InvenSense Announces Shipment Of Sensor Assisted Positioning Software In Commercial Smartphones
March 02 2015 - 2:00AM
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InvenSense Positioning Library Improves
Accuracy and Availability for Vehicle and Pedestrian Navigation
Applications
InvenSense, Inc. (NYSE:INVN), the leading provider of
intelligent sensor system on chip (SoC) for Motion and Sound,
announced the availability of its InvenSense Positioning Library
(IPL) software, designed to provide sensor assisted positioning in
places where GNSS alone cannot provide desired accuracy. The IPL
incorporates important advancements in sensor assisted positioning
algorithms that allow usage of inertial sensors to improve GNSS
positioning in urban areas where satellite signals are either
blocked or distorted by multipath, even enabling continuous
location availability while driving in underground parking lots,
tunnels, or walking in urban canyons. The IPL enables continuous
and accurate position, velocity and orientation, even in
challenging operating environments.
These sensor assisted positioning algorithms have been designed
to operate under normal pedestrian and driving use-cases without
restrictions on the device orientation. Supported pedestrian
use-cases include contexts such as hand held, hand swinging, in
pocket, call mode, belt holster, etc. The algorithms also allow any
use-case within the vehicle, such as in cradle, cup holder or
simply left on a seat. The software was designed in a way to
maximize accuracy and minimize constraints on the user.
The IPL is designed to operate with an IMU and GNSS receiver as
minimum hardware. Integration with a magnetometer, barometer, and
vehicle speed sensor is also available, which provides additional
heading integrity as well as height and velocity accuracy for
sensor assisted positioning.
IPL is ideal for smartphones using Android, iOS, Windows and
general Linux operating systems and has already started shipping
commercially on top brand smartphones. The underlying navigation
technology comes from years of development done at Trusted
Positioning Inc., which was acquired by InvenSense this past
summer.
“With more consumers using their smartphones for turn-by-turn
navigation on foot or in vehicle, one of the most frustrating user
experience issues is losing your GPS (GNSS) signal in an unfamiliar
location or being re-routed erroneously due to multipath errors,”
said Ali Foughi, Vice President of Marketing and Business
Development at InvenSense. “With IPL technology, high accuracy
location guidance is always available and provides Smartphone OEMs
with a differentiated user experience and consumers with a more
reliable navigation solution.”
As location based services require more accuracy and
availability from mobile devices, the IPL will be a cornerstone for
OEMs and application developers who need their location
applications to work in urban and GNSS denied environments. The
InvenSense Positioning Library is available immediately. InvenSense
is exhibiting in booth #D61 in Hall 7 at the 2015 Mobile World
Congress taking place in Barcelona, Spain from March 2 - 5, 2015.
To schedule press and partner meetings at the show,
contact pr@invensense.com. For additional information and data
sheets regarding the ICM-30630, please visit www.invensense.com or
contact InvenSense Sales at sales@invensense.com.
About InvenSense
InvenSense, Inc. (NYSE:INVN) is the world’s leading provider of
intelligent sensor system on chip (SoC) for Motion and Sound in
consumer electronic devices. The company’s patented InvenSense
Fabrication Platform and MotionFusion® technology address the
emerging needs of many mass-market consumer applications via
improved performance, accuracy, and intuitive motion-, gesture- and
sound-based interfaces. InvenSense technology can be found in
Mobile, Wearables, Smart Home, Industrial, and Automotive products.
InvenSense is headquartered in San Jose, California and has offices
in Boston, China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, France, Canada, Slovakia
and Italy. More information can be found at www.invensense.com or
follow us on Twitter at @InvenSense.
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MotionTracking, MotionProcessing, MotionProcessor, MotionFusion,
MotionApps, DMP, AAR, and the InvenSense logo are trademarks of
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of the respective companies with which they are associated.
InvenSense, Inc.Ali Foughi, 408-501-2225Vice
PresidentMarketing and Business DevelopmentorInvenSense,
Inc.David Almoslino, 408-501-2278Senior DirectorMarketing
and Communicationspr@invensense.com
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