Ubisense Transit Yard Management system chosen as Mass Transit Magazine top 20 Tech Innovation

Denver, Colorado, January 20, 2010. The Ubisense Transit Yard Management system, used by Metro Transit in its garages in metropolitan Minneapolis-St Paul, has been chosen as one of the top 20 Tech innovations by Mass Transit magazine. The system was nominated for the Mass Transit magazine accolade by Metro Transit.



The real-time bus location system uses the Ubisense RTLS application to help achieve operational efficiency for dispatching Metro Transit’s fleet of 900 buses. The system is installed across 5 garages, covering 915 000 sq ft. The Ubisense sensor network, with its sub-meter accuracy, provides location information, sufficiently accurate to locate buses in their correct lanes at all times, reducing operating costs by making dispatch and maintenance operations more efficient.

Each bus has a real-time location, ultra wideband radio system transmitter, known as an Ubisense Tag positioned on its rooftop. The Ubisense tag transmits a signal to a network of sensors located in the garage, which precisely calculate the bus location several times per minute.

In addition to precise location, the system is able to provide a wide range of information to garage dispatchers, including bus type, and maintenance status. This information is displayed in a web browser and enables the dispatchers to effectively schedule buses, ultimately determining bus departure and arrival times and minimizing time spent in maintenance.

“We are grateful to have been nominated by Metro Transit and delighted to have been selected as one of the Mass Transit top 20 Tech Innovations,” commented Russ Chandler, Ubisense Americas CEO “Our system continues to provide timely, precise location information in a tough environment within and surrounding the Metro Transit garages. The fact this project was nominated by our client, is further
testimony to the unparalleled value that customers are able to achieve with Ubisense.”

Ubisense launches Location Driven Military Training Solution with Integrated Weapon Orientation at I/ITSEC

Denver, Colorado - November 23 2009. To meet the growing demand for integrating location-driven solutions in the modern military training environment, Ubisense has developed a new ground breaking training suite. The Ubisense Location Driven Training Suite combines precision tracking from Ubisense, GPS data, real-time virtual world views, video cameras and weapons orientation from Innalabs into a single platform for a fully interactive Exercise Control (EXCON) and After Action Review (AAR) system.

Through the confluence of technologies After Action Reviews can be generated immediately, helping to improve training effectiveness. Video streams are indexed using spatial location and new weapons effects improve the variety and realism of training.

“By combining the Ubisense ultrawideband precise location with the Innalabs miniature orientation sensor, training systems can now track weaponry, head position, or full-body movements. ” said Jamie Marraccini, COO of Innalabs. “The system works indoors and outdoors, in dense urban environments, and independent of lighting conditions”.

Another key element of the After Action Review is automatic video indexing which enables analysts to rapidly build relevant reports. The system can automatically generate events such as a person entering a zone or a simulated kill from a weapon and it can also be integrated into external event systems such as Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) 2000. By knowing the correct location and time for each event, the best virtual and video footage can be automatically retrieved and placed in an index. This dramatically reduces the time it takes analysts to generate reports minimizing the time between an exercise and the after action learning session.

“Our solution design is based on our extensive experience gathered from working with customers such as the National Training Center at Fort Irwin where 14 buildings are instrumented with our location tracking technology,” said Ubisense CEO Richard Green. “We believe this will have significant value for the training community by providing not just precision location tracking but a solution to easily deploy and integrate that technology into other training centers”.

Ubisense opens Canadian Office

Cambridge, 20 November 2009. Ubisense, the world leader in Precise Real-Time Location Systems announces that it has opened a new office in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Ubisense Canada was formed in September and officially opened on October 1, 2009. Ubisense’s Canadian team will be continuing to support existing Canadian customers, including Manitoba Hydro and Terasen Gas. Ubisense will also be expanding their consulting and Precision Real Time Location Systems business within the region.

During the past year, Ubisense has dramatically increased its worldwide presence, expanding operations in Korea, Australia and New Zealand, as adoption rates have increased despite downward global economic pressure.

Ubisense Americas CEO Russ Chandler commented "As business has increased for us across North America, we have chosen to establish ourselves in Canada to better serve the needs of our rapidly growing base of Canadian customers and employees. Operating directly in Canada offers us many advantages and puts us into a better position to respond rapidly to the needs of our Canada-based customers and partners."