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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Richard Waters (President & CEO)[1] |
Number of employees | Over 50 |
| Parent | Mitsubishi Electric US |
| Website | www |
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL) is a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric US Holdings, Inc., which is the principal subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric in the United States. MERL acts as North American arm of Mitsubishi's Corporate R&D organization and is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
MERL engages in application-motivated basic research and advanced development in areas crucial to Mitsubishi Electric. The facility employs more than 50 PhDs who conduct research and development across a wide range of fields, including digital signal processing, digital audio and video processing, wired and wireless digital communications, spoken language interfaces, computer vision, mechatronics and fundamental algorithms. Since its founding in 1991, MERL has been awarded over 700 patents.[2][3]
- ^ Richard C. Waters profile. Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories web site. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ^ Ranked List of Organizations with 200 or More Patents from 1/1/1992 to 12/31/2011. Electrical classes. U.S. Patent and Trade Office, Retrieved 21 March 2013.
- ^ Ranked List of Organizations with 200 or More Patents from 1/1/1992 to 12/31/2011.Telecommunications classes. U.S. Patent and Trade Office. Retrieved 21 March 2013.