Post on 22-Jul-2020
MEMS Engineer’s Forum, MEF 2017
Rajashree ‘Raji’ Baskaran, Ph.D.,
Principal Engineer and Director, Sensor solutions, New Devices Group
Today's Wearables Landscape
Sensory Innovation: The Next Frontier
Capitalizing on the Opportunities
wearables 1.0
We’re entering wearables 2.0
Integrated into all sorts of
things
Solving real problems
Unlocking the power of big data
Unobtrusive or hidden
Attractive enough to show off
We’re entering wearables 2.0
Integrated into all sorts of
things
Unobtrusive or hidden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fbbDR3813I
We’re entering wearables 2.0
Attractive enough to show off
https://www.tagheuer.com/en-us/watches/tag-heuer-connected
We’re entering wearables 2.0
Solving real problems
Unlocking the power of
big data
librariesIntel® MKL & MKL-DNN
Intel® Deep Learning SDKtools
Frameworks
Intel® DAAL
hardwareMemory & Storage NetworkingCompute
Intel Dist
Mlib BigDL
Intel® Nervana™ Graph
intel AI portfolio
experiences
MvTensorLibrary
Associative Memory Base
Lake Crest
Intel® MLSL
Vision/ Drones/Wearables
Today's Wearables Landscape
Sensory Innovation: The Next Frontier
Capitalizing on the Opportunities
Sensory Inputs and OutputsSensory InputVISUALCamera, IR sensor*
AUDIOMicrophones, Ultrasonic*
TOUCHCapacitive touch, force, buttons, knobs…
SMELL & TASTEVOC, alcohol, CO, CO2, SOX/NOX *
Device OutputDisplay
Speakers
Haptics, Tactile keys
Digital release of chemicals
* Super human capabilities
INERTIAL SENSORS: Internal body map
Today’s sensory innovation is in audio
The Fusion of Audio and Vision
“No, the other left…”
Touch and vision sensor fusion
The next sensory front: smell and taste
Today's Wearables Landscape
Sensory Innovation: The Next Frontier
Capitalizing on the Opportunities
Gesture Control / Natural interactions
NEEDS VS CApabilities: Natural gesture recognition technology
Metric Target Range Today’s Technologies (readiness for wearable applications)
Active infraredPassive infrared
UltrasonicRadio frequency
Capacitive
DistanceA few mm to ~10 cm
Resolution Fine finger control
Line of SightCover large solidangle
Power ~10s of uW
Integration & Cost
Available today Not optimized1 -2 years
Not ready (3-5 years) ordoesn’t scale
50-250HZ Frequency of operation
1-3mm lateral footprint<1mm tall
~100um stroke with applied forces(skin stiffness ~.1mN/um)
Integration feasible with soft and hard material
Low power(reasonable voltage ranges)
Arrays of individual addressable elements
Distributed Haptic Wish List
50-250HZ frequency of
operation
1-3mm lateral footprint
<1mm tall
~100um stroke with applied forces(skin stiffness
~.1mN/um)
Integration feasible with soft and hard material
Low power(reasonable
voltage ranges)
Arrays of individual addressable
elements
NEEDs Vs CAPABILITIES: Tactile motor technologies
Metric Target Range Today’s Technologies (readiness for wearable applications)
Eccentric Rotating Mass
Linear Resonance Actuator
Piezo Polymer Fluidic
Size ~A few mm3
Frequency 50-250Hz
Reliability 1M+ cycles
Stroke~10-100um against skin
Power
Integration & Cost
Available today Not optimized(1-2 years)
Not ready (3-5 years)Or doesn’t scale well
Wearables for the way we live…
NEXT GEN BIOSENSING SECURITY & ID
Enter
Opportunity Areas : Bio sensingNEXT GEN BIOSENSING
Various sensors to enable dynamic understanding of
vitals
A vast library of ‘body IQ’
http://fortune.com/2015/09/16/intel-ny-fashion-week/
Opportunity Areas : Authentication
Next generation sensors including
• Low power/size fingerprint, iris & other biometric ID
Wearables wish list from MEMS experts
• Natural Gesture Control /user input with context awareness• Sensor fusion with other input methods
• Haptics – distributed and localized
• Advanced bio sensing• Next generation security/biometric
Conclusion: MEMS & sensors can differentiate and ADD value to wearables
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I would like thank the following colleagues for their inputs: Brian Girvin, Zach Brand, Alberto Vidal, Indira Negi, Georgios Dogiamis, Ramune Nagisetty and Ken Foust
Many of the examples in the sensory fusion discussions were taken from published
academic and industry literature and news sources and citations within
https://doi.org/10.1109/IEDM.2016.7838449
Wearables wish list from MEMS experts• Natural Gesture Control /user input with context awareness
• Sensor fusion with other input methods• Haptics – distributed and localized
• Advanced bio sensing• Next generation security/biometric
Questions? Comments?