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Computer Hardware & Peripherals

Fasttrack Hardware Accelerated Face Tracking Technology Adopted in Next Generation Fujitsu Milbeaut(TM) Chips

PMA BOOTH TECHNOLOGY SUITE #X100 Hardware Integration of Face Tracking Enables Broader Adoption for Digital Camera & Camera Phones Burlingame, CA, January 24, 2008- FotoNation (www.fotonation.com), a world-leading embedded imaging solutions company for the digital photography industry, announced today that FastTrack, its face tracking hardware accelerated image processing technology, is being...

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Software

Fotonation Demonstrates SmileCheck(TM) Technology for Digital Cameras & Camera Phones

Real Time Smile Shutter Mode Guarantees Smiling Photos Every Time Burlingame, CA, January 14, 2008 - FotoNation (www.fotonation.com), a leading provider of embedded imaging solutions for the imaging industry, announced today the availability of licensing for SmileCheck, a new technology to detect smiles in portrait photos taken by digital cameras and camera phones. The new technology is being...

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Software

Software corrects chromatic aberrations.

Offered as software-only solution or coupled with FotoNation IP-Core hardware acceleration technology, ChromaFix(TM) provides one-step chromatic aberration correction technology for digital cameras and camera phones. Product compensates for misalignment of red, green, and blue wavelengths of light during focusing, eliminating resultant purple fringes around high-contrast edges in photos.

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Communication Systems & Equipment

Fotonation Selected by Trimble to Provide Wireless Imaging Technology to GPS Handhelds

FotoNation Implements PTP-IP Protocol on Trimble Devices to Wirelessly Transfer Photos from Digital Cameras Burlingame, CA, Nov. 6, 2006 -- FotoNation, (www.fotonation.com), a world-leading imaging and connectivity solutions company for the digital photography industry, announced today that it has been selected by Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) to provide wireless PTP-IP technology for Trimble's Mapping...

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Software

Camera Phone Software identifies and locks onto faces.

Able to detect presence and position of subject's face at up to 30 frames/sec during image capture, Face Tracker(TM) facilitates optimal setting of exposure, focus, and color balance. Program also provides automatic image orientation, face cropping, and face thumbnail generation for use in phone's contact address book. Portable software implementation is platform independent and scales in...

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Optics & Photonics

Fotonation Provides Red-Eye Reduction Echnology to Samsung Digital Cameras

FotoNation Stops Red-Eye Directly in the Camera - No Software Re-Touching Needed September 26, 2006, Galway, Ireland - FotoNation, (www.fotonation.com), a world-leading imaging and connectivity solutions company for the digital photography industry, announced today that digital cameras made by Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd are now shipping with patented red-eye detection and correction technology...

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Optics & Photonics

Fotonation Red-Eye Reduction Technology Shipping in over 50 Million Digital Cameras

Award-Winning Technology Featured in Kodak, Nikon, Pentax, Sanyo, Samsung and Other Digital Cameras September 22, 2006, Galway, Ireland - FotoNation, (www.fotonation.com), a world-leading imaging and connectivity solutions company for the digital photography industry, announced today that its patented in-camera red-eye detection and correction technology has surpassed an installed base of over 50...

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Services

Fotonation to Demonstrate Its Patented Dust Removal Technology at Photokina

Next Generation Technology Optimized for DSLR, DSC and Mobile Phone Cameras September 21, 2006, Galway, Ireland -- FotoNationÂ-® (www.fotonation.com), one of the world's leading embedded imaging and connectivity companies, announced today that it will demonstrate its new patented FotoNation Dust Removal Technology at Photokina 2006, held in Cologne, Germany from September 26 - October 1st,...

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Optics & Photonics

Fotonation's 'Face Tracker' Now Available in Leading Digital Cameras

Face Tracker Identifies and Locks on Faces for Optimal Focus & Exposure in New PENTAX Optio S7 & Optio A20 Digital Cameras September 5, 2006, Galway, Ireland -- FotoNation, (www.fotonation.com), one of the world's leading award-winning imaging and connectivity solutions companies for the digital photography industry, announced today that its innovative Face Tracker (TM) technology is now...

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Company News

6Sight Future of Imaging Conference and FotoNation Join Forces Again - Will Bring Cutting-Edge Imaging Research to 08 Event

Focus is on the 3rd Generation of Intelligent Image Capture Technologies and Applications Las Vegas, NV - January 30, 2008 - Future Image, the Association of Imaging Executives (AIE) and Photo Marketing Association International (PMA), the organizers of the 6SightÂ-® - The Future of Imaging executive conference, announced at the PMA Sneak Peek press event in Las Vegas today that, for the...

