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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | December, 2010 |
| Headquarters | Austria |
Key people | Bernd Gruber (Co-Founder) Markus Krainz (Co-Founder) |
| Website | www.indoo.rs |
indoo.rs is a B2B startup company based in Austria that provides indoor positioning and navigation utilizing iBeacons and/or WiFi connections to locate a Bluetooth receiver in an indoor environment.[1][2][3][4]
The technology is implemented through a software development kit (SDK) and is integrated into mobile application. The technology uses sensor fusion, SLAM, Adaptive Kalman filter and PDR. The navigation is also available off-line through the use of the sensors on a mobile device.[5][6]
History[edit]
indoo.rs was founded in 2010 as CustomLBS by Bernd Gruber and Markus Krainz.[7] The company has headquarters and a development office in Vienna and a sales office in San Francisco. The original product was developed based on WiFi and later in 2013 changed to use BLE with a focus on the iBeacon protocol.[8] In 2014 indoo.rs joined STIR.[9]
In 2016, indoo.rs installed over 300 iBeacons at San Francisco International Airport for a project to help visually impaired passengers find their way through the airport’s terminals using a prototype smartphone app. The app comes with a preloaded map of the terminal and uses data from a traveller’s smartphone along with information from nearby beacons and phone signals to triangulate location.[1][6][10]
Indoo.rs was the Winner of World Summit Award Austria 2017,[11] Winner of Smart City App Hack 2015,[12] Winner of Born Global Champion 2015,[13] Winner of Mercur Award 2013,[14] Winner of Jungunternehmer Award 2012,[15] and Winner of Mobile Monday Austria Demo Night 2010.[16]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Mapping the great indoors is new final frontier for tech giants". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
- ^ Iozzio, Corinne. "Indoor Mapping Lets the Blind Navigate Airports". Smithsonian. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
- ^ Murphy, Samantha. "San Francisco Airport Tests Beacon Sensors to Guide Blind Travelers". Mashable. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
- ^ "Programs seeks entrepreneurs to tackle civic challenges". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
- ^ Privat, Ludovic. "Indoo.rs Launches SLAM Engine to Accelerate Indoor Loc Deployments". GPS BUSINESS NEWS (in us). Retrieved 2017-11-15.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ a b "San Francisco Airport testing beacon system for blind travelers". The Verge. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
- ^ "Digitale Schulzukunft wurde in Amstetten diskutiert" (in German). Retrieved 2017-11-16.
- ^ O'Hear, Steve. "Indoor Positioning Startup indoo.rs Raises "Six-Figure" Seed Round From Tecnet Equity, SpeedInvest, And Techinvest". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
- ^ "How To STIR Up Innovation - ReadWrite". ReadWrite. 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
- ^ "San Francisco airport beacons help the blind get around using their phones". Engadget. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
- ^ "Das sind die Gewinner des World Summit Awards Austria" (in German). Retrieved 2017-11-15.
- ^ "Smart City Hack 2016". smartcityapphack.com. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
- ^ Austria, Advantage. "Recognising Austria's". Advantage Austria. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
- ^ "Mercur ´13 - ein großer Erfolg für INiTS Startups - INiTS". www.inits.at (in German). Retrieved 2017-11-15.
- ^ "Feierlicher Festakt für die Sieger des Jungunternehmer-Wettbewerbs 2012". OTS.at. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
- ^ "indoo.rs setzt sich bei der MobileMonday Demo Night durch | updatedigital.at" (in German). Retrieved 2017-11-15.
External links[edit]
Category:Companies of Austria Category:Navigation system companies Category:Companies established in 2010