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| Siimpel's Technology Now Shipping in Motorola's MING A1600 Siimpel announces that it's SiimpelFocus SF9x MEMS-based silicon camera technology is now shipping in Motorola's MING A1600 cellular handset, which integrates the industry's first MEMS-based, continuous autofocus camera, enhanced GPS capabilities, and a suite of mobile business applications. Motorola has selected Siimpel's technology to provide consumers with a next-generation cellular phone with reliable autofocus capabilities similar to those found in standalone digital cameras. Motorola's A1600 handset includes advanced imaging features which are supported by Siimpel's continuous autofocus solution. The A1600 features include photo stitching to create panoramic images; a talking dictionary which uses the camera to recognize and translate English and Chinese characters into audio simply by scanning the text; and geotagging which enables the user to tag photos with the appropriate location information. MEMS technology enables the fast, repeatable, and accurate movement of mechanical structures such as digital camera autofocus and shutter within one micron. This is important because the performance of an optical system is largely dependent on the alignment tolerances of the optical elements. As the optical system is reduced in size, these tolerances must be proportionately reduced in order to maintain the same optical performance. Currently, manufacturing and alignment technology constraints prevent product developers from significantly reducing the size of cameras integrated into consumer products such as mobile phones. Siimpel's proprietary MEMS-based solution solves this issue, enabling manufacturers to develop mobile handsets and other consumer devices with higher-performance, integrated cameras. write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Computing News :: home page |