February 13, 2005
A Korean Start-Up Develops Auto-Focus in Camera Phone
Hysonic, a Korean venture firm, developed world's first linear zoom(2x) actuator that could be adopted to camera phone. It would make it possible to put an auto focus function, like digital cameras, in camera phones.
"It is the most advanced linear zoom for camera phones in the world and more advanced than non-linear zooms developed and sold in Japan. It spans only 12.8", according to Seong-ju Lee for Telecoms Korea.
Other Auto Focus Cameraphones and Technologies:
-- First auto-focus camera phone - NTT DoCoMo has announced the release of the mova P505iS handset, which is reportedly, the world's first camera phone equipped with auto focus. (Nov 2003)
-- Origami helps cellphone cameras to focus - Camera phones may be about to get a whole lot more intrusive thanks to a novel and ultra-cheap micromotor technology, enabling the handsets to zoom and focus with the same precision as the autofocusing lenses used in expensive stills cameras, thanks to a technique closer to origami than engineering. (Sept 2003)
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