Demonstrations at Embedded Systems Conference in Boston
TAUNTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 21, 2009--
Kopin® Corporation (Nasdaq: KOPN), the leader in
microdisplays for consumer and military applications, is demonstrating
its Golden-iTM Gen 2 concept units at Microsoft’s booth #
400 at the Embedded Systems Conference in Boston on September 22 &
23, 2009.
A three-ounce Bluetooth headset, Golden-i delivers an entirely new
category of mobile communication and computing capability. If you’re
enjoying your Smartphone, imagine it feeding information to Golden-i’s
15-inch virtual PC display and a hands-free natural speech recognition
interface controlling every phone feature and capability – while your
phone remains in your pocket or briefcase.
How much would enterprise performance improve with multi-lingual
wireless speech-driven control over all company systems, including
handheld devices, PCs, networks, factory equipment and Cloud
environments? With a convenient near-eye, 15-inch virtual display
on-demand, Golden-i provides hands-free spontaneous access to digital
information, broadcast programming and Internet services including
real-time, full-color D-1 high resolution (720 x 480p x 30 fps)
streaming video over industry standard Bluetooth 2.0.
Golden-i is truly more than the sum of its parts. It is a unique
convergence of the most advanced design with the latest components,
software and materials:
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Microsoft’s Windows® Embedded CE 6.0 R2 operating system.
- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) OMAP3530 processor featuring an
ARM® Cortex™-A8, high performance DSP and a graphics accelerator.
- Nuance Communications VoCon3200 speech recognition and Vocalizer
text-to-speech software platforms, modified specifically for
Golden-i’s hands-free operation.
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Micron Semiconductor’s ultra fast, low-power, multi-bit node DDR2 RAM
/ NAND FLASH Package-on-Package (POP) OMAP mobile memories and MicroSD
cards.
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Hillcrest Labs FreeSpaceTM 6-axis, solid state, head
tracking and body gesture sensor.
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Aurisound multi-phase / Adaptive Focus-BeamTM (AFB) ambient
noise cancellation that allows Golden-i users to speak naturally, even
in noisy environments. AFB removes ambient noise from cellular,
Bluetooth and WiFi audio communications.
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Kopin’s latest .44-inch diagonal, SVGA resolution (800 x 600 x 3),
full color LCD microdisplay, interface IC and natural sight, user
adjustable optics.
“Built on Microsoft’s Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 operating system,
Golden-i is capable of remotely waking Windows PCs from a hibernating
state,” said John C. C. Fan, Kopin President and Chief Executive
Officer. “After Golden-i establishes a Bluetooth, WiFi or cellular link
through a host device, users see their PC desktop screen on a 15-inch
virtual display, offering hands-free access to PC applications, data
files and services. When work is done, the PC may be placed in
hibernation with a single spoken command.”
Golden-i users no longer must carry their laptops to have a familiar PC
experience. Golden-i provides spontaneous remote access to their PCs in
nearly every mobile situation.
“Microsoft is proud to continue working with Kopin and other partners
throughout our ecosystem to continue driving dramatic shifts in mobile
computing and communications,” said David Wurster, Senior Product
Manager for Windows Embedded at Microsoft. “Microsoft’s componentized,
real-time Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 operating system provides a
powerful platform to support Golden-i’s ability to interact with
multiple handheld devices, PCs, servers and enterprise networks.”
“Remotely controlling multiple devices and systems, in much the same way
PCs control multiple applications on their desktop, is one of the
primary goals in developing Golden-i,” explained Jeffrey Jacobsen,
Senior Advisor to Kopin’s CEO and Golden-iProgram Manager
“Golden-i’s hands-free ability to remotely control and interface
simultaneously with up to seven other devices provides users with
increased performance, reduces enterprise headcount and improves
enterprise ROI.”
“TI is excited that Kopin will showcase the Golden-i Gen 2 concept units
at ESC Boston,” said Alejandro Erives OMAP35x product marketing manager,
TI. “Golden-i delivers an unprecedented array of capabilities and
features, which would have been impossible just one year ago, enabling
customers to do business wirelessly and hands-free.”
Power consumption is always a concern when designing a wearable headset
expected to operate for extended periods of time in harsh industrial
environments. Current testing suggests Golden-i’s OMAP dual processor
platform can achieve over eight hours of typical use with a single 1200
mA/hr Li-ion battery.
Nuance’s VoCon3200 speech recognition and Vocalizer text-to-speech
software were chosen by Kopin for their accuracy, speed and multiple
spoken language support. Kopin modified the VoCon3200 speech recognition
application, adding an active speaker self-learning algorithm that
studies the speaker’s unique pronunciation of vowels, consonants and
syllables.
