Pantech Use Oki's Image Processing Middleware in Mobile Phones

By Anuradha Shukla

TMCnet Contributing Editor

 

Oki Electric has provided Pantech Co., with FaceSensingEnginge (FSE), Oki’s face image processing middleware to be used in their mobile phones.

Pantech’s first mobile phone, “SKY IM-R100,” will be equipped with Oki’s FSE, which automatically controls the camera direction based on the facial feature tracking function. FSE also always adjusts the face to the middle of the screen while taking a picture. 

Oki’s face image processing middleware can also synthesize images in real-time synchronized to facial movements. Users can now save the result as a photo with the image synthesis function. 

 Pantech was reportedly looking for an image processing technology, which utilizes the camera as a human interface as well as for entertainment.


“What is amazing about FSE is that it can be embedded into a phone with limited CPU and memory but still provide high-speed image processing,” said E.J.Lee, General Manager, Product Planning, at Pantech in a press release.

“Based on the track record with Pantech, we will continue to provide our FSE-based solutions to mobile phone market as well as the entertainment and other embedded systems markets,” added Teruo Iijima, General Manager of Business Incubation Division at Oki Electric. 

 For more information, visit Oki or Pantech