The human motion modelling system and GPS optimisation technology solves the accuracy problems for today's sports wearables.

The firm has demonstrated the software with a distance test on a 400m running track and an ‘accurate line on map’ run through city streets. Watch the test:

The film shows FocalPoint tech running on an entry-level consumer device (Fossil 5, £200).

The D-Tail product can improve the accuracy and integrity of any sports wearable. Compared to leading sports wearables on the market today, you can expect:

• 10x improvement in the accuracy of distance travelled
• 10x improvement in the accuracy of line on a map
• Faster ‘ready to run’ start
• More accurate first fix

When can I get FocalPoint on my running wearable?

The D-Tail product is not a standalone app, but is designed to be integrated into the firmware or application layer of wearables and smartphones to upgrade the performance of any device or app.

The first running wearable featuring D-Tail technology will be available in Q3 2020 - the software is currently a pre-release and is available for hosted demos. It will be packaged as a library, to be integrated into existing devices or applications.

The inaccuracy of GPS and sports-watches has long been a bugbear for both professional and amateur runners, with errors including wildly inaccurate run traces, and incorrect distance read-outs that can compromise training and racing.

FocalPoint technology is designed to be embedded in any running wearable or phone. 

It uses the existing sensors in the device (accelerometer, gyroscope, barometer and compass), then runs the data through a custom AI model to build a centimetre-level view of human motion and combines it with a smart way of determining accurate and inaccurate GPS readings. 
 

FocalPoint was recently named Europe's Hottest SpaceTech Startup, following their Europa Awards Win. Formed in 2015, the team includes alumni of the UK aerospace industry, The European Space Agency, Cambridge, Oxford, UCL and Imperial College.

FocalPoint's patents include for Supercorrelation and S-GPS, a new way of measuring GPS signals.