The Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX), Canada’s gathering place for innovative technologies, says CognoVision is Canada’s 2009 Innovation Leader.
CognoVision was commercially launched in 2008 to help companies measure the effectiveness of in-store media and shopper behaviour in retail environments, building on its anonymous face detection and people tracking software.
Voted by industry peers, CognoVision was selected from among the Top 20 Most Innovative Companies in Canada, representing cutting-edge technology entrepreneurs and companies from coast to coast.
“This year’s competition brought out some of the country’s most amazing companies and technologies. From super computers and unmanned aerial intelligence gathering systems to new cleantech solutions, we were extremely pleased to see such impressive technologies being developed by Canadian companies,” said Robert Montgomery, Co-Chair, Canadian Innovation Exchange. “CognoVision was chosen by industry peers based on their innovation and dedication to using technology to provide in-demand solutions consumers will benefit from.”
CognoVision’s proprietary retail audience measurement software solutions utilize small camera sensors and computers to gathers data on how people watch ads and how they navigate within retail venues. This information is easily communicated to clients with the use of CognoVision’s proprietary reporting system. This system allows end-clients to make data driven decisions to: dramatically improve the effectiveness of media campaigns, increase product sales and advertising revenue, optimize retail execution and to reduce operational costs.
For more information, visit www.cognovision.com
Runners up include:
Aeryon Labs designs and manufactures small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems for unmanned aerial intelligence gathering. The product is targeted for the backpack of every soldier and the trunk of every police car. Clean Tech
Skymeter is a 'Financial Grade GPS' metering technology that provides data needed to migrate roads and parking from taxpayer-subsidized to pay-per-use – cutting city-wide emissions by 15%, traffic by 30% and enabling better mobility.
For more information on CIX, the Canadian Innovation Leader and the Top 20 Most Innovative Companies, visit www.canadianinnovationexchange.com