Sound Vision Digital Imaging Reference Design Delivers First VGA Digital Camera and TV Based Docking Station; TV Centric Device Expands Digital Camera Market To Millions Of Households Without A PC.Business Editors & High Tech Writers WAYLAND, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 2001 Sound Vision Inc., a cutting-edge developer of versatile integrated circuits and production-ready designs for a new generation of consumer electronics products, today announced a digital camera and TV docking station that allows users to take pictures, view them on the TV, and store them on inexpensive, universally available floppy disks without having to use a computer. The product combines a fully-functional 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. digital camera and docking station with a 3.5 inch floppy disk drive floppy disk drive - disk drive that connects easily to any TV. Sound Vision's VGA digital camera and TV docking station reference design, which is available to manufacturers now, is the latest in a series of digital imaging and audio products based on their CLARITY programmable ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. . Sound Vision's kits enable Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and brand marketers to greatly accelerate product delivery while substantially lowering development costs. Currently World Wide Licenses Ltd. (WWL WWL World Wide Lexicon WWL Working Load Limit WWL world wide localization WWL world wide language ) plans to use Sound Vision's reference design to build a finished product. It will be marketed under the model name TV Cam(R), and is expected to appear on the market in the fourth quarter holiday selling season for an estimated selling price of about US$169. "To date, participation in the digital imaging market has been limited to only a portion of the US population due to the need for a PC to view, share and store digital images. Products like TV Cam will help to broaden the scope and heighten the appeal of the digital imaging market, by expanding the experience from the PC only, to the TV," says Chris Chute, research analyst for digital cameras and scanners for IDC. "By allowing users to share, upload, archive and view their images via a TV, the digital imaging industry opens itself up to almost all of the US population." A complete design kit unit consists of a Sound Vision V1 VGA dual-mode digital camera, a set-top docking station, and cables to easily connect to 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 TV. Users simply take pictures and dock the camera in the docking station. Pictures stored in the camera memory appear on the TV screen. An easy-to-use on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. menu allows users to navigate between images, rotate images 90(degree)(portrait or landscape), as well as copy images from the camera's memory to an inexpensive floppy disk for storage and later viewing. Images can be viewed one at a time or in an automatic slide show format. The Sound Vision V1 dual-mode (digital still and USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. video) digital camera uses Agilent's VGA CMOS sensor, has 8 MB SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) memory chip that has been widely used since the late 1990s. SDRAM chips eliminated wait states by dividing the chip into two cell blocks and interleaving data between them. , provides storage for up to 130 images (economy mode), and has the capability to capture over 600 images from just 4 AAA batteries. Sound Vision's rapid development kit for TV Cam includes the CLARITY ASIC; functional prototype camera and docking station build kit; camera firmware and host software; technical user manual, schematics, net list and bill of materials The list of components that make up a system. For example, a bill of materials for a house would include the cement block, lumber, shingles, doors, windows, plumbing, electric, heating and so on. ; and detailed manufacturing instructions and recommendations. The complete kit provides manufacturers everything they need to produce their finished product quickly and more affordably. "Time-to-market and innovation are the most important concerns of our customers today," said Bob Caspe, Sound Vision Chairman. "Sound Vision combines engineering expertise and innovation, with the software and hardware components of our rapid development kits to provide OEMs and brands with the ideal platform to deliver innovative and exciting imaging products." Sound Vision, Inc. is a leading developer of highly integrated software and silicon solutions enabling digital imaging and audio signal processing Audio signal processing, sometimes referred to as audio processing, is the processing of a representation of auditory signals, or sound. The representation can be digital or analog. to be incorporated into a variety of products such as digital cameras, toys, wireless communications devices and other consumer and business products. Sound Vision's depth of image processing experience and its virtual company business model provide fully-functional production ready designs to product designers and OEMs enabling them to rapidly bring entire families of imaging and audio products to market at reduced cost. Information about Sound Vision can be found at http://www.soundvisioninc.com World Wide Licenses Ltd. is a Hong Kong-based wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of The Character Group. Founded in 1991, The Character Group Plc. is listed in the Main board of the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. , Media and Photography Sector. TV Cam(R) is a registered trade name of World Wide Licenses Limited. |
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