Fujitsu, Ltd. Selects Focus Enhancements FS403 Digital Video Processor as Integral Part Of CMOS Image Sensor Board.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 2001 FS403 Brings High Quality Scan Conversion For conversion of vector images to raster images, see . Scan conversion or scan rate converting is a technique for changing the vertical / horizontal scan frequency of video signal for different purposes and applications. Capability to the World's Smallest CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. Color Image A (digital) color image is a digital image that includes color information for each pixel. For visually acceptable results, it is necessary (and almost sufficient) to provide three samples (color channels Sensor for Mobile Devices FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. (Nasdaq:FCSE FCSE Frequency Control Symposium and Exhibition ), today announced that Fujitsu, Ltd. had selected the FOCUS FS403 scan conversion chip to be used on Fujitsu's CMOS image sensor A CMOS-based chip that records the intensities of light as variable charges similar to a CCD chip. Although initially used in less expensive digital cameras, the quality of CMOS sensors has improved steadily. CMOS sensors have advantages over CCDs. evaluation board (MB86S01-RB01). The low power CMOS image sensor is widely used in compact digital cameras, PCs and mobile information terminals for such applications as processing and transmitting over the Internet. The combined technologies can convert captured and transmitted data and output the signal for display on any NTSC (National TV Standards Committee) The committee that developed the television standards for the U.S, which are also used in Canada, Japan, South Korea and several Central and South American countries. Both the committee and the standard are called "NTSC. or PAL television. "FOCUS is a well established leader in scan conversion technology," said Chikara Tsuchiya, Director of the Mobile Products Department in Fujitsu Electron Devices Group. "Fujitsu selected the FS403 because the digital inputs of the FS403 enabled us to directly interface the chip set of our CMOS image sensor to FOCUS' high quality scan conversion technology." "The core technology designed in to the FS403 provides Fujitsu with a flexible front end and the ability to take advantage of specific features that essentially customize the chip to their specific applications," stated William Schillhammer, FOCUS Enhancements Vice President of OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and Sales. "The FS403 mates directly to the MB86S01/MB86571 chip-set enabling a seamless hardware integration by manufacturers who take advantage of the reference design." The FOCUS Enhancements FS400 family of ASICs are the highest quality NTSC/PAL digital video co-processors on the market. Unlike other PC-to-TV video conversion chips, the FS403 supports high quality compression with independent horizontal and vertical underscan and accommodates a broad range of input resolutions and displays the entire contents of an input image on any size television. In addition to its superior resolution and high quality compression, the FOCUS FS403 features a 2D Flicker Filter which significantly enhances small text readability as well as fine detailed graphical fonts such as Kanji (human language, character) kanji - /kahn'jee/ (From the Japanese "kan" - the Chinese Han dynasty, and "ji" - glyph or letter of the alphabet. Not capitalised. Plural "kanji") The Japanese word for a Han character used in Japanese. , Arabic and Hindi. Progressive VGA (Video Graphics Array) The display standard for the PC. All PC display adapters support VGA, and Windows machines boot up in "VGA mode" before switching to higher resolutions. , SVGA (Super VGA) A screen resolution of 800x600 pixels. Third-party vendors extended IBM's VGA display standard and were the first to use the term. SVGA has also referred to 1,024x768 resolutions. See PC display modes. and TV outputs drive large screen monitors and advanced digital TVs. The FS403 includes the ability to accept virtually all common commercial input frequencies, variable zoom mode with full-page panning, and direct RGB (Red Green Blue) The computer's native color space, which is the color system for capturing and displaying images. RGB was derived from our own perception of color because human eyes are sensitive to red, green and blue (see trichromaticity). or YUV The color encoding system used for analog television worldwide (NTSC, PAL and SECAM). The YUV color space (color model) differs from RGB, which is what the camera captures and what humans view. output. Users have full control over video quality with programmable brightness, contrast, saturation, and composite Y-notch and C bandpass filtering to prevent color rainbows surrounding text. About FOCUS FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. (Nasdaq:FCSE) and Videonics, Inc. (previously Nasdaq:VDNX), both formerly independent public companies, completed a merger on January 16, 2001. The merged company, operating under the FOCUS Enhancements name, is a leading designer of world-class solutions in advanced, proprietary video scan conversion ASICs, and affordable, high quality, digital-video conversion and video production equipment. Semiconductor products include the FS400, and FS450 series ASICs for scaling, scan conversion, Internet TV and interactive TV applications. Commercial products for video presentation include desktop PC-to-TV scan converters, scalers, and line quadruplers. Video production products include application controllers, edit controllers, mixers, and character and effects generators. The company's products and technologies are sold globally through Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and resellers to the broadcast, education, cable, business, industrial, presentation, internet, gaming, home video production and home theater markets. FOCUS Enhancements stock is traded on the NASDAQ SmallCap Market under the symbol FCSE. More information on FOCUS Enhancements may be obtained from the company's SEC filings, or by visiting the FOCUS Enhancements home page at http://www.FOCUSinfo.com. Statements about future results made in the above referenced (press release/presentation/conference call) constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. These statements are based on current expectations and the current economic environment. The Company cautions that these statements are not guarantees of future performance. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Such projections are based upon many estimates and are inherently subject to significant economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of management of FOCUS. Important assumptions and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are specified in the Company's Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2000 and other filings with the SEC by both FOCUS and Videonics. |
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