Fujitsu Head-Mounted Display for Enterprise Begins Selling in Japan
Kopin® Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN), a leading developer of
innovative wearable computing technologies and solutions, announced
today that it has licensed certain wearable technologies and is
supplying key components to the FUJITSU IoT Solution UBIQUITOUSWARE
Head-Mounted Display, for enterprise customers. The HMD unit, which is
based on Kopin’s latest concept system design and began sales in Japan
on May 11, incorporates Kopin’s display module, optics, Voice ExtractionTM
Filter (VEF) technology and software.
“We at Fujitsu are really pleased to have worked with Kopin in our
Head-Mounted Display development,” said Ms. Kaoru Chujo, Vice President
in charge of advanced technologies for the Ubiquitous Products Business
Group, Fujitsu Limited. “We appreciate the strong support provided by
Kopin’s engineers during our development process. Kopin’s concept design
and engineering support facilitated a very fast development time for
this product.”
“We are extremely pleased to have contributed to the industrial HMD
Fujitsu has developed with our advanced display, optical, software and
audio technologies,” said Dr. John C.C. Fan, Kopin’s President and Chief
Executive Officer. “We believe that the combination of Kopin’s advanced
HMD technology and Fujitsu’s Human-Centric technology has created a
revolutionary, market leading HMD system. The Fujitsu Head-Mounted
Display product has a wide range of potential business applications,
such as equipment maintenance and repair, and we look forward to working
with Fujitsu in exploring all of these opportunities.”
The Fujitsu Head-Mounted Display has a monocular display pod containing
Kopin’s WVGA display (854 × 480 resolution), a camera, two microphones,
and various sensors. The unit can be operated with a wearable keypad
(included) or by voice using Kopin’s patented robust VEF Technology that
enables extremely high speech recognition rates in noisy environments.
The unit has rugged construction with water-resistant (IPX5/7) and
dust-resistant (IP5X) ratings, so it can be used with confidence in
challenging environments, including the outdoors. For infrastructure
inspections or assembly work at a factory, the unit allows for
hands-free task support in the form of still pictures, video, and audio
for safer and more accurate execution. It also allows for remote support
of trainees, allowing fewer operators on site while helping
less-experienced operators improve their productivity.
About Kopin
Kopin Corporation is a leading developer of innovative wearable
computing technologies and solutions. Kopin’s technology portfolio
includes ultra-small displays, optics, speech enhancement technology,
software, low-power ASICs, and ergonomically designed smart headset
concept systems. Kopin’s proprietary components and technology are
protected by close to 300 global patents and patents pending. For more
information, please visit Kopin’s website at www.kopin.com.
Kopin and Voice Extraction are trademarks of Kopin Corporation.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this news release may be considered “forward-looking”
statements under the “Safe Harbor” provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve a number of
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. These
risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following:
we may not be able to deliver the core components to Fujitsu to meet the
quality requirements; we may not receive meaningful order of our
components from Fujitsu; and other risk factors and cautionary
statements listed in the Company’s periodic reports and registration
statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including
the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the 12 months ended December 27,
2014, and the Company’s subsequent filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. You should not place undue reliance on any
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which
they are made. The Company undertakes no responsibility to update any of
these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances
occurring after the date of this report.
Kopin Investor Relations
Richard Sneider, (508)-870-5959
CFO
rsneider@kopin.com
or
Kopin
Business Development
Paul Baker, (508)-870-5959
Vice
President
pbaker@kopin.com
or
Kopin
Japan
Hideki Tomine, (81)-3-5325-3549
Vice
President of Display Marketing and General Manager of Kopin Japan
htomine@kopin.com
or
Investor
Relations
Market Street Partners
JoAnn Horne,
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