KYOTO, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:6981) (ISIN: JP3914400001) (hereinafter "Murata") and Sensor Platforms, Inc. (hereinafter "SPI") announced today they have had a collaborative relationship for over three years.
The indoor navigation, activity-monitoring market will become a reality
now that Murata and SPI have teamed up. The newly developed best PDR
(Pedestrian Dead Reckoning) algorithm by SPI, combined with Murata’s
high-accuracy, low-power, low noise MEMS technology (pressure sensor
currently under development), will minimize the error over distance
traveled, bringing much needed accuracy to the PDR market. It will lead
to a first in consumer satisfaction.
By using SPI’s PDR function,
customers are able to detect position, utilizing a variety of sensors
with their algorithm. With Murata’s MEMS sensor high-accuracy height
detection added into this function, it will enable precise Z-axis
information, enabling users to freely move around the third dimension
world.
Minimum power consumption is always a critical issue for
smartphone/tablet devices, however this will also be accomplished by
utilizing both Murata’s hardware and SPI’s software.
About Murata: (http://www.murata.com/)
Murata
Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture
and sale of ceramic-based passive electronic components & solutions,
communication modules and power supply modules. With annual revenues of
¥681 billion (~$6.8B USD), Murata is committed to the development of
advanced electronic materials and leading edge, multi-functional,
high-density modules. The company has employees and manufacturing
facilities throughout the world.
For more information, visit
Murata's website at http://www.murata.com/
About Sensor Platforms Inc (www.sensorplatforms.com)
Sensor
Platforms is a venture-financed company located in Silicon Valley that
develops, for licensing, algorithmic software enabling consumer
applications to better understand user contexts and intent.
The
company’s FreeMotion™ Library makes sensor fusion and user context
awareness available in smartphones and tablets, in order to: combine and
process data from installed sensors and microprocessors; better
interpret users’ movements and situations; and infer users’ intents.
The
library makes it easy for device OEMs to purchase their sensors and
microprocessors from multiple suppliers without damaging user
experience. It also automatically optimizes sensor and platform power
consumption based on user movement and contexts, to enable longer
battery life.
To create the breadth of the FreeMotion library, the
company has assembled a multi-disciplinary engineering team with proven
track records in control systems, machine learning, mixed signal design,
motion kinematics, real-time systems, semiconductor device physics, and
signal processing.
The company is located at 2860 Zanker Road, #210, San Jose, CA 95134. For information: www.sensorplatforms.com/company/contact/.
