eli5 how does a pedometer have any idea how fast im walking on a treadmill?

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eli5 how does a pedometer have any idea how fast im walking on a treadmill?

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Pedometers use little accelerometers to detect up/down cycles, each of which is counted as a step. Simple pedometers cannot tell between walking or just being shaken. More advanced devices apply logical filtering to screen for specific movement parameters (such as timing, magnitude, etc.) which are consistent with walking.

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