Targeting applications in game controllers, mobile handsets, digital still and video cameras, 3D remote controls/mice, and portable navigation devices, InvenSense is leading the revolution from simple 3-axis accelerometer-based motion sensing to the “must-have” functionality of 6-axis motion processing, providing a true 1:1 interactive motion experience for consumers.
The recent use of motion-based controllers in Nintendo's Wii and Apple’s iPhone and the development of more intuitive user navigation systems in home entertainment systems serve as a precursor for motion processing as a standard feature in handheld consumer products. Total shipments for MEMS accelerometers and gyroscopes used in CE and mobile applications are expected to grow over 240% to 1.6 billion units by 2012.
InvenSense offers various analog output MEMS gyroscopes that cover a range of performance metrics from extremely sensitive for optical image stabilization that measure minute hand jitter, to mid full scale range to support 3D mice and remote control requirements, to wide, ±2,000°/sec full scale range for maximum gaming motion control without overdriving the sensors. The future brings even smaller packaging, digital interfaces, programmable performance, and embedded motion processing software.
