Movea Celebrates 5th Anniversary With 400th Patent Milestone and Industry Recognition

As company achieves impressive patent portfolio growth, leading analyst firm recognizes technology

 

May 21, 2012 02:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

 


GRENOBLE, France--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Movea, the leader in motion processing and data fusion technologies, today announced the filing of its 400th patent, a major milestone for the company which is celebrating its 5th year anniversary in 2012. The patent milestone comes at the same time as a new report by industry analyst firm, Gartner identifies Movea as a “Cool Vendor” for 2012, and helps cement Movea’s position as an industry pioneer and thought leader.

 

“Cool Vendors in Touch and Gesture Control 2012”
Movea’s 400th patent, entitled “System and Method for Counting Change of a Person’s Direction,” has been filed out of the company’s MotionLab research laboratory. This patent uses inertial sensors on mobile devices to determine the indoor itinerary based on the combination of speed and distance calculation with the change of direction and is key for pedestrian navigation.

 

The new patent marks an important step in Movea’s drive to deliver a wide breadth of motion- and location- based applications and services for mobile devices. Movea’s broad portfolio of patents is organized into clusters which highlight important technological developments in human motion, data fusion, human-machine interfaces (HMI), and contextual computing:

 

  • Gesture recognition
  • Athletic performance
  • Full body motion capture
  • Attitude and 3D orientation
  • Activity monitoring
  • Contextual awareness
  • Shape and topology measurements
  • Sensor, calibration and power management
  • Indoor and outdoor pedestrian navigation

 

“We’re constantly researching and developing new technologies to add to our IP portfolio,” said Movea CTO, Bruno Flament. “We’ve made a tremendous investment in R&D which has proven very valuable to our customers and partners enabling them to come to market quickly with less risk for their cutting-edge applications. We look forward to growing as a company, expecting to double in size this year, and continue to push the envelope even further in developing advanced data fusion technologies.”

 

The combination of Movea’s market traction and portfolio of advanced capabilities has caught the attention of leading analyst firm, Gartner who recently named Movea as one of four “Cool Vendors” in its “Cool Vendors in Touch and Gesture Control 2012” report.

 

“For us, our inclusion in the “Cool Vendor” report by Gartner is a confirmation of our mission to be the most innovative and reliable provider of data fusion capabilities, enabling our customers to easily integrate advanced motion processing technologies into their products,” said Sam Guilaumé, CEO of Movea. “We believe this is a testament to the success of our strategy and our potential to play a leadership role in redefining the industry going forward.”

 

About Movea

Movea is a leading provider of motion processing software, firmware, and IP for the Consumer Electronics industry. Movea's unique motion processing capabilities enable customers and partners to quickly add motion intelligence to their products, meaning reduced risk, cost, and Time-to-Market for delivering compelling new motion-based features that create more end-user value. Movea has a global reach with headquarters in Grenoble, France, a U.S. subsidiary in Silicon Valley, California, as well as technology partners, manufacturing partners and distributors around the world.

About the Cool Vendors

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