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Tessera Licenses OptiML Focus Technology to Samsung
OptiML Focus Image Enhancement Technology Enables Industry-Leading Image Quality for Camera Module and Handset Manufacturers
San Jose, Calif. — June 30, 2008 — Tessera Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: TSRA), a leading provider of miniaturization technologies for the electronics industry, today announced that it has licensed its OptiML™ Focus image-enhancement solution to Samsung Electronics. This innovative Tessera® technology enables industry-leading image quality for camera modules used in next-generation mobile devices including mobile phones, PDAs and webcams.
"As the industry's leading imager supplier, we feel it is crucial to use leading-edge technologies that will provide us a competitive advantage in the market," said YT Lee, Senior VP Product Planning, Samsung Electronics System LSI Division. "Our relationship with Tessera will enable us to expand upon our broad product portfolio to better serve our customers' needs."
The OptiML Focus solution enables all objects in an image to be in focus simultaneously, from 20cms to infinity, with no mechanical parts. This provides an innovative alternative to current autofocus solutions that require moving parts which are larger, slower, more expensive and less reliable. The technology, which provides improved image quality when compared to current fixed focus solutions, also enables barcode and full document capture for low-cost, fixed lens cameras.
The OptiML Focus solution integrates industry-leading lens design with compact digital algorithms that when combined, result in an image which is always in focus. Today's digital cameras typically have either depth of field focus capability or low-light performance capability. However with the OptiML Focus technology, camera modules can have both capabilities at the same time, providing deep field focus as well as high-quality low-light performance.
"We are excited that Samsung, one of the world leaders in advanced semiconductor technology, has chosen Tessera as its technology partner for providing next-generation imaging features in their image sensor," said Mike Bereziuk, COO, Tessera. "By integrating our OptiML Focus solution into their next-generation image sensor devices, Samsung will be able to provide its customers with non-mechanical autofocus and high-quality low-light performance at lower cost and with higher reliability."
