LUND, Sweden, February 2, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

Acconeer AB, a leading innovation company in the area of mobile sensors, announces that it has been awarded Guldmobilen in the category of best innovation in the Swedish mobile industry in 2015. 

Lars Lindell, CEO of Acconeer AB commented: "We are naturally very pleased with winning such a prestigious award. We firmly believe that sensors in mobile are the next evolution of mobile phones and we are very confident that our radar can compete very well against other technologies such as infrared sensors as well as with other radars. The motivation from the jury to award us the prize was the human-machine interaction, which is one of the many possibilities that Acconeer's innovative sensor technology offers." The development team is led by co-founders Dr. Mats Ärlelid and Dr. Mikael Egard.

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Mr. Wernersson, board member and Professor in Nanoelectronics at Lund University, also comments: "For us at the university it is very exciting to see truly innovative research come to life in the form of a product that has the potential to change the way we interact with mobile phones. We have a lot of confidence in Acconeer and congratulate them on winning this award."

About Acconeer 

Acconeer is a leading start-up company based in Lund, south of Sweden, in Ideon, the hottest region for mobile technologies in Sweden. Acconeer develops a truly leading ultra-low power, high precision 3D sensor which will revolutionize the way that mobile devices interpret their surroundings. Acconeer's ultra-low power and millimeter precision sensor will be a robust and cost-effective solution for applications ranging from virtual reality and gaming to security and robot control. Information from the sensor can also be used to identify different materials and for practical applications, such as taking measurements of your shirt size before you order online. These are just some examples of the wide range of possibilities of application areas for the sensor.

Acconeer was founded in 2011 by the technology entrepreneurs Dr. Mikael Egard and Dr. Mats Ärlelid, together with Mårten Öbrink, Professor Lars-Erik Wernersson and Lund University.

For more information: http://www.acconeer.com

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