Origin’s Wireless Sensing Journey
- In 2009, DARPA enlisted the expertise of Dr. Ray Liu, a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, to address a critical problem hindering in-submarine wireless communication in emergency situations – that wireless signals tend to interfere with and cancel each other in enclosed environments, especially in the confined space in submarines with highly irregular interior surfaces.
- Dr. Liu’s proprietary purpose-built solution using special wireless signaling not only resolved the submarine communication problem but also sparked his curiosity and vision about applying the experience and knowhow for other applications – to solve everyday domestic problems using smart radio. This is where the concept of wireless sensing was born. As a result, Origin was founded by Dr. Liu and emerged as the first pioneer in the field. Origin Research is the research arm of Origin.
- Since 2013, Origin Research has been dedicating itself to pioneer the understanding and exploration of the underlying science of wireless signal propagation in enclosed environments and the associated wireless “channel state information” using extensive research experimentation, rigorous mathematical formulation and deep machine learning. Over the years, Origin Research has achieved pivotal scientific discoveries, some of which were shared with the academic research community in prestigious journals.
- Based on the solid mathematical foundation of the basic science, Origin Research has developed in support of Origin’s business units a rich technology platform with a plethora of AI analytics engines utilizing the ubiquitous WiFi signals to monitor presence, motion, movement, location, intrusion, occupancy, vital sign, gait, sleep, fall, and more. More information about various engines will be provided below.
- In 2019, Origin successfully enabled its first major industrial partner to launch a motion detection service over mesh WiFi, setting the stage for WiFi sensing to revolutionize the entire home environment. Since then, Origin has expanded and refined its collection of AI analytics engines and used them to work with partners to launch many powerful WiFi sensing products and services, winning many prestigious awards along the way. As of now, Origin is the first-ever WiFi Sensing company to deploy with Tier-1 internet service providers, Tier-1 IoT and Tier-1 security companies. In turn, partners’ feedback helps to guide Origin’s research.
- From simple but effective tricks to sophisticated algorithms and systems, Origin Research has a lot of intellectual properties to protect. To this end, Origin Research has about 100 patents issued or allowed, with another 100+ patents filed, covering a wide spectrum of wireless sensing techniques, algorithm constructs and system designs.
