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Ubisense announces global re-seller partnership with Out Board

Ajay Malik, Author RTLS for Dummies — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:35:30 +0000

(openPR) - Out Board have been appointed principal global re-seller for the entertainment and presentation technology sectors by Ubisense, the Cambridge UK based leaders in precision real-time location systems (RTLS).

The move follows on from Out Board's substantial successes with their own audio showcontrol application of the Ubisense technology, TiMax Tracker, which tracks actors and performers around stage to automatically localize their amplified audio signature via real-time control of the TiMax2 SoundHub audio matrix processor.

Out Board have also supplied this highly versatile precision tracking technology to control other third-party audio showcontrollers such as the Meyer LCS system, and provided support to developments in other disciplines such as control of lighting, cameras, multimedia servers and advanced showcontrol environments such as the CAST BlackBox system.

Ubisense CEO Richard Green comments: "Out Board understand the language and dynamics of the entertainment technology industry, and they have the in-depth technical and commercial experience to fully develop and support these exciting new initiatives. Their well-established distribution network also gives them a truly global reach to help apply these skills, we're confident they're well placed to maximise the potential of Ubisense in this sector."

The Ubisense core RTLS platform employs a unique combination of angle-of-arrival (AOA) and time-difference-of-arrival (TDOA) analysis to deliver highly reliable and accurate location information to a resolution of 15cm (6") in three dimensions. Out Board add their own software application layers to provide real-time visualisations and application-specific showcontrol GUI's. A network of compact Ubisense sensors receives 6-8GHz UWB radar-frequency pulses from miniature tags worn by the performers, and the resulting real-time localization data is used to deliver either stepped or continuous positional control of external media peripherals via MIDI or ethernet.

Just as demand has rocketed for effective RTLS resources in Ubisense's core enterprise markets such as personnel or asset tracking and process control, so the entertainment industry has also seen a growing interest in this area. Out Board's Robin Whittaker remarks "People in our industry seem very tweaked by RTLS allowing them to now do things that were just not possible a few years ago. We know a lot of those people, and we're delighted to be in a position deliver them viable solutions to help open up these new possibilities."

Ubisense

Ajay Malik, Author RTLS for Dummies — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:30:46 +0000

Ubisense is the world leader in Precise Real Time Location Systems, tracking unlimited numbers of people and objects in any space of any size. With unmatched 15cm 3D tracking accuracy and high reliability, its acclaimed open standards technology platform gives enterprises the power to bring visibility and control to previously intractable business processes. Together Ubisense consulting and its partners, such as IBM, Atlas Copco, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon deliver geospatial and RTLS systems, pioneering innovation whilst reducing costs, gaining competitive advantage and improving safety for companies across all vertical markets. With over 400 customers worldwide including BMW, Caterpillar, DHL, Duke Energy, Deutsche Telekom, US Army; Ubisense is revolutionising industries today

Ubisense Announces Immediate Availability of Korean Compliant Product

Ajay Malik, Author RTLS for Dummies — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:27:56 +0000

CAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM, Aug 28, 2009 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- "The introduction of the IBM/Ubisense system has resulted in accident prevention and overall employee safety improvement as well as adding to POSCO's reputation for innovation by leveraging UWB technology in a first-of-its-kind solution", comments Han Ku Park, project manager at POSCO in Pohang. "All the project objectives have been met on time and within the planned budget. The project team of IBM, POSCO and Ubisense have created the first of its kind in Korea and probably in Asia.
"The Korean version of Ubisense will allow us to satisfy the enormous demand we have witnessed since first introducing the product to research institutes in 2006", says HB Choi, General Manager, Ubisense Korea. "We already have deployments in 25 organisations and with immediate availability of a fully compliant product we will be able to satisfy the enormous pent-up demand we have seen from the Industrial and Manufacturing Market".
Korean Manufacturers include some of the highest volume automotive plants in the world, so the timing of the availability of Ubisense, already with a worldwide reputation at reducing costs and improving productivity for leading companies such as BMW, Honda and Caterpillar is pertinent, says, Simon Holloway of Manufacturing Consultancy, Bloor Associates.

BMW rolls out new RTLS system in Regensburg plant

Ajay Malik, Author RTLS for Dummies — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:46:31 +0000

BMW has recently adopted Ubisense’s Tool Assistance System (TAS) for use in its assembly plant in Regensburg, Denmark.
The TAS is designed to identify and track in real time a vehicle as it is being assembled without the need to perform manual bar code scans. The system uses RFID to automatically identify the vehicle being assembled as well as detect the vehicle’s proximity to specific production equipment.
Because different models are built in succession at BMW assembly plants, workers need to constantly load and reload the correct programs for their automatic tools via bar code scans or by entering information into a terminal, both of which are error prone procedures. When a worker loads the wrong information for a particular car a costly manufacturing defect is created. However, with TAS, if a worker approaches a tagged vehicle with an automatic tool, the appropriate program will be automatically loaded into the tool, eliminating the risk of human error.
The Regensburg assembly plant uses nearly 120 tool systems to produce approximately 1,000 cars per day. [end]