TDK redefines true wireless stereo applications with VibeSense360™ solution suite

  • VibeSense360™ is a comprehensive solution suite encompassing hardware and software dedicated to the TWS market
  • Features enabled by VibeSense360™ include: “Always On” spatial audio, keyword assist, TFT mode (Transparency for Talk), and machine learning
  • A 220 µA @ 50 Hz 6-Axis IMU delivers industry-leading performance and battery life for TWS applications

January 05, 2023

TDK Corporation (TSE:6762) expands its solution-focused offerings by announcing the InvenSense VibeSense360™ TWS solution suite. VibeSense360™ is a comprehensive portfolio of TDK solutions comprised of hardware and software dedicated to the TWS market. VibeSense360™ solutions help solve some of the most complicated problems TWS OEMs face, all while enabling state-of-the-art features that are unmatched by competition.

Within an evolving and multi-tiered TWS market, it is important for OEMs to offer competitive features to differentiate their products and break away from the pack. TDK’s VibeSense360™ solution suite gives all TWS vendors the ability to include significant feature value in their end products by taking advantage of TDK’s full array of expertise in this market.

Features that are enabled by VibeSense360™ include:

  • “Always On” Spatial Audio: VibeSense360™ combines the world’s lowest power 6-axis IMU at 280 µA with TDK’s software suite to provide industry-leading head tracking accuracy. This is the most essential piece for a truly immersive 360° spatial audio experience
  • Transparency For Talk (TFT): VibeSense360™ determines when the user is speaking via vocal vibration detection and can automatically shift from ANC to transparency mode and pause any audio that may be playing
  • Keyword Assist: VibeSense360™ can differentiate between user audio and ambient noise, assisting the microphones in the TWS system by ignoring surrounding audio. This not only creates less false keyword triggers but provides secure keyword detection
  • Machine Learning: Using TDK’s machine learning algorithms built to run inside the IMU, VibeSense360™ can train the device to recognize certain head gestures and assign commands or actions to allow the user’s head motion to control the TWS system

“TDK is much more than just a component company. Our ability to solve complex problems and provide complete solutions to customers, integrated into a single offering, is a unique value add that TDK has in our industry,” said Anson Yeganegi, Director of System Solutions at InvenSense, a TDK Group Company. “The TWS market is estimated to surpass the mobile market over the next few years, and TDK has every intention of being the leader in this space as a true ‘solution’ provider; VibeSense360™ is just the beginning.”

TWS-M601 andTWS-M602 are sampling to strategic customers and will be available later this year alongside even more feature enablement from other sensors.

For additional information and collateral, please visit www.invensense.tdk.com/tws

Glossary

  • TWS: True wireless stereo
  • TFT: Transparency for talk
  • OEM: Original equipment manufacturer
  • ANC: Active noise cancellation

Main applications

  • In-Ear buds
  • Over-ear headphones

Main features and benefits

  • Lowest Power 6-axis IMU in the world enables accurate head tracking for “Always On” spatial audio
  • On chip accelerometer captures vocal vibration from user to remove ambient audio disruption to enable keyword assist or TFT mode
  • Machine learning on-chip with significant power savings on main processor/MCU


About TDK Corporation

TDK Corporation is a world leader in electronic solutions for the smart society based in Tokyo, Japan. Built on a foundation of material sciences mastery, TDK welcomes societal transformation by resolutely remaining at the forefront of technological evolution and deliberately “Attracting Tomorrow.” It was established in 1935 to commercialize ferrite, a key material in electronic and magnetic products. TDK‘s comprehensive, innovation-driven portfolio features passive components such as ceramic, aluminum electrolytic and film capacitors, as well as magnetics, high-frequency, and piezo and protection devices. The product spectrum also includes sensors and sensor systems such as temperature and pressure, magnetic, and MEMS sensors. In addition, TDK provides power supplies and energy devices, magnetic heads and more. These products are marketed under the product brands TDK, EPCOS, InvenSense, Micronas, Tronics and TDK-Lambda. TDK focuses on demanding markets in automotive, industrial and consumer electronics, and information and communication technology. The company has a network of design and manufacturing locations and sales offices in Asia, Europe, and in North and South America. In fiscal 2022, TDK posted total sales of USD 15.6 billion and employed about 117,000 people worldwide.

About InvenSense

InvenSense, a TDK Group company, is a world-leading provider of Sensing Solutions. InvenSense’s vision of Sensing Everything® targets the consumer electronics and industrial areas with integrated Motion, Sound, Pressure, and Ultrasonic solutions. InvenSense’s solutions combine MEMS (micro electrical mechanical systems) sensors, such as accelerometers, gyroscopes, compasses, microphones, barometric pressure sensors, and ultrasonic time-of-flight sensors with proprietary algorithms and firmware that intelligently process, synthesize, and calibrate the output of sensors, maximizing performance and accuracy. InvenSense’s motion tracking, ultrasonic, audio, fingerprint, location platforms and services can be found in Mobile, Wearables, Smart Home, Industrial, Automotive, IoT, Robotics, and many more types of products. InvenSense became part of the MEMS Sensors Business Group within the Sensor Systems Business Company of TDK Corporation in 2017. In April of 2022, Chirp Microsystems formally merged with InvenSense. InvenSense is headquartered in San Jose, California and has offices worldwide.


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