Kopin/Access Co.:
Kopin Announces Collaboration With Access Co., Ltd. to Develop State-Of-The-Art Web-Browsing Platform With Kopin CyberDisplay Combination of Kopin's miniature CyberDisplay and ACCESS' NetFront software to bring wireless Web browsing to wireless phones, camcorders, personal computers and a range of other portable devices:
TAUNTON, Mass, Oct 23, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Kopin Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN chart, msgs), today announced that it has entered into a collaborative agreement with ACCESS Co., Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan, provider of NetFront software, to develop the BrowserScope(TM) concept. NetFront is the microbrowser used by NTT DoCoMo to enable its i-mode wireless phones access to the Internet in Japan. BrowserScope(TM) will combine Kopin's miniature CyberDisplay product with ACCESS' NetFront software to provide an integrated solution for bringing video-enabled Internet access to 3G (third generation) wireless phones, camcorders, personal computers and a range of other devices. By Web-enabling these devices, BrowserScope will create a new communications paradigm for personal digital equipment and consumer electronics. These new devices will now serve as input devices, allowing users to trade emails, share photographs and video, from their wireless phones, digital cameras and camcorders - over the Internet.
"The advent of 2.5 and 3G wireless protocol signals will enable portable electronics devices to communicate over the Internet," said Dr. John C.C. Fan, Kopin's president and chief executive officer. "As technology develops to enable this functionality, we believe it is important to combine Kopin's leading display hardware with leading software to provide our customers with integrated solutions for their personal Internet-accessed device applications. We are very excited to partner with ACCESS, a leading Japanese software company whose platform is the current standard for Japan's Internet i-mode phones."
Kopin's CyberDisplay products include a 0.24-inch and a 0.36-inch diagonal transmissive active matrix liquid crystal display (AMLCD) that displays information at a pixel resolution of 320 x 240 (QVGA) or 640 x 480 (VGA), respectively. At 1,700 lines per inch, it is the world's densest AMLCD. Along with displaying standard text and graphics, the CyberDisplay operates at video speeds and consumes less than 20mW of power, including the backlight.
"Kopin is the proven leader in the development of high-resolution, low-power consumption flat panel AMLCD displays," commented Toru Arakawa, Founder and CEO of ACCESS. "As the wireless bandwidth increases in 3G services, and the phones become video capable, a high resolution, compact display solution is becoming a key challenge for wireless Web solution providers like ourselves. By combining ACCESS' extensive know-how in wireless Web solutions and Kopin's flat-panel display technology, BrowserScope(TM) will provide a one-stop-shopping solution to meet the evolving personal digital equipment market."
About ACCESS Co., Ltd.
ACCESS Co., Ltd. is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with Access Systems America, a U.S. subsidiary, in Milpitas, Calif., and a European office in Isselburg-Werth, Germany. ACCESS is a leading provider of innovative embedded software solutions for Internet Appliances. The company's embedded browser software powers over 70 different commercial products including: i-mode phones for NTT DoCoMo; Sega's Dreamcast(TM) and Nintendo64 video game consoles; Internet TVs from Sharp and Mitsubishi; the Mulco(TM) set top box from NEC; integrated word processors from Casio, Fujitsu, NEC and Sharp; personal digital assistants from Casio, Fujitsu, NEC, Panasonic and Sharp; and car navigation systems from Alpine. Over 12 million commercial software licenses have been shipped from more than 30 major consumer appliance manufacturers. More information is available at access-us-inc.com and access.co.jp.
JV-Lite is a trademark and NetFront is a registered trademark of ACCESS Co., Ltd. in Japan. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners. |
