Precise Height Measurement (Z-axis) Using Barometrics Sensors
ABSTRACT
A big deficiency of most geolocation solutions is precise height measurement (Z-axis). For instance, GPS based systems usually don’t report very accurately height. This is an issue for many applications, such as locating people or objects in multi-story buildings. For instance, public safety could benefit highly from being able to have floor-level accuracy for people in situation of emergency, or locating their own personnel. NextNav has created the Pinnacle technology that leverages barometric sensors present in most modern smartphones, as well as wearable devices or IoT devices, that allows for floor-level accuracy across the major metropolitan areas of US, as well as Japan. This presentation introduces Pinnacle technology and highlight its benefits.
BIOGRAPHY
Ambroise Popper is NextNav's Vice President and General Manager, based out of France. He has over 20 years of experience in wireless & IoT start-ups, on both sides of the Atlantic. He was a co-founder of Sequans (NYSE: SQNS), where he led the IoT business unit as the company evolved into low-power LTE. After Sequans, Ambroise joined Quantenna, a high-performance Wi-Fi leader, shortly before their IPO in 2016. At Quantenna, he was in charge of marketing and business development, until its acquisition by ON semi. Ambroise started his career developing DSP algorithms for DOCSIS systems at Juniper Networks.