“Nuance’s superior speech products and strategic guidance provide
Golden-i with unparalleled mobile speech recognition performance,” said
Kopin’s Jacobsen. “Nuance’s Vocalizer text-to-speech application enables
Golden-i to read out loud documents, e-mail messages, webpage content or
similar text on its display screen in most common languages. Golden-i
has been designed to incorporate its speech recognition and
text-to-speech capabilities to support intelligent avatars and
artificial intelligence programs that provide spoken advice,
information, warnings and audible responses to Golden-i users. You can
speak to or text message Golden-i and the device is designed to
intelligently respond with a voice and personality of its own. We expect
Golden-i users will select and change avatars like ringtones (i.e.,
movie stars, political figures, cartoon characters or artificial
computer personas).”
Hillcrest Labs FreeSpaceTM 6-axis solid state position sensor
adds precision gesture sensing, head tracking and 3D spatial workspace
capabilities to Golden-i. FreeSpaceTM modules improve user
comfort, convenience and safety. User information and display content
can be positioned in virtual space around the user, significantly
enlarging a mobile users work space and hands-free functionality.
In one example, two documents can be positioned conveniently in virtual
space; either document can be enlarged or reduced in size as required.
The pages in one document can be turned or advanced as needed without
affecting the other document being compared alongside. A second example
involves using Golden-i in viewing diagrams, schematics, maps or images.
Asking the head tracker to switch-on enables the user to zoom into an
image and, through head movements, look around and see the rest of the
image still under magnification without latency and well beyond the
boundaries of conventional static displays.
Kopin plans to begin shipping Gen 3 Golden-i Eval SDK units for customer
field trials in December 2009. Following extensive field testing,
refinements will be incorporated into production of certified Golden-iproducts, which are expected in 2010.
“Nothing as ambitious as Golden-i is accomplished without a strong
vision for what is possible and access to world class components,
software, materials and engineering talent,” Jacobsen said. “Golden-i
strategic business partners are world leaders in their area of
expertise, and their contributions to the device’s performance have been
very synergistic.”
About Kopin
Kopin Corporation produces lightweight, power-efficient, ultra-small
liquid crystal displays and heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs)
that are revolutionizing the way people around the world see, hear and
communicate. Kopin has shipped more than 30 million displays for a range
of consumer and military applications including digital cameras,
personal video eyewear, camcorders, thermal weapon sights and night
vision systems. The Company's unique HBTs, which help to enhance battery
life, talk time and signal clarity, have been integrated into billions
of wireless handsets as well as into WiFi, VoIP and high-speed Internet
data transmission systems. Kopin's proprietary display and HBT
technologies are protected by more than 200 global patents and patents
pending. For more information, please visit Kopin's website at www.kopin.com.
The Golden-i concept is protected by Kopin’s patents and patents pending.
Kopin, CyberDisplay, Golden-i and The NanoSemiconductor Company are
trademarks of Kopin Corporation. All other company names or product
names are the trademarks of their respective owners.
Safe Harbor Statement
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, including without limitation, statements
made relating to Company’s claim that Golden-i delivers an entirely new
category of mobile communication and computing capability; improvements
in enterprise performance with Golden-i; the claim that Golden-i is more
than the sum of its parts; Golden-i’s capability of remotely waking
Windows PCs from a hibernating state in practically any remote location;
expectation that Golden-i users no longer must carry their laptops to
have a familiar PC experience; our expectation that Golden-i will
achieve over eight hours of standard use with a single 1200 mA/hr Li-ion
battery; the claim that Golden-i has achieved an unparalleled mobile
speech recognition performance; expectation that Golden-i users will
select and change avatars like ringtones; the projection that head
tracker improve user comfort, convenience and safety; the expectations
that shipping Gen 3 Golden-i Eval SDK units for customer field trials
will occur in December 2009 and the expectation that following extensive
field testing, refinements will be incorporated into production of
certified Golden-iproducts, which are expected
in 2010.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 potential that: we
may be unable to manufacture Golden-i product; the Golden-i product may
not work; the partners listed above and other partners may discontinue
products which are necessary for Golden-i to function, Kopin and or the
partners listed above and other partners may terminate their involvement
in the Golden-i product development; manufacturing, marketing or other
issues that may prevent either the adoption or acceptance of Golden-i
products; competitive products and pricing; the risk that new product
initiatives and other research and development efforts may not be
successful; the potential that costs to develop and produce the Golden-i
may be significant; manufacturing delays, technical issues, economic
conditions or external factors that may prevent the development of
Golden-i; 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 Company’s Form 10-Q
for the six months ended June 27, 2009 and Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the 12 months ended December 27, 2008, 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.
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or
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Kopin Corporation
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or
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