DxO Labs' New Hardwired Camera Phone ISP to Feature DxO Optics Pro Demosaicing and other D-SLR Class Image Processing Technologies

DxO Labs' New Hardwired Camera Phone ISP to Feature DxO Optics Pro Demosaicing and other D-SLR Class Image Processing Technologies

November 28, 2007

Available as Silicon IP, DxO ISP solution leverages new
anti-aliasing RAW conversion and color processing
technologies of award-winning DxO Optics Pro v5, making
them available for integration into embedded products such
as mobile phones

    PARIS and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 28
/Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- DxO Labs announced today that the
new DxO IPE and DxO ISP product lines of embedded image
processing solutions will contain the same professional
quality demosaicing technology as can be found in the
popular DxO Optics Pro v5 software package targeting
serious and demanding photographers. This represents the
first time that such high quality image processing has been
made available as silicon IP for implementation into mobile
devices such as camera phones. In addition to the high
quality RAW conversion, other D-SLR quality features
previously available only in DxO Optics Pro such as
adaptive lighting and smart vibrancy will also be
included.

    The solutions are implemented using DxO's proprietary,
highly configurable and programmable SIMD processor core
and are extremely power, space and form factor efficient.
Due to the flexibility of the architecture, the solutions
are available in several configurations to support
resolution from 1.3MP to 12MP. The solutions are available
to be embedded on CMOS imaging sensor chips, on companion
chips inside camera modules, or on baseband or application
processor chips.

    "Despite the increase in the average resolution of
camera phones, the quality of image processing available in
these devices still lags behind what is available to
consumers in DSCs and D-SLRs," said Jerome Meniere,
CEO of DxO Labs. "Through our development of advanced
image processing technologies for our DxO Optics Pro
software, and our investment in building RTL and silicon
design capabilities within DxO, we are now able to offer
superior image processing technologies for camera phones.
As our customers begin to implement these technologies, we
believe that the gap between camera phone image quality and
DSC image quality will be further reduced."

    With the purchase of a license and royalty contract,
DxO Labs will deliver the following:

    -- A system level bit-accurate C model for the RTL and
microcode;

    -- A hardware integration guide including external
interfaces (hardware 
       I/F, timing, registers & memories);

    -- Configured RTL (obfuscated structural Verilog) with
100% coverage;

    -- Verification coverage and guidelines (including
documentation, 
       verification vectors and tools for integration);

    -- Recommended chip test methodology; 

    -- A software integration guide including
Microcontroller firmware and 
       library description;

    -- Microcontroller firmware and library;

    -- One lens design which when mated to the system
hardware meets the 
       optical system specifications (for DxO DOP and DxO
IPE families only);

    -- Support for chip specification, RTL integration and
verification, 
       firmware integration and verification, chip backend,
system level 
       verification, lens sample manufacturing and
verification, chip 
       verification and image quality tuning;

    -- Upon receipt of first samples, DxO Labs will also
perform a lens 
       and sensor system calibration. This calibration
testing results in the 
       creation of additional binaries (codes and data) for
ROM or RAM 
       integration for the final camera module using the
mated lens.

    The solutions are available for immediate integration
into customer chip designs. More information on the
solutions can be found at
http://www.dxo.com/intl/embedded_imaging or by email at
[e-mail]. 

    About DxO Labs 

    DxO Labs offers products and solutions ensuring
excellence in digital imaging. DxO Labs develops and
licenses intellectual property serving the entire digital
imaging chain: licensing silicon architectures for embedded
still and video image processing; image quality evaluation
and measurement tools and methodologies; image quality
enhancement software for consumers. The company's key
customers and partners include:

    -- Consumer electronics manufacturers such as digital
camera vendors and 
       camera phone vendors;

    -- Imaging components suppliers: camera module
manufacturers, sensor 
       vendors, and processor vendors;

    -- Demanding photographers, as well as photography
journalists and 
       imaging experts.

    DxO Labs' product portfolio is steadily finding a place
at the heart of advanced consumer electronics and
world-class industry imaging systems where "Image
Science by DxO" becomes a reference for quality. 

    For more information on the company, visit DxO Labs
online at http://www.dxo.com

    DxO is a registered trademark of DxO Labs. Other
trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to
refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names
or their products. DxO Labs disclaims any proprietary
interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own.


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