Reference number : GC-2017-Q3-00098, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Tofani, Rick (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Alberta, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Applied Research and Development Grants (<$75k), program name french : Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée (<75,000 $), program purpose english : Takemetuit (TMTI) is a Canadian company developing acoustic indoor positioning systems (IPS) for the retail industry that allow shoppers and employees to search, map and find specific products by an application on the user's cellphone or tablet. The technology exploits the known properties of acoustic wave propagation to enable a smartphone to determine its location within a controlled environment. Audible acoustic frequencies in the range of 200Hz to 20KHz are employed to allow the application to function effectively on a regular smartphone microphone without specialized hardware. A successful proof of concept for the system has been implemented in an NSERC Engage grant project in which SAIT participated with TMTI. The proposed research is focused on bringing the current state of the prototype system to the level of production prototype in which low level software routines are finalized and fitted into a hierarchical software structure to form a complete prototype user application. _x000D_
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The project will be a critical step in TMTI's development of a leading IPS in Canada for retailers that will effectively improve employee productivity and reduce costs associated with inventory management. The IPS will also enhance shopping convenience for customers by helping them to easily find the items they seek., program purpose french : Takemetuit (TMTI) is a Canadian company developing acoustic indoor positioning systems (IPS) for the retail industry that allow shoppers and employees to search, map and find specific products by an application on the user's cellphone or tablet. The technology exploits the known properties of acoustic wave propagation to enable a smartphone to determine its location within a controlled environment. Audible acoustic frequencies in the range of 200Hz to 20KHz are employed to allow the application to function effectively on a regular smartphone microphone without specialized hardware. A successful proof of concept for the system has been implemented in an NSERC Engage grant project in which SAIT participated with TMTI. The proposed research is focused on bringing the current state of the prototype system to the level of production prototype in which low level software routines are finalized and fitted into a hierarchical software structure to form a complete prototype user application. _x000D_
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The project will be a critical step in TMTI's development of a leading IPS in Canada for retailers that will effectively improve employee productivity and reduce costs associated with inventory management. The IPS will also enhance shopping convenience for customers by helping them to easily find the items they seek., agreement title english : Development of a Novel Acoustic Indoor Positioning System, agreement title french : Development of a Novel Acoustic Indoor Positioning System, agreement number : CARD2, agreement value : 150000.0, agreement start date : 2017-11-09, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2019-2020)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2019-2020)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada