QBeo to Take Consumer Imaging to Broadband With My Photo Gallery; New Vice President of Engineering to Lead Technical Team.Business Editors, High-Tech Writers NORTH BEND North Bend is the name of several places in the United States of America:
QBeo(TM), an innovator of digital imaging technology, today announced it is adapting its award-winning digital imaging technology to the broadband cable environment. Leading the technical development of My Photo Gallery(TM) will be QBeo's newly appointed vice president of engineering, Rob Clark, a former technical lead at Netscape Communications and Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. . "My Photo Gallery will integrate traditional and digital cameras, digital video cameras, televisions, printing and merchandising into one seamless system that provides cable subscribers with image archiving, editing and output capabilities," said Del Clark, president of QBeo. "We are bringing the consumer imaging experience to the family room, with the speed of broadband and the ease of use that marks our technology." "We are confident that Rob will guide QBeo in the implementation of My Photo Gallery," Clark said. "His proven technical expertise and strong leadership skills make the perfect addition to QBeo's management team." Before joining QBeo, Rob Clark was the director of product development, client applications, for Bellevue, Wash.-based Attachmate. He was responsible for the development of multiple core products, supervising a staff of 50 across international sites. During his time at Netscape Communications, Clark served as a technical lead for the development of Netscape Application Server A Web-based application server from the Sun-Netscape Alliance that supports C, C++ and Java applications, Java servlets, JavaServer Pages (JSPs) and Enterprise JavaBeans. In 2000, it was superseded by iPlanet Application Server, which became Sun ONE Application Server in 2002 when Sun . He has also held various positions at Sun Microsystems, most recently as staff engineer. Clark led the development of Sun's Java Web Server A Web server from Sun that ran under Solaris and NT. It supported Java servlets and JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology. Version 2.0 was the final release of the product, which was created to provide an upgrade path to servlet processing (Servlet API 2.1) for prior Java Web Server customers. , the precursor to the Java for the Enterprise (J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) A platform from Sun for building distributed enterprise applications. J2EE services are performed in the middle tier between the user's machine and the enterprise's databases and legacy information systems. ) technologies. "I'm really excited about joining the QBeo team and leading the development of My Photo Gallery," said Rob Clark. "I believe we have a unique opportunity to bring together the two most successful consumer electronic devices in history, the TV and camera. Using a set-top box The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. to run My Photo Gallery will open up the world of online photo sharing Photo sharing is the publishing or transfer of a user's digital photos online, thus enabling the user to share them with others (whether publicly or privately). This functionality is provided through both websites and applications that facilitate the upload and display of images. and digital imaging to a whole new set of users." QBeo's technology currently powers three consumer imaging applications. PhotoGenetics(TM) instantly allows anyone to dramatically improve still digital photos, with tools for cropping, rotating, dewarping and red-eye reduction. VideoGenetics(TM) enables anyone to enhance digital video as it plays. Recently released VisualGenetics(TM) brings an exciting new suite of imaging tools to the Internet, including an "instant fix" for one-click enhancement and fun effects such as painting, warping, layering and blending. To enhance an image or video display, people simply compare and rate the original image against a series of variations. QBeo's patent-pending ImageOp(TM) technology creates the new images by altering a dozen characteristics such as hue, gradient, color balance In photography and image processing, color balance (sometimes gray balance, neutral balance, or white balance) refers to the adjustment of the relative amounts of red, green, and blue primary colors in an image such that neutral colors are reproduced correctly. , contrast, gamma, color temperature The measurement of color expressed in Kelvin (K). The reason this measurement is called a "temperature" is because it was derived from a theoretical object called a "black body radiator." When the radiator is heated, it changes from black to red to yellow to white to blue. , color shift and saturation. With the click of a mouse, people can apply their desired enhancements to the image. QBeo allows anyone to effortlessly ef·fort·less adj. Calling for, requiring, or showing little or no effort. See Synonyms at easy. ef  fort·less·ly adv. enrich captured memories and stories. Based in North Bend, Wash., the company is developing digital imaging technology to help people enjoy and share their memories through pictures and videos. QBeo has offered consumer-oriented imaging applications for personal computers since 1998. The company recently applied its award-winning technology to digital video and the Internet, and is now bringing consumer imaging to the broadband cable environment. For more information, visit www.qbeo.com or call 425/888-6609.
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