December 6, 2007 (Tokyo, Japan)—Implemented with VIVID Message and VIVID Panorama of Acrodea, Inc. (CEO and President: Junya Tsutsumi), headquartered in Meguro-ku, Tokyo, the model INFOBAR 2 mobile phone has been released by KDDI, Inc., as a new 2007 autumn/winter model.
As middleware with a visual communication function, VIVID Message is a solution developed jointly by Acrodea, and Megachips Corporation (CEO and President: Shigeki Matsuoka), headquartered in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, and enriches the expressive capacity of email by taking plain, two-dimensional text and adding 3D graphics and animation effects for a stereographic and dynamic presentation. The solution is implemented as Ugomoji Mail™.
Jointly developed by Acrodea and Morpho, Inc. (CEO and President: Masaki Hilaga), headquartered in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, VIVID Panorama consists of middleware for camera functionality. VIVID Panorama permits the user to create panorama photos (images extended in one direction for a wider or taller viewing angle than ordinary photos) easily by operating the mobile handset with a built-in digital camera like a camcorder and panning the desired range. Users may immediately preview the panorama photo taken. The middleware is implemented on the INFOBAR 2 as Susutto Scan™ and Pappatto Panorama™.
Acrodea, Inc., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a software technology R&D firm involved in middleware technology for mobile terminals. The company is particularly focused on interface technologies connecting between the user and terminal, and currently provides UI (user interface) technologies and email enhancement technologies to the market. We are also applying R&D energy towards the enhancement of graphics performance, which is indispensable in facilitating usage of mobile platform interfaces. Our stance and efforts are a continual commitment to superior products and improving technology, for which we have received recognition worldwide. In addition to Japan and Korea, Acrodea is engaged in business on the global market, including China, Europe, and North America. The company listed publicly on Mothers Exchange of TSE on Oct. 19, 2006, just two years and three months after establishment in July 2004. Acrodea is headquartered in Tokyo, and maintains an overseas presence in Seoul, Korea; Helsinki, Finland; and Newport Beach, California, U.S.A. For more information, please visit http://www.acrodea.co.jp.
MegaChips Corporation was established in 1990 as an innovative fabless company with the goal of integrating LSI and systems knowledge. Since then, we have been developing cutting-edge system LSIs and systems products that incorporate our original algorithms and architecture in the areas of image, voice, music and communications, using these advances to offer outstanding products and solutions to meet the needs of our clients.
With ongoing progress in LSI technologies, the widespread use of digital technologies in extensive areas and the expansion of high-speed communications infrastructure, the advent of an advanced information society is at hand. In this environment, we seek to operate as an R&D-focused fabless firm to provide people with safe, secure and joyful lifestyles as well as rich communications, by offering original products to society using our outstanding technical capabilities.
For more information, please visit http://www.megachips.co.jp/english/top.html
About Morpho, Inc.
Founded in 2004, Morpho, Inc., is a venture company focused on delivering industry leading computer vision, graphics and image processing solutions for mobile device and PC based applications. Established by researchers from the University of Tokyo and experts in digital media, the company continues to introduce innovations in image processing technologies. More information about Morpho Inc. is available at http://www.morphoinc.com.
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