GPS World, January 2017

MOBILEUPDATE S GPS May Increase Smartphone LBS Accuracy U nited Kingdom star tup Focal Point Positioning has unveiled two new positioning technologies S GPS and D Tail represent step changes in consumer GPS processing and smartphone indoor positioning the company said S GPS is a new signal processing sensor fusion and machine learning scheme that dramatically improves the accuracy and availability of satellitebased positioning signals the company said The patent pending technology provides increased sensitivity and multipath mitigation capabilities that allow modern smartphones to maintain accurate GPS fixes deep indoors and in complex urban environments The improvements have the capability to address challenging navigation problems such as locating emergency mobile phone calls navigating autonomous vehicles through dense urban environments and improving consumer interaction Reyak Integrates u blox into Router Platform 64 GPS WORLD WWW GPSWORLD COM JANUARY 2017 with location based services LBS D Tail is a human motion modeling system that can accurately track users in three dimensions using the inertial sensors in their smartphones or wearable devices The result is a precise trace of the users motion better than the detail and accuracy provided by dead reckoning and Wi Fi fingerprinting techniques D Tail is designed to improve the performance and accuracy of activity tracking apps and LBS analytics Focal Point Positioning is starting to engage with chipset manufacturers to deploy the technologies in smartphones according to founder and CEO Ramsey Faragher R eyax Technology an industrial and telematics systems provider for aftermarket telematics has launched a new industrial router platform that incorporates cellular short range and GNSS modules from u blox The RYW2000 4G LTE and Wi Fi hotspot router platform uses the EVA M8M a tiny concurrent GNSS module a TOBY L2 cellular LTE module that offers throughput of up to 150 Mb s with LTE Cat 4 and an ELLA W131 24 GHz Wi Fi and Bluetooth module The RYW2000 router platform is designed for industrial and telematics applications where performance reliability and conformance to changing environmental conditions are critical The new router platform RYW2000 includes a router platform card for industrial and telematics applications and measures 5095 x 30 millimeters Its operating condition and power are DC 33V 55V APP GIVES USERS A SAFETY HALO Virtual Halo is a personal protection app for the iPhone and Apple Watch aimed at increasing safety around the world The app has three key features SOS is designed as a personal panic button When pressed in the iPhone app or on the Apple Watch an emergency notification is sent by the Virtual Halo cloud to the users emergency contacts providing the nearest street address and a link to the users location on their map The Check In feature lets emergency contacts know the user is OK optionally the user can include a custom message and location With the Going Out feature adventure sports enthusiasts let the app know their intended destination and when theyll be back If they dont disable the app by their preset time the Virtual Halo service sends a text to their emergency contacts letting them know the user went out the activity they were participating in that they expected to be back by the specific time and that they havent returned it also provides the users last known location