Liquid Camera Lenses for Cell Phones
Seiko Instruments Inc. (SII) announced today plans to develop, manufacture and market Varioptic’s Liquid Lens products, offering a cost advantage for auto-focus.
Varioptic’s liquid lens feature many advantages over competing technologies in terms of cost, size, robustness, power consumption, silent operation and speed. These advantages position liquid lenses for the emerging camcorder phone market where continuous auto-focus for video is a sought after feature.
SII production capacity plan is expected to reach 0.5 million units per month by 3Q of 2008 and will expand mass production capacity according to market needs. This agreement builds on an existing production capacity for Arctic 314 and Arctic 416 liquid lenses designed for 5.0-megapixel, 1/3-inch and 1/4-inch format camera modules.
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