Kyocera Corp. (Digital Camera)
"We chose Nucleus embedded software because of the source code, no royalties license agreement. Because there are no royalties, we can pass the cost savings on to our digital camera customers. Also, we liked the Nucleus PLUS kernel because of its scalability and small footprint," --said Hitoshi Fujimoto.
Mentor Graphics selected by Japan's Kyocera to Develop the World's First Premier Quality Digital Camera
Applications in the Digital Market
Digital photography is becoming increasingly popular in both the home and workplace due to the immediacy and flexibility it provides when you want to implement or distribute an image. Taking photos with a digital camera has the benefits of images that, once captured, are immediately stored in a universal digital format and then saved onto a computer for results you can see within minutes after shooting. This translates into a huge productivity enhancement and a valuable competitive edge.
The speed, simplicity, and increasing quality of electronic images have made digital cameras popular among web site designers who create many small images for web pages. But this is only the beginning of how digital cameras can help the technology industry. Posters, books, magazines, journals, reports, and other kinds of documents requiring higher resolutions are illustrated with photographs and images.
Why Mentor Graphics' Nucleus Embedded Software?
The reasons why Kyocera chose Nucleus embedded software were the source code, no royalties business model, along with the optimized flexibility of the Nucleus PLUS kernel. These benefits gave developers the edge they needed to design the Samurai digital camera and have it to market quickly. No run-time fees means that the savings can be passed on to Samurai customers. Other important factors that determined the decision to use Nucleus software were the kernel's scalability and small footprint.
Specifics of the Samurai 2100DG
With a Samurai 2100, you can take pictures of a wide array of photographic subjects, including landscapes, group photos, and portrait photos. One of the outstanding features of the Samurai 2100DG, that makes it the first of its kind in the digital camera market, is an optical 4x zoom lens that supports a range of focal lengths, from 6.6mm wide-angle through 26.4mm telescopic (which converts to a range from 35mm to 140mm in terms of a 35 mm camera). The camera boasts a full line-up of functions, including automatic exposure control, automatic white balancing, various shooting modes and versatile playback functions.
Kyocera continues to lead the digital camera market with the integration of Mentor Graphics' innovative and proven Nucleus embedded software. Because embedded software continues to drive the wireless industry, Mentor Graphics is guaranteed to be the premium source code, no royalties solution for any type of wireless application.