Oregon Company Develops Spherical Imaging Technology for Surveillance and Security Concerns.

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PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 2002

Better than eyes behind your head, iMove's spherical imaging system

allows viewers to see in all directions at the same time.

Security-conscious corporations and government agencies around the world have a new tool in their arsenal, the result of an innovation in video imaging developed by an Oregon company.

The new spherical imaging system, comprised of six lenses, is manufactured by Portland, Oregon-based iMove, Inc.

A spherical sensor that sees everything in every direction.

The six lenses -- actually six separate cameras packaged as a single spherical sensor -- allow viewers to see in all directions at once -- forward, backward, side-to-side, up and down. With multiple cameras capturing and integrating digital video images from each direction, iMove's spherical-imaging technology provides users with a 360 degree by 360 degree field-of-view from wherever the sensor is placed. "It's the visual equivalent of surround sound," says its inventor, Dr. David Ripley, a noted innovator of visual imaging systems who spent several years at both Intel and the David Sarnoff Research Center in Princeton, N.J.

Homeland Defense forms the backbone of iMove's client base.

Currently, the most obvious and compelling applications for iMove's spherical imaging system involve security, surveillance, reconnaissance & target identification, as well as situational awareness, an increasingly important capability for governmental and commercial customers.

Imagine a soldier on patrol being able to see in all directions at once or an unmanned vehicle collecting full view intelligence on enemy troop movements. "iMove's spherical imaging system is a core technology for the Future Armoured Fighting Vehicles being conceptualized by Defence R&D Canada (DRDC)," said iMove customer Stephen Bogner, of the Immersive Imaging Lab of DRDC, an agency operating within the Canadian National Defense. "I have worked with the leadership of iMove since 1996," he added. "They continue to support DRDC with the imagination, integrity, and innovative technology that we need today, as we prototype the fighting vehicles of tomorrow."

Beyond security and surveillance a versatile imaging system for

both the private and public sector alike.

There are other uses for spherical imaging systems besides security and surveillance: exploration of deep space and outer space, navigation aids, construction site evaluation, movie location scouting, facilities planning, training and simulation, even tourism and travel planning. "Essentially, iMove's spherical imaging technology removes the limitation of what we can see conventionally," says Roger Thomas, CEO of iMove. "Our clients and target customers are those who literally need to see beyond the horizon. They understand that for important applications, the view of their world is not flat, but spherical."

About iMove, Inc.

iMove, Inc. is the only company shipping a Spherical Video Imaging System today. iMove has created a patent-protected library of capabilities, making it the leader in this important and emerging market. Multiple iMove systems are installed at premier accounts within the government and commercial markets in both North America and Europe.

iMove was founded in 1995 by Dr. David Ripley in order to leverage his cutting-edge research in digital video/immersive imaging. This initial research began at Sarnoff Research Labs in 1985 and continued at Intel Corporation during the early 1990s.

iMove is headquartered in Portland, Ore. For more information, please visit http://www.imoveinc.com, call 503/273-2921, or e-mail: [e-mail]

iMove is a trademark of iMove, Inc. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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