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achieved this by capitalizing on Epson’s powerful QMEMS4 fabrication technology to manufacture
high-precision tuning-fork crystal units and its semiconductor technology for driving the crystal units under
optimal conditions.
3Epson’s real-time clock modules integrate a real-time clock IC, which offers clock, calendar, and other
functions, and a 32.768 kHz crystal unit in a single package.
4QMEMS is a combination of “quartz,” a crystalline material that has excellent stability and precision,
and “MEMS,” micro electro-mechanical systems engineered using micro-fabrication technology.
QMEMS refers to compact, high-performance devices made from quartz material and is a registered
trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation.
Sensing and industrial solutions
Epson released new WristableGPS sports monitors, wristwatch-like products that use GPS to accurately
track and record such things as distances run, pace, and routes taken. Equipped with a newly developed,
low-power GPS receiver chip and antenna, these products are capable of operating continuously for 30
hours on a single charge while updating position data every second. They are compatible with the
Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS), which is designed so that at least one of the satellites is always
directly over Japan and thus delivers the most accurate distance and altitude data, even in urban canyons
and narrow valleys, where interference is high and signals are easily lost. Epson’s latest sports monitors
also offer greater convenience. With high-speed GPS signal search and skip functions, for example, they
can begin taking measurements even before a GPS satellite search is completed.
Epson developed the M-Tracer For Golf5, a golf swing sensor that golfers can use to accurately measure,
analyze, and improve or correct their swing based on statistical comparisons against a theoretically ideal
swing.
Epson also developed a “seeing, sensing, thinking, working” autonomous dual-arm robot that is capable of
expanding the range of manufacturing tasks that can be automated. Able to recognize objects, adjust the
force applied to them, and make decisions while executing tasks, this robot will significantly increase the
scope of automation solutions that Epson recommends. Epson plans to commercialize a dual-arm robot
within the 2015 fiscal year (ending March 2016).
5The M-Tracer is a wireless motion analysis system that uses a superbly stable and accurate Epson
sensor to capture angular rate and acceleration data, which are then sent to a software application that
analyzes the data, provides statistics, and produces 3D tracking images. M-TracerTM is a registered
U.S. and Japanese trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation.
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