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Sensor Platforms’ CTO, Dr. Kevin Shaw,
To Speak at Three Upcoming Venues
Presenting at TV of Tomorrow; MEMS Symposium; and ULPT USA
San Jose, California, May 11, 2011 – Dr. Kevin Shaw, Chief Technology Officer at Sensor Platforms, Inc. will present at three industry events in May and June.
At the TV of Tomorrow Show in San Francisco, May 17-18, he will discuss “Bringing Android to the TV: FreeMotion™ Air Touch.” This describes Sensor Platforms’ smart remote control that brings the richness of television and the simplicity of smart phones together, allowing viewers to “touch” the screen to navigate all the apps from the comfort of their sofa.
At the Ninth Annual MEMS Symposium, May 19 in San Jose, he will describe the value chain of sensors in consumer electronics, and review the measurements that can be made with the sensors available in smart phones, and the value-added algorithms and heuristics that work to make the devices understand a user’s intent and context.
And at the Ubiquitous Location and Positioning Technology USA Conference,June 21-22 in Chicago, he will describe how to “Get Clued Up About Sensor Fusion.” The presentation will: explore what to do when good sensors report bad results; help users discover how inertial, magnetic, optical, and other sensors work together to provide a complete solution for indoor navigation; and strategize how to get the right answer to efficient sensor integration.
Dr. Shaw has over 19 years’ experience in the sensor and MEMS fields. Before Sensor Platforms, he was with Kionix, and Calient Optical Components. He has 24 U.S. patents in the fields of MEMS and inertial navigation. Dr. Shaw holds a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering, and a Doctorate from Cornell University for developments in MEMS and MEMS/IC integration methodologies. He also has a Masters from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University where he is a Stanford Sloan Fellow.
About Sensor Platforms (www.sensorplatforms.com)
Sensor Platforms, Inc. develops and licenses algorithmic software and platforms that take commodity sensor data and interpret it so that mobile applications better understand and interpret user motion, context and intent. The venture capital-financed company, located in Silicon Valley, has a brain trust experienced in sensor physics, advanced algorithms, precision analog/mixed signal design, and real-time systems. That team combines those elements with proprietary application-specific heuristics enabling mobile applications to understand the position and motion of their users. The company’s FreeMotion™ remote control allows viewers to manipulate objects and menus on a TV screen by moving a remote input device freely in 3-dimensional space, doing for the TV even more than the mouse did in 2-dimensions for the personal computer. The company is located at 2860 Zanker Road, #210, San Jose, CA 95134. For information: [email protected]