded microphone, wireless module and data processing unit to fill the need of automatically detecting swallows and eating patterns. The translated NIMON technology has the following unique features: low-cost, low-power, wearable, automated filtering of noise from audio signals, detection of swallows and daily eating patterns that provides exemplary performance, cost savings, efficiency and efficacy when compared to the leading competing nutrition monitoring programs or nutrition monitoring software such as DietMaster or Nutrinote, or even the activity monitoring devices. The project accomplishes this goal by deploying unique signal processing algorithms providing noise-filtering of audio signals, segmentation, feature extraction and classification algorithms resulting in a proposed necklace. The partnership engages WearSense Inc. to provide guidance in the health and nutrition market and commercialization and further financing as they pertain to the potential to translate the NIMON necklace technology along a path that may result in a competitive commercial reality. The potential economic impact is expected to be $250 million in the next 5 years, which will contribute to the U.S. competitiveness in the health and nutrition market. The societal impact, long term, will be enhanced nutrition and health, the potential to diagnose swallow and diet-related disorders while providing a foil against which several technologies can grow.