Himax Presents Android Smartphone with Industry’s Leading 3D Sensing Solution at 2018 Mobile World Congress
27 February 2018 - 9:00PM
Himax Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:HIMX) (“Himax” or “Company”), a
leading supplier and fabless manufacturer of display drivers and
other semiconductor and optical products, today presented Android
smartphone samples equipped with the industry’s highest quality 3D
sensing total solution with outstanding face recognition capability
at the 2018 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The solution is now
ready for mass production.
SLiMTM, Himax’s structured light based 3D
sensing total solution which the Company jointly announced with
Qualcomm last August, brings together Qualcomm’s industry leading
3D algorithm with Himax’s cutting-edge design and manufacturing
capabilities in optics and near infrared sensors as well as unique
know-how in 3D sensing system integration. The Qualcomm/Himax
solution is by far the best performing 3D sensing and face
recognition total solution available for the Android smartphone
market right now.
The key features of the Himax SLiMTM 3D sensing
total solution include:
- Dot projector: More than 33,000 invisible dots, the highest in
the industry, projected onto object to build the most sophisticated
3D depth map among all structured light solutions
- Depth map accuracy: Error rate of < 1% within the entire
operation range of 20cm-100cm
- Face recognition: Enabled by the most sophisticated 3D depth
data to build unique facial map that can be used for instant
unlock and secure online payment
- Indoor/outdoor sensitivity: Superior sensing capability even
under total darkness or bright sunlight
- Eye safety: Certified for IEC 60825 Class 1, the international
laser product standard which governs laser product safety under all
conditions of normal use with naked eyes
- Glass broken detection: Patented glass broken detection
mechanism in the dot projector whereby laser is shut down
instantaneously in the event of broken glass in the projector
- Power consumption: Less than 400mW for projector, sensor and
depth decoding combined, making it the lowest power consuming 3D
sensing device by far among all structured light solutions
- Module size: the smallest structured light solution in the
market, ideal for embedded and mobile device integration
“3D sensing is among the most significant new
features for smartphone. We are pleased to announce that our SLiMTM
total solution is now ready for mass production. It outperforms all
the peers targeting Android market in each and all aspects of
engineering. We are working with multiple tier-1 Android smartphone
makers, on target to launch 3D sensing on their premium smartphones
starting the first half of 2018,” said Jordan Wu, President and
Chief Executive Officer of Himax Technologies.
About Himax Technologies, Inc.
Himax Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:HIMX) is a
fabless semiconductor solution provider dedicated to display
imaging processing technologies. Himax is a worldwide market leader
in display driver ICs and timing controllers used in TVs, laptops,
monitors, mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, car navigation,
virtual reality (VR) devices and many other consumer electronics
devices. Additionally, Himax designs and provides controllers for
touch sensor displays, in-cell Touch and Display Driver Integration
(TDDI) single-chip solutions, LED driver ICs, power management ICs,
scaler products for monitors and projectors, tailor-made video
processing IC solutions, silicon IPs and LCOS micro-displays for
augmented reality (AR) devices and head-up displays (HUD) for
automotive. The Company also offers digital camera solutions,
including CMOS image sensors and wafer level optics for AR devices,
3D sensing and machine vision, which are used in a wide variety of
applications such as mobile phone, tablet, laptop, TV, PC camera,
automobile, security, medical devices and Internet of Things.
Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Tainan, Taiwan, Himax
currently employs around 2,150 people from three Taiwan-based
offices in Tainan, Hsinchu and Taipei and country offices in China,
Korea, Japan and the US. Himax has 3,032 patents granted and 424
patents pending approval worldwide as of December 31th, 2017. Himax
has retained its position as the leading display imaging processing
semiconductor solution provider to consumer electronics brands
worldwide.
http://www.himax.com.tw
Forward Looking Statements
Factors that could cause actual events or
results to differ materially include, but not limited to, general
business and economic conditions and the state of the semiconductor
industry; market acceptance and competitiveness of the driver and
non-driver products developed by the Company; demand for end-use
applications products; reliance on a small group of principal
customers; the uncertainty of continued success in technological
innovations; our ability to develop and protect our intellectual
property; pricing pressures including declines in average selling
prices; changes in customer order patterns; changes in estimated
full-year effective tax rate; shortages in supply of key
components; changes in environmental laws and regulations; exchange
rate fluctuations; regulatory approvals for further investments in
our subsidiaries; our ability to collect accounts receivable and
manage inventory and other risks described from time to time in the
Company's SEC filings, including those risks identified in the
section entitled "Risk Factors" in its Form 20-F for the year ended
December 31, 2016 filed with the SEC, as may be amended.
Company Contacts:
Jackie Chang, CFOHimax
Technologies, Inc.Tel: +886-2-2370-3999 Ext.22300 OrUS Tel:
+1-949-585-9838 Ext.252Fax: +886-2-2314-0877Email:
jackie_chang@himax.com.twwww.himax.com.tw
Ophelia Lin, Investor RelationsHimax
Technologies, Inc.Tel: +886-2-2370-3999 Ext.22202Fax:
+886-2-2314-0877 Email:
ophelia_lin@himax.com.twwww.himax.com.tw
Ken Liu, Investor RelationsHimax Technologies,
Inc.Tel: +886-2-2370-3999 Ext.22513Fax: +886-2-2314-0877 Email:
ken_liu@himax.com.twwww.himax.com.tw
Investor Relations - US RepresentativeGreg
Falesnik, Managing DirectorMZ North AmericaTel:
+1-212-301-7130Email: greg.falesnik@mzgroup.us www.mzgroup.us
Himax Technologies (NASDAQ:HIMX)
Historical Stock Chart
From Apr 2024 to May 2024
Himax Technologies (NASDAQ:HIMX)
Historical Stock Chart
From May 2023 to May 2024