Kopin Provides Licenses, Components to Fujitsu’s New Smart Headset
May 12 2015 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Fujitsu Head-Mounted Display for Enterprise
Begins Selling in Japan
Kopin® Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN), a leading developer of
innovative wearable computing technologies and solutions, announced
today that it has licensed certain wearable technologies and is
supplying key components to the FUJITSU IoT Solution UBIQUITOUSWARE
Head-Mounted Display, for enterprise customers. The HMD unit, which
is based on Kopin’s latest concept system design and began sales in
Japan on May 11, incorporates Kopin’s display module, optics, Voice
ExtractionTM Filter (VEF) technology and software.
“We at Fujitsu are really pleased to have worked with Kopin in
our Head-Mounted Display development,” said Ms. Kaoru Chujo, Vice
President in charge of advanced technologies for the Ubiquitous
Products Business Group, Fujitsu Limited. “We appreciate the strong
support provided by Kopin’s engineers during our development
process. Kopin’s concept design and engineering support facilitated
a very fast development time for this product.”
“We are extremely pleased to have contributed to the industrial
HMD Fujitsu has developed with our advanced display, optical,
software and audio technologies,” said Dr. John C.C. Fan, Kopin’s
President and Chief Executive Officer. “We believe that the
combination of Kopin’s advanced HMD technology and Fujitsu’s
Human-Centric technology has created a revolutionary, market
leading HMD system. The Fujitsu Head-Mounted Display product has a
wide range of potential business applications, such as equipment
maintenance and repair, and we look forward to working with Fujitsu
in exploring all of these opportunities.”
The Fujitsu Head-Mounted Display has a monocular display pod
containing Kopin’s WVGA display (854 × 480 resolution), a camera,
two microphones, and various sensors. The unit can be operated with
a wearable keypad (included) or by voice using Kopin’s patented
robust VEF Technology that enables extremely high speech
recognition rates in noisy environments. The unit has rugged
construction with water-resistant (IPX5/7) and dust-resistant
(IP5X) ratings, so it can be used with confidence in challenging
environments, including the outdoors. For infrastructure
inspections or assembly work at a factory, the unit allows for
hands-free task support in the form of still pictures, video, and
audio for safer and more accurate execution. It also allows for
remote support of trainees, allowing fewer operators on site while
helping less-experienced operators improve their productivity.
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 close to 300 global patents and patents
pending. For more information, please visit Kopin’s website at
www.kopin.com.
Kopin and Voice Extraction are 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
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: we may not be able
to deliver the core components to Fujitsu to meet the quality
requirements; we may not receive meaningful order of our components
from Fujitsu; 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 27, 2014, 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 Business DevelopmentPaul
Baker, (508)-870-5959Vice Presidentpbaker@kopin.comorKopin
JapanHideki Tomine, (81)-3-5325-3549Vice President of Display
Marketing and General Manager of Kopin
Japanhtomine@kopin.comorInvestor RelationsMarket Street
PartnersJoAnn Horne,
(415)-445-3233JHorne@marketstreetpartners.com
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