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The new OnePlus X phone features FotoNation's high-dynamic range, face
beautification and panorama technologies
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Easy-to-use interface enhances user experience and makes it simple to
capture great photos
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
FotoNation Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tessera Technologies,
Inc. (NASDAQ: TSRA) and the leading provider of computational imaging
solutions for mobile phones and digital still cameras, and OnePlus, a
technology startup committed to bringing the best possible technology to
users around the world, announced that FotoNation's user-oriented
solutions have been implemented in OnePlus smartphones. FotoNation's
high-dynamic range (HDR), face beautification and panorama technologies
are available in multiple OnePlus models, including the OnePlus X, which
launched in the U.S. on November 19, 2015.
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OnePlus X smartphone (Photo: Business Wire)
FotoNation and OnePlus have joined forces to set a new standard in terms
of user experience with the OnePlus X. Today's smartphone cameras demand
the best optics, image sensor technology and imaging algorithms to
achieve the best performance and, ultimately, capture the best images.
FotoNation's HDR, face beautification and panorama solutions are
customized for OnePlus to take full advantage of the OnePlus X's
13-megapixel camera sensor and optics.
"We are still driven by the desire to disrupt the industry; in fact,
we've built OnePlus X with this thought in mind," said Oliver Zhang,
Product Planning Director of OnePlus X. "OnePlus X is much more than
specs, and this is why we've partnered with FotoNation. In the camera's
case, megapixels fail to tell the whole story. Beyond hardware, powerful
imaging features in a simple user interface are at the core of our
camera application. FotoNation's technology helped us achieve this goal."
"Our vision to significantly enhance the smartphone user experience
aligns well with OnePlus' best-in-class products," said Sumat Mehra, SVP
of Marketing and Business Development at FotoNation. "By customizing
FotoNation's technology specifically for OnePlus X's optics and image
sensors, we have been able to improve the device with great photographic
capabilities, while also delivering the ultimate user experience."
FotoNation's face-and-eye detection and tracking technologies, already
found in 60% of tier-one smartphones around the world, represent the
foundation of FotoNation's FaceSavvy™ product, which is changing the way
users experience mobile photography.
About FotoNation
FotoNation is giving life to computational imaging by merging technology
with emotion. With technology in more than 60 % of global tier-one
smartphones, FotoNation develops technologies that serve the
computational imaging space for handsets and cameras, as well as the
automotive, surveillance, security, and augmented reality markets. We
create, innovate and deliver the next generation of computational
imaging algorithms. We engineer new ways to reach the highest possible
performance while keeping system requirements to a minimum. We have a
long history of innovating and advancing the state of the art in image
processing. More than a decade ago, we were the first to integrate a
computational imaging solution in an embedded mobile device. Today,
FotoNation remains the leader in computational photography and computer
vision. Nearly 2 billion digital cameras and smart devices are powered
by the imaging technologies designed by the sharp minds and passionate
hearts of FotoNation engineers. For more information visit www.fotonation.com.
About OnePlus Inc.
It all started in the winter of 2013 with a simple, bold idea: make a
better phone. But, not just a better phone - a better way of doing
things. A new kind of tech company that works hand in hand with users to
do something amazing, something meaningful. For more information call 1
(646) 851-2228 or visit www.oneplus.net.
About Tessera Technologies, Inc.
Tessera Technologies, Inc., including its Invensas, FotoNation and
Ziptronix subsidiaries, licenses technologies and intellectual property
to customers for use in areas such as mobile computing and
communications, memory and data storage, and 3D-IC technologies, among
others. Our technologies include semiconductor packaging and
interconnect solutions, and products and solutions for mobile and
computational imaging, including our LifeFocusTM, FaceToolsTM,
FacePowerTM, FotoSavvyTM, DigitalApertureTM,
face beautification, red-eye removal, High Dynamic Range, autofocus,
panorama, and image stabilization intellectual property. For more
information call +1.408.321.6000 or visit www.tessera.com or www.invensas.com.
Tessera, the Tessera logo, FotoNation, the FotoNation logo, Ziptronix,
the Ziptronix logo, FaceSavvy, FaceTools, FacePower, DigitalAperture,
and LifeFocus are trademarks or registered trademarks of affiliated
companies of Tessera Technologies, Inc. in the United States and other
countries. All other company, brand and product names may be trademarks
or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
Safe Harbor Statement
This document contains forward-looking statements, which are made
pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve risks
and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
significantly from those projected, particularly with respect to the
characteristics, benefits, and features of FotoNation technologies and
the use of such technologies in OnePlus smartphones. Material factors
that may cause results to differ from the statements made include the
plans or operations relating to the businesses of Tessera Technologies,
Inc. (the "Company"); market or industry conditions; changes in patent
laws, regulation or enforcement, or other factors that might affect the
Company's ability to protect or realize the value of its intellectual
property; the expiration of license agreements and the cessation of
related royalty income; the failure, inability or refusal of licensees
to pay royalties; initiation, delays, setbacks or losses relating to the
Company's intellectual property or intellectual property litigations, or
invalidation or limitation of key patents; fluctuations in operating
results due to the timing of new license agreements and royalties, or
due to legal costs; the risk of a decline in demand for semiconductors
and products utilizing FotoNation technologies; failure by the industry
to use technologies covered by the Company's patents; the expiration of
the Company's patents; the Company's ability to successfully complete
and integrate acquisitions of businesses; the risk of loss of, or
decreases in production orders from, customers of acquired businesses;
financial and regulatory risks associated with the international nature
of the Company's businesses; failure of the Company's products to
achieve technological feasibility or profitability; failure to
successfully commercialize the Company's products; changes in demand for
the products of the Company's customers; limited opportunities to
license technologies due to high concentration in the markets for
semiconductors and related products and smartphone imaging; and the
impact of competing technologies on the demand for the Company's
technologies. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this
release. The Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
Dec. 31, 2014 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended Sept. 30, 2015, include more information about factors that could
affect the Company's financial results. The Company assumes no
obligation to update information contained in this press release.
Although this release may remain available on the Company's website or
elsewhere, its continued availability does not indicate that the Company
is reaffirming or confirming any of the information contained herein.
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pvandeventer@tessera.com
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For more information call 1-646-851-2228
or visit www.oneplus.net.
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