FOMA AV Unit Mobile Phones / NTT DoCoMo Posted by zmcnulty on Jul 12, 2005 - 04:49 PM |
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NTT DoCoMo has developed a "FOMA AV Unit," which is more or less just a board with all sorts of AV functionality on it that can connect to the FOMA network. What would that do for you? Well, this makes it painfully easy for companies to develop products with A/V functionality that can connect directly to your mobile phone -- DoCoMo offers the example of in-home robotics, but given the assortment of inputs this thing has, there could be far wider implications. NTT DoCoMo, in cooperation with Hagiwara Syscom, has announced the development of the "FOMA AV Unit," a board that features a CF slot and USB port, intended for use in other products. Evaluation versions of this board will be released in August, and Hagiwara Syscom will conduct normal sales from this fall. This "FOMA AV Unit," if included in devices such as cameras, would allow remote control and/or remote monitoring through the FOMA network. The size is 85 x 57 x 12mm (W x D x H), and it weighs about 32g. It is business card size, and features a CF slot and USB port as a way of connecting to FOMA handsets. Also, it features an SD card slot, audio/video input/outputs, a microphone connector, and so forth, so it could easily be offered inside of a robot or camera unit. Both DoCoMo and Hagiwara Syscom have left Tmsuk Sanyo, Sony, and AOS Technologies in charge of developing sample products that incorporate the "FOMA AV Unit." This unit also contains the video/audio processing and transmission governing functionality necessary to take advantage of FOMA's TV phone functionality. When accessing this unit from external locations, sensors that are connected to it can also be read, and necessary numbers can be overlayed directly on the image that appears on the FOMA handset -- this is called the "Super Impose Function." Though there is no fixed price, according to DoCoMo, "well, I guess it'll be like 10,000 yen." Also, Hagiwara Syscom has commented, "rather than just we two companies developing products that incorporate this unit, we will get companies that can take advantage of the technologies offered to their specific field; we hope products with broad applications will be developed."
http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/cda/article/news_toppage/24750.html [1] Press Release: http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/new/contents/05/whatnew0712c.html [2] |
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This article is from TechJapan http://www.techjapan.com/ The URL for this story is: http://www.techjapan.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1047 Links in this article [1] http://k-tai.impress.co.jp/cda/article/news_toppage/24750.html [2] http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/new/contents/05/whatnew0712c.html |
