FURUNO's GPS receiver with a Dead Reckoning function is installed in the car navigation systems designed and produced by Skypine, which will be used by OEM around the world.
FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. (headquartered in Nishinomiya, Japan, President: Mr. Yukio Furuno) is pleased to announce that its GPS Receiver Module with a Dead Reckoning (DR), GV-86 has been adopted for use in the car navigation platform designed and produced by Skypine Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd who is a major car electronics manufacturer in China. From this time, GV-86 will be installed in the car navigation systems designed for major automotive companies, not only in Japan but also around the world and the specialized companies, which Skypine contracted.
Left: Image of Skypine's car navigation systems
Right: Appearance of FURUNO's Multi-GNSS Receiver Chip "eRideOPUS 6"(left) and GPS+DR Receiver Module "GV-86" (right) (unit: cm).
FURUNO's GV-86 is used by many automotive customers requiring high quality and reliability. Additionally, thanks to the Dead Reckoning function, GV-86 achieves high-accuracy performances in deep urban canyons where the accuracy of GNSS-only positions could be reduced.
Skypine Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd (the capital fund is HK$43million and the number of employees is more than 2,000) is a Chinese leading manufacturer, which develops not only car navigation systems but also various car electronics products. Skypine won "China Ten Major Electric Device Blue-chip Companies Award" in 2011 and "China Good Merchantable Quality Company Award" in 2014. These awards are recognitions for Skypine's highly valued product quality and reliability. Skypine manufactures various kinds of car navigation systems for major car manufacturers around the world and specialized companies. For more information on Skypine, please refer to the following website:
http://www.skypine.cn/en/
For additional information on FURUNO's GNSS receiver chips/modules, please refer to the following website:
http://www.furuno.com/en/gnss/