Canesta is the inventor of a revolutionary, low-cost electronic perception technology that enables machines and ordinary electronic devices to perceive and react to nearby objects or individuals in real time.

When sight-enabled with Canesta's unique electronic perception chips and software, consumer, automotive, industrial, military, and medical product scan gain functionality and ease of use not possible in an era when such devices were blind.

Canesta believes future applications of electronic perception technology are virtually as broad as the imagination. They may include intelligent automobile airbag systems that can sense the size and position of an occupant to control deployment and avoid injury, a low-false-alarm security system that could detect the difference between an intruder and normal activity, such as a pet moving or child visiting the bathroom at night, or robotic tools that can successfully operate in a dynamic, rather than static environment.

The first application of electronic perception technology is a projection keyboard for mobile devices, first commercialized by Canesta in 2003. This technology was licensed to Celluon, which is now making the solution available as an accessory and plans to offer embedded solutions for large OEM customers seeking to incorporate the technology in their devices. Contact Celluon for more information.

Canesta was founded in April 1999, and is located in San Jose, CA. The company has filed in excess of forty patents, 30 of which have been granted so far. Investment to date exceeds $36 million, from Apax Partners, CarlyleVenture Partners, Intel Capital, JP Morgan Partners, Korea Global IT Fund (KGIF), TechFund Capital, Thales Corporate Ventures, and Venrock Associates.