Kopin Hires Yoichi Iba, Inventor of Pupil Optics and Free-Shape Prism
March 09 2015 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Mr. Iba, formerly with Olympus Corporation, to
Focus on Innovative Optics Solutions for AR and VR applications
Kopin® Corporation (NASDAQ:KOPN), a leading developer of
innovative wearable computing technologies and solutions, announced
that Yoichi Iba, formerly Senior General Manager with Olympus
Corporation, has joined Kopin Corporation as Chief Optical System
Scientist. Mr. Iba is one of inventors and the team leader of free
shape prism and Pupil optics. Mr. Iba will focus on designing
innovative optics solutions for wearable headsets including
augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) applications.
“We are fortunate to have Yoichi Iba join the Kopin team,” said
Dr. John C.C. Fan, President and CEO of Kopin Corporation. “We
have been cooperating with Mr. Iba and Olympus for many years. Now
with Mr. Iba joining Kopin, we expect our relationship with Olympus
will be even stronger. With Mr. Iba’s help, we expect to expand our
lineup of innovative optics solutions, which currently includes our
Pupil and Pearl module products.”
Mr. Iba is a super creative optics scientist having more than
150 patents granted worldwide. The Japan Patent Agency assessed his
patents to have the top rating in impacts to the world. Among Mr.
Iba’s inventions, the tiny Pupil optics allow see-through and
see-around without obstructing the outside view, while providing
vivid and bright images, even under full sunlight. Kopin licenses
the Pupil optics from Olympus and products are expected to come out
this year. He was the product manager of the Olympus Eye-Trek
consumer headsets for watching videos. With more than 100,000 units
sold in late 1990s, the Eye Trek headset product is still one of
the most successful headsets on the market.
“Kopin is well established as the leader in wearable headsets
and I am really excited to join Kopin,” said Yoichi Iba. “While the
wearable headset market follows its aggressive growth trajectory, I
will concentrate my efforts to provide the best optics solutions
for Kopin’s displays that meet market requirements.”
About Kopin
Kopin Corporation is a leading developer of innovative wearable
computing technologies and solutions. Kopin’s technology portfolio
includes ultra-small displays, optics, speech enhancement
technology, software, low-power ASICs, and ergonomically designed
smart headset concept systems. Kopin’s proprietary components and
technology are protected by more than 250 global patents and
patents pending. For more information, please visit Kopin’s website
at www.kopin.com.
Kopin and CyberDisplay are registered trademarks of Kopin
Corporation.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this news release may be considered
“forward-looking” statements under the “Safe Harbor” provisions of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
include, without limitation, statements relating to the expectation
that our relationship with Olympus will be even stronger; our
lineup of innovative optics solutions will be expanded; Kopin
licenses the Pupil optics from Olympus; and products are expected
to come out this year. These statements involve a number of risks
and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements.
These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the
following: our relationship with Olympus may terminate; our line-up
of innovative optic solutions may not expand; our license with
Olympus may terminate, products may not come out this year;
wearable eyewear may not be adopted by consumers; the Company’s
products may not be accepted by the market place; there may be
issues that prevent further development of the Company’s wearable
and optical products; manufacturing, marketing or other issues may
prevent either the adoption or acceptance of Company’s wearable
products; and other risk factors and cautionary statements listed
in the Company’s periodic reports and registration statements filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the 12 months ended December 28, 2013, and
the Company’s subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. You should not place undue reliance on any
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on
which they are made. The Company undertakes no responsibility to
update any of these forward-looking statements to reflect events or
circumstances occurring after the date of this report.
Kopin Investor RelationsRichard Sneider,
508-870-5959CFOrsneider@kopin.comorKopin Sales &
MarketingStuart Nixdorff, 508-341-9118Senior Vice
Presidentstuart_nixdorff@kopin.comorHideki Tomine,
010-81-3-5325-3549Vice President Display Marketing and General
Manager of Kopin Japanhtomine@kopin.comorInvestor RelationsMarket
Street PartnersJoAnn Horne,
415-445-3233JHorne@marketstreetpartners.com
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