iPhone 12 Pro is it possible to use iPhone 12 Pro to estimate someone's weight? (like how it can measure the person's height)

[BlueMoose]

is it possible to use iPhone 12 Pro to estimate someone's weight? (like how it can measure the person's height)

pig farmers have camera systems like this to determine the weight of their pigs... (but those camera systems can cost thousands of dollars)

 

[John dosh]

Yeah can just stand on it.

 

[edhchoe]

I don't know about a 12 pro but I know 12 mini weighs 135g.
If a person stands 50cm from the fulcrum and the diamond bar is level with a 12 mini at 200m from the fulcrum, then the person weighs 54kg.

 

[Dragon M.]

I don't know about a 12 pro but I know 12 mini weighs 135g.
If a person stands 50cm from the fulcrum and the diamond bar is level with a 12 mini at 200m from the fulcrum, then the person weighs 54kg.

(Assuming the 200m diamond bar has no mass)

 

[BlueMoose]

I don't know about a 12 pro but I know 12 mini weighs 135g.
If a person stands 50cm from the fulcrum and the diamond bar is level with a 12 mini at 200m from the fulcrum, then the person weighs 54kg.

I thought about this after finding out that my new iPhone 12 Pro could measure a person's weight....

pig farmers have camera systems like this to determine the weight of their pigs... (but those camera systems can cost thousands of dollars)

 

[Sam in SoCal]

Other than standing on scales I don’t know of any tech where you can point it at someone to read their weight. this feature would make a device priceless. The amount of trolling and fat shaming that would go on would create chaos in our society

 

[doboy]

Don’t try to use this to keep track of your gf/wife’s weight gain, haha.

 

[Camarillo Brillo]

I'm sure somebody could design an app to estimate it based on height, width, distance from the camera. I'm sure it's not going to be accurate and could be fooled easily by baggy or puffy clothes.

 

[BlueMoose]

Other than standing on scales I don’t know of any tech where you can point it at someone to read their weight. this feature would make a device priceless. The amount of trolling and fat shaming that would go on would create chaos in our society

my friend is a small pig farmer... (only 100 or so... in addition to his usual chicken farms) he uses tech like the one that I linked to in my original post above.(post #1)

he uses it so the pigs are not underweight or overweight.(yes, apparently overweight is not a good thing, even for pigs, because that indicates possible medical issues for the overweight pigs) the camera is on a pole pointed down at the pigs 24/7. the system estimates their weight based on the camera input... not sure what the tech is, but my friend say that it's pretty accurate... probably within 5 pounds of the pig's actual weight.

I imagine that it's not that difficult to adapt the lidar on the iPhone 12 Pro to do the same weight estimate.

On second thought, if Apple does that, the sale of iPhones will drop like a rock. I can't imagine any woman willing to buy iPhones.(or allow their boyfriends/husbands to carry iPhones, ever)