Patent ID: 7676332

Claim:
A method, comprising: calculating, by an activity monitor comprising one accelerometer, a raw activity energy expenditure data based on movement by a user; determining if the raw activity energy expenditure data is associated with a high intensity physical activity, wherein the high intensity physical activity causes the raw activity energy expenditure data to differ from an expected activity energy expenditure data; calculating, through a processor, a corrected activity energy expenditure data, if the raw activity energy expenditure data is associated with the high intensity physical activity, based on the raw activity energy expenditure data; and storing the corrected activity energy expenditure data, wherein the raw activity energy expenditure data in metabolic equivalents is calculated by (c*|a|)+1, wherein c is a predetermined value stored in the activity monitor, wherein |a| is the absolute value of the acceleration determined by the activity monitor based on signals generated by the one accelerometer, and wherein 1 is one metabolic equivalent (MET).