June 12, 2008 (Tokyo, Japan)—Acrodea, Inc. (CEO and President: Junya Tsutsumi), headquartered in Meguro-ku, Tokyo, has started offering a system that links between an MDU (multiple dwelling unit) residential intercom and a mobile phone (see Note 1*).
Acrodea and Amusing Corporation (Representative Director: Shin’ichi Okada), headquartered in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, have supplied the intercom linking system that uses the Windows® Keitai model F1100 (made by Fujitsu, see Note 2*) distributed by NTT DoCoMo to the Park Court Toranomon Atago Tower condominiums being sold by Mitsui Fudosan Residential Co., Ltd.
With this system, condominium dwellers can respond to visitors from any place indoors with their mobile telephone for the video monitor and voice communication, separately from the fixed-line intercom hanging on the wall. The linking server for the intercom further enables mobile telephones to contact the concierge service. Thus, residents can use high value-added support services at any time from anywhere without regard to their location.
1. Service Outline
Conventional linking systems between intercoms and mobile telephones have been limited to special, fixed-line handsets, or wireless handsets dedicated to intercom usage (see Note 3*). Acrodea has succeeded in creating a system that can exploit mobile phone handsets instead of dedicated wireless intercom handsets. The system linking the intercom and mobile phone is built as a bridge between the entrance unit of the intercom and an on-premises server, to which a mobile phone implemented with intercom software can connect.
Acrodea intends to distribute licenses and systems of the intercom bridge system employing mobile handsets to MDU development companies.
The new intercom linking system for mobile handsets greatly improves on the drawbacks found in conventional systems, and is expected to improve convenience significantly to users by deploying the following basic functions.
(1) By allowing answering from the mobile phone, rather than the fixed phone, Acrodea enables the usage of the intercom linking system with mobile handsets.
(2) The camera video fed from the intercom entrance unit of an MDU can be viewed on the mobile phone, and voice communication on the mobile phone is enabled (video and voice of a visitor rendered in real time on the mobile phone).
Acrodea and Amusing see a strong need and an expanding market for such services to Condominium (MDU) residences, and intend to continue the development of linking systems to mobile handsets, including linking services to home electronic devices, that can offer superior convenience to consumers.
| Intercom-Mobile Phone Linking System Schematic Diagram |
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| Photo of Reception Screen on Mobile Handset for Intercom Entrance Video (Illustration) |
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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 (Nakameguro), 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.
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