November 30, 2009 (Tokyo, Japan)—Emoji Lite as Emoji Plus and VIVID Panorama as a panorama photography feature, both provided by Acrodea, Inc. (President: Junya Tsutsumi), headquartered in Meguro-ku, Tokyo, have been implemented to NTT DoCoMo’s Winter-Spring model mobile handset “docomo STYLE series SH-02B” (made by Sharp), released November 28.
Acrodea’s Emoji Lite features the automatic insertion to mobile email of invariably necessary picture fonts. This breakthrough middleware solution further enhances email as a communication tool. Emoji Lite can eliminate the manual effort, and generate email containing picture fonts quickly and easily. The operation is quite simple. After an email message is drafted, the feature can automatically insert picture fonts with the single press of a key. Emoji Lite has independently compiled dictionary files, based on frequently appearing words. Upon identification of such words referenced from the dictionary, picture font characters that match the email message content are automatically inserted. With further compatibility to Deco Mail®, the picture font insertion feature can be combined with changes to background color, font size, and font color for further enrichment of expression for email. Since its first implementation in December 2008, cumulative handset models with Emoji Lite now total 10.
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. Although previous handsets have been equipped with panoramic photography functions, the “panorama-like” photo involved stitching together each, individually taken photo. The panoramic image-generating technology of VIVID Panorama is fully automated on the basis of the video data captured. The process is rapid and completed in real time. Users may immediately preview the panorama photo taken. This convenience is an additional feature of VIVID Panorama.
Plans call for the successive release of mobile handsets implemented with VIVID Panorama in November and beyond.
Acrodea, Inc., 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. Listed on the Mothers Market (Code: 3823, TSE), 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.
For inquiries about this release, please contact the following:
IR-PR Group, Administrative Dept. at Acrodea, Inc.
TEL：+81 3-5768-8606 Email: products@acrodea.co.jp