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Computer Hardware & Peripherals

Fasttrack Hardware Accelerated Face Tracking Technology Adopted in Next Generation Fujitsu Milbeaut(TM) Chips

PMA BOOTH TECHNOLOGY SUITE #X100 Hardware Integration of Face Tracking Enables Broader Adoption for Digital Camera & Camera Phones Burlingame, CA, January 24, 2008- FotoNation (www.fotonation.com), a world-leading embedded imaging solutions company for the digital photography industry, announced today that FastTrack, its face tracking hardware accelerated image processing technology, is being...

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Software

Fotonation Demonstrates SmileCheck(TM) Technology for Digital Cameras & Camera Phones

Real Time Smile Shutter Mode Guarantees Smiling Photos Every Time Burlingame, CA, January 14, 2008 - FotoNation (www.fotonation.com), a leading provider of embedded imaging solutions for the imaging industry, announced today the availability of licensing for SmileCheck, a new technology to detect smiles in portrait photos taken by digital cameras and camera phones. The new technology is being...

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Software

Software corrects chromatic aberrations.

Offered as software-only solution or coupled with FotoNation IP-Core hardware acceleration technology, ChromaFix(TM) provides one-step chromatic aberration correction technology for digital cameras and camera phones. Product compensates for misalignment of red, green, and blue wavelengths of light during focusing, eliminating resultant purple fringes around high-contrast edges in photos.

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Company News

FotoNation Partners with 6Sight & PMA to Showcase International Face Imaging Scientists

Speakers Announced for Conference Burlingame, CA, October 25, 2007 - FotoNationÂ-®, http://www.fotonation.com, a world-leading provider of embedded imaging solutions for the imaging industry, announced today that they have partnered with 6Sight and PMA to showcase some of the best international research scientists on face-based imaging technology at the 2007 6SightÂ-® Future of Imaging...

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Company News

FotoNation Announces Japanese Website

FotoNation's Digital Camera & Mobile Phone Digital Imaging News and Product Info Now Available in Japanese Burlingame, CA, September 24, 2007 -- FotoNation (www.fotonation.com), a leading provider of embedded imaging solutions for the digital camera industry, announced today the addition of a new Japanese section to their web site to inform Japanese language customers, strategic partners, and...

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Company News

FotoNation Expands Offerings to Include Embedded Imaging Hardware Solutions

Galway, Ireland, May 18: FotoNation www.fotonation.com, a world-leading embedded imaging and connectivity solutions company for the digital photography industry, announced today the opening of FotoNation Brashov, FotoNation's new office in Brashov, Romania. The new office is dedicated to expanding FotoNation's offerings from software to hardware by delivering high performance chipset designs for...

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People in the News

Eric Zarakov, VP Marketing of Fotonation to Speak at I3A Conference

Burlingame, CA May 11: FotoNation (www.fotonation.com), a leading provider of embedded imaging and communications solutions for the digital camera industry, announced today that Eric Zarakov, VP of Marketing, FotoNation, will be speaking on the Megapixels: Truth and Consequence Panel at the 61st Annual I3A Conference - Inspiring Imaging Innovation, held in Denver on June 7, 2007. Moderated by...

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People in the News

FotoNation Announces Irish-Based Executive Appointed as VP of FotoNation Inc.

Galway, (Ireland) April 24:FotoNation (www.fotonation.com), a leading provider of embedded imaging and communications solutions for the digital camera industry, announced today the appointment of Shane Fanning as Managing Director for FotoNation Ireland Ltd. and VP of FotoNation Inc. Reporting directly to Eran Steinberg, FotoNation CEO, Fanning will head both the Irish and Romanian operations....

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Communication Systems & Equipment

Fotonation Selected by Trimble to Provide Wireless Imaging Technology to GPS Handhelds

FotoNation Implements PTP-IP Protocol on Trimble Devices to Wirelessly Transfer Photos from Digital Cameras Burlingame, CA, Nov. 6, 2006 -- FotoNation, (www.fotonation.com), a world-leading imaging and connectivity solutions company for the digital photography industry, announced today that it has been selected by Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) to provide wireless PTP-IP technology for Trimble's Mapping...

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