Date: 16/01/2012

MEMS based gesture recognition platfrom jointly by UEI and Movea

Movea is collaborating with Universal Electronics Inc. to develop and demonstrate it's MotionIC platform on UEI's latest "UEI WaveMotion" remote control platform reference design.

"We are delighted to work closely with one of the leading remote control companies," said Bryan Hoadley, Movea's EVP of WW Sales & Marketing and President of Movea Inc. "Over the past 25 years, UEI has become one of the premier designers and manufacturers of innovative remote controls for a variety of applications, and we are excited to provide SmartMotion processing solutions to UEI, the leaders the Home Entertainment sector."

Arsham Hatambeiki, Executive Director of Applied Innovations at UEI, added, "The next advancement in remote controls lies in motion sensing, which greatly enhances the user interaction beyond the traditional multi-button remote control to deliver an engaging user experience for navigating between multiple content streams, applications and games that make up today's home entertainment systems. Movea's flexible solution in motion control and gesture recognition will enable us to design and build mainstream motion-enabled remote controls that are intuitive and easy to use for a better home entertainment experience."

The UEI WaveMotion remote control platform integrated with 3 axis accelerometer and 3 axis gyroscope MEMS devices is combined with Movea's SmartMotion tech to enable pixel accurate in-air pointing, advanced gesture recognition, 3D menu navigation and custom gesture based sign-on. For example, a flick, swipe, up and down, can be used to provide fast, intuitive menu control, more sophisticated gestures such as letters and numbers become inputs for shortcuts, and personalised gestures unlock user profile to give access personal features and preferences enabling easier navigation through menus and faster access to desired programs and applications.

UEI is demonstrate this tech at Booth 20211 in South Hall 1 at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.