SAN DIEGO, Aug. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Qualcomm
Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), through its subsidiary, Qualcomm
Technologies Inc., announced an expansion to the Qualcomm Spectra™
Module Program, capable of improved biometric authentication and
high-resolution depth sensing, designed to meet growing demands of
photo and video for a broad range of mobile devices and head
mounted displays (HMD). This module program is built on the
cutting-edge technology behind the Qualcomm Spectra embedded image
signal processors (ISP) family. Engineered by Qualcomm Technologies
from the ground up, Qualcomm Spectra paves the way for future image
quality and computer vision innovations in upcoming Qualcomm®
Snapdragon™ Mobile Platforms.
"Whether used for computational photography, video recording, or
for computer vision applications that require accurate motion
tracking, it's clear that power efficient camera image signal
processing has become more important for the next generation of
mobile user experiences," said Tim
Leland, vice president of product management, Qualcomm
Technologies Inc. "Our breakthrough advancements in visual quality
and computer vision, combined with our family of integrated
Qualcomm Spectra ISPs for Snapdragon, are designed to support an
ecosystem of cutting edge mobile applications for our
customers."
Together, the new ISPs and camera modules are engineered to
support superior image quality and new computer vision use cases
that utilize deep learning techniques and bokeh quality image
experiences with a faster time to market for smartphone and HMD
devices. The next-generation ISPs feature a new camera architecture
designed for advancements in computer vision, image quality and
power efficiency for the next Snapdragon Mobile and VR Platforms.
The camera module program additions consist of a trio of camera
modules, including an iris authentication module, a passive depth
sensing module and an active depth sensing module.
Qualcomm Spectra Module
Program
Launched last year, the Qualcomm Spectra Module Program was
designed to help customers accelerate time to market for devices
with stunning image quality and advanced camera technology. Last
year's offerings provided customers with optimized, dual-camera
module solutions that make it easy for manufacturers to produce
smartphone cameras with improved low light photography and video
recording with smooth zoom. Now, the camera module program is being
expanded to include new camera modules capable of utilizing active
sensing for superior biometric authentication, and structured light
for a variety of computer vision applications that require
real-time, dense depth map generation and segmentation.
Second-generation Qualcomm Spectra ISP
The second-generation Qualcomm Spectra ISP is the next family of
integrated ISPs that utilizes new hardware and software
architecture designed specifically for advancements in computer
vision, image quality, and power efficiency in future Snapdragon
platforms. It features multi-frame noise reduction for superior
photographic quality, along with hardware-accelerated motion
compensated temporal filtering (MCTF), and inline electronic image
stabilization (EIS) for superior camcorder-like video quality.
The low-power, high-performance motion tracking capabilities of
the Qualcomm Spectra ISP, in addition to optimized simultaneous
localization and mapping (SLAM) algorithms, are designed to support
new extended reality (XR) use cases for virtual and augmented
reality applications that require SLAM.
The Qualcomm Spectra family of ISPs and new Qualcomm Spectra
camera modules are expected to be part of the next flagship
Snapdragon Mobile Platform.
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm's technologies powered the smartphone revolution and
connected billions of people. We pioneered 3G and 4G – and now we
are leading the way to 5G and a new era of intelligent, connected
devices. Our products are revolutionizing industries, including
automotive, computing, IoT, healthcare and data center, and are
allowing millions of devices to connect with each other in ways
never before imagined. Qualcomm Incorporated includes our licensing
business, QTL, and the vast majority of our patent portfolio.
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated,
operates, along with its subsidiaries, all of our engineering,
research and development functions, and all of our products and
services businesses, including, our QCT semiconductor business. For
more information, visit Qualcomm's website, OnQ blog, Twitter and
Facebook pages.
Qualcomm and Snapdragon are trademarks of Qualcomm
Incorporated, registered in the United
States and other countries. Qualcomm Spectra is a trademark
of Qualcomm Incorporated.
Qualcomm Snapdragon and Qualcomm Spectra are products of
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Qualcomm Contacts:
Pete Lancia, Corporate
Communications
Phone: 1-858-845-5959
Email: corpcomm@qualcomm.com
John Sinnott, Investor
Relations
Phone: 1-858-658-4813
Email: ir@qualcomm.com
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