New Face Detection Auto Focus Technology
Achieves World’s Fastest Auto Focus for Faces
FotoNation Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tessera
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSRA) and the leading provider of
computational imaging solutions for mobile phones and digital still
cameras, and ALCATEL ONETOUCH, one of the fastest growing
smartphone brands in the world and part of TCL Communication, the
sixth largest† mobile phone vendor in the world, have joined forces
to take mobile handset auto-focus (AF) systems to a whole new level
of speed and quality. Today, the companies announced that
LifeFocus™, FotoNation’s revolutionary auto-focus solution for
mobile phones, has been implemented in ALCATEL ONETOUCH’s latest
premium smartphone, the IDOL 3, which is expected to start selling
in Europe in the second quarter of 2015.
(Photo: Business Wire)
“The premium features of the IDOL 3 go head to head with the
best in class performance standard,” said Dan Dery, Chief Marketing
Officer of ALCATEL ONETOUCH. “LifeFocus excels in achieving a
flawless experience when taking pictures or videos. FotoNation has
successfully leveraged over a decade of experience in computational
imaging, and we take great pride in working with the best in the
digital photography ecosystem.”
“Our partnership with ALCATEL ONETOUCH has allowed us to put
game changing AF technology, which exponentially enhances the
photography experience, in the grasp of the smartphone end user,”
said Sumat Mehra, SVP of Marketing and Business Development at
FotoNation. “ALCATEL ONETOUCH is driven by innovation and the
desire to provide the best user photography experience with its
smartphones. This makes them a perfect partner to bring our novel
face-based AF technology to market. ALCATEL ONETOUCH’s IDOL 3 is
the first smartphone in the world augmented by LifeFocus to achieve
performance that is unmatched by any other smartphone today.”
The vast majority of pictures taken on mobile devices contain
people. LifeFocus was built with the human face at its core.
FotoNation’s face detection and tracking technologies, already
found in 60% of tier-one smartphones, enable face detection auto
focus (FDAF). As the foundation of LifeFocus, FDAF works in
conjunction with existing state-of-the-art AF solutions based on
contrast-, laser- or phase-detection, offering unmatched face focus
time and quality, even in low light conditions.
† Market Share Analysis: Devices, Worldwide, 3Q14, Gartner,
December 2014
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This document contains forward-looking statements, which are
made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking
statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ significantly from those projected, particularly
with respect to the characteristics, benefits, and features of
FotoNation technologies and the use of such technologies in ALCATEL
ONETOUCH smartphones. Material factors that may cause results to
differ from the statements made include the plans or operations
relating to the businesses of Tessera Technologies, Inc. (the
“Company”); market or industry conditions; changes in patent laws,
regulation or enforcement, or other factors that might affect the
Company's ability to protect or realize the value of its
intellectual property; the expiration of license agreements and the
cessation of related royalty income; the failure, inability or
refusal of licensees to pay royalties; initiation, delays, setbacks
or losses relating to the Company's intellectual property or
intellectual property litigations, or invalidation or limitation of
key patents; fluctuations in operating results due to the timing of
new license agreements and royalties, or due to legal costs; the
risk of a decline in demand for semiconductors and products
utilizing FotoNation technologies; failure by the industry to use
technologies covered by the Company's patents; the expiration of
the Company's patents; the Company's ability to successfully
complete and integrate acquisitions of businesses; the risk of loss
of, or decreases in production orders from, customers of acquired
businesses; financial and regulatory risks associated with the
international nature of the Company's businesses; failure of the
Company's products to achieve technological feasibility or
profitability; failure to successfully commercialize the Company's
products; changes in demand for the products of the Company's
customers; limited opportunities to license technologies due to
high concentration in the markets for semiconductors and related
products and smartphone imaging; and the impact of competing
technologies on the demand for the Company's technologies. You are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking
statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. The
Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec.
31, 2014, include more information about factors that could affect
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About FotoNation
FotoNation is giving life to computational imaging by merging
technology with emotion. With technology in more than 60 percent of
global tier-1 smartphones, FotoNation develops technologies that
serve the computational imaging space for handsets and cameras, as
well as the automotive, surveillance, security, and augmented
reality markets. We create, innovate and deliver the next
generation of computational imaging algorithms. We engineer new
ways to reach the highest possible performance while keeping system
requirements to a minimum. We have a long history of innovating and
advancing the state of the art in image processing. More than a
decade ago, we were the first to integrate a computational imaging
solution in an embedded mobile device. Today, FotoNation remains
the leader in computational photography and computer vision. Nearly
two billion digital cameras and smart devices are powered by the
imaging technologies designed by the sharp minds and passionate
hearts of FotoNation engineers. For more information visit
www.fotonation.com.
About ALCATEL ONETOUCH
ALCATEL ONETOUCH is simple, unexpected, down to earth,
irreverent and colourful. We believe that what makes technology
smart is what you can do with it rather than what it can do.
ALCATEL ONETOUCH is a brand within TCL Communication, an
international multicultural company which designs, develops, and
markets globally a growing range of mobile and Internet devices.
TCL Communication is a public company listed on the Hong Kong Stock
Exchange (2618.HK) and part of TCL Corporation one of the largest
consumer electronics companies in the world.
For more information, please visit www.alcatelonetouch.com
About Tessera Technologies, Inc.
Tessera Technologies, Inc., including its Invensas and
FotoNation subsidiaries, generates revenue from licensing our
technologies and intellectual property to customers and others who
implement it for use in areas such as mobile computing and
communications, memory and data storage, and 3DIC technologies,
among others. Our technologies include semiconductor packaging and
interconnect solutions, and products and solutions for mobile and
computational imaging, including our LifeFocusTM, FaceToolsTM,
FacePowerTM, FotoSavvyTM, DigitalApertureTM, face beautification,
red-eye removal, High Dynamic Range, autofocus, panorama, and image
stabilization intellectual property.
Tessera, the Tessera logo, FotoNation, the FotoNation logo,
LifeFocus, FaceTools, FacePower, FotoSavvy and DigitalAperture are
trademarks or registered trademarks of affiliated companies of
Tessera Technologies, Inc. in the United States and other
countries. All other company, brand and product names may be
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
companies.
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Tessera Technologies, Inc.Robert Andersen, 408-321-6779Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial OfficerorThe Piacente Group |
Investor RelationsDon Markley or Glenn Garmont,
212-481-2050Tessera@tpg-ir.comorMedia Contact:Impress LabsChristian
Zdebel, 484-788-2384christian@impresslabs.com
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