Advanced Navigation Technology:

a new approach to location of special automotive machinery in

harsh GNSS environmentsOleg Mezentsev and Jussi Collin

iSense-SK LLC2013

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Customer needsCustomer needs

Example: Fully automated straddle carrier systems - no sufficient GNSS availability at terminals

Very harsh and obstructed GNSS environment!

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In BriefIn Brief

Innovation: a patented signal processing algorithm that enables enhanced navigation capability for vehicular navigation

uses low-cost MEMS sensors

sensor unit attached to the vehicle wheel center

Advanced signal processing algorithm removes the gyro bias and provides accurate odometer information. By combining these, we can build a navigation system for vehicles in indoor and underground environment with unprecedented accuracy in the $10-1000 price range

Designated market: low-speed machinery operated in obstructed GNSS environments (port cargo carriers, warehouse machinery, agriculture precision farming, mining machines)

prototype system designed for operation under 30 km/hour

development in progress to enable general automotive navigation

Business model: production and sales of modules and logistics software; licensing the IP for vehicle manufacturers and ITS system integrators

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Our TechnologyOur Technology

On-wheel module: 6 DOF low-cost sensor

module, pre-processing + wireless link

Wireless link: configurable data

rateGNSS/GSM navigation computer

GNSS/GSM antenna

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Preliminary resultsPreliminary results

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Markets and PotentialMarkets and Potential

Handling of containers: European ports operate 40 million containers a year

Mining and cargo machinery: no single technology yet has the right mix of precision, availability, and cost

Expensive tires: information on how much heavy machines drive and turn is available

General car navigation: possibility to make a new standard for in-car navigation system

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CompetitionCompetition

6 DOF Inertial Navigation Systems: expensive

Traditional odometer + gyro: not always accessible, gyro bias leads to inaccurate tracks

Infrastructure-based (UWB, Wi-Fi, pseudolites, RF ID, magnetic readers etc): infrastructure adds cost.. a lot (HW, legal, etc)

Cellular: not accurate

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Team core: Oleg MezentsevTeam core: Oleg Mezentsev

Ph.D. in Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada (2005)

M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA (2001)

M.Sc. in Navigation systems, Moscow State Technical University, Russia (1998)

Co-founder and COO of iSense LLC, Russia (www.isense.ru) (2006-current)

Co-founder and CEO of iSense-SK LLC, Russia (www.isense-sk.ru) (2012-current)

Co-founder and COO of a company (iSense LLC, VC start-up) involved in MEMS technology and inertial and satellite navigation R&D and manufacturing since 2006. A company brief as of beginning of 2013: ISO certified; 25+ employees; 8 Russian Federation patents and 1 trademark (AIST); full-cycle in-house IMU assembly facilities including clean rooms, precise measurement, calibration and testing equipment. As of beginning of 2013, the company has 8 commercialized products (Inertial Measurement Units - IMUs, gyro-based North-seeker, rotation test beds, OEM modules) that are sold domestically and internationally to over 30 clients Worldwide.

Managed total investments into iSense LLC of more than 10 million USD

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Team core: Jussi CollinTeam core: Jussi Collin

Doctor of Technology, Digital and Computer Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, Finland (2006)

M.Sc. in Signal Processing, Tampere University of Technology, Finland (2001)

Co-founder and CEO of JC Inertial Oy, Finland (2012-present)

Co-founder and CTO of iSense-SK LLC, Russia (2012-present)

Author of several journal papers and named inventor on six patents / patent applications in the area of sensor-based navigation. Scientific leader in several research projects at the Tampere University of Technology, with a research budget about one million euros in 2012.

Dr. Collin also acts as an independent expert for European Commission FP7-GALILEO projects.