GPS revolutionised our world - over a trillion dollars of the US economy and over 800 billion Euro of the European economy currently depend on this incredible positioning and timing system. However current-generation GPS receivers are not sensitive enough to work indoors, where most people spend around 80% of their time.

 

Focal Point Positioning is bringing accurate position and time to smartphones and autonomous platforms, indoors and out. We are developing a smartphone-based sensor fusion, machine learning, and signal processing suite to provide satellite positioning capabilities in areas that have until now been unreachable. Our new technology dramatically improves the sensitivity and performance of existing radio-based positioning systems, providing new capabilities and services in urban environments and deep indoors.

 

The applications of robust, high integrity, high accuracy position and time in any environment include:

 

• Ubiquitous smartphone localisation, without databases or local infrastructure

• E-911 and E-112 localisation of emergency calls

• High integrity and high performance navigation systems for autonomous vehicles

• Lone worker, blue light and security tracking systems

• Authentication procedures for financial transactions (tight location and time bounding)

• High integrity geofencing

• Spoofing detection and mitigation