Pixel Magic^® intelligent video enhancement algorithms dramatically improve video for a wide range of applications including streaming media, mobile video, security and surveillance, and broadcasting. They are ideally suited for a wide variety of consumer electronics devices including mobile phones, set-top boxes, PCs, personal media players, webcams, digital frames, and digital video recorders.

Mobile Video

As cell phones become the 3rd screen for entertainment, the challenge for handset OEMs and service providers alike is to provide acceptable video quality while minimizing battery power consumption and network bandwidth usage. Pixel Magic can deliver an economic, clearly visible video differentiator to assist manufacturers and content providers to set their brands apart from the competition while offering service providers a path to more efficient bandwidth usage.

Set-top Boxes for Cable, IPTV, and web-connected TV

Home TV viewers now 'channel surf' between scheduled programming, on-demand content, time-shifted content stored on a local DVR, and direct access to web video sources. STB manufacturers, cable and IPTV providers are challenged to deliver the consistent level of quality viewers are used to on their new flat-screen TVs regardless whether the source is user generated content from the web or HD content from a broadband feed. Pixel Magic's intelligent enhancement adjusts to the video, applying enhancements when needed and can be rapidly designed into these devices without costly reengineering to deliver a consistently high video quality.

Streaming Media, Online Video

Whether it is grabbing video content from web sites or streaming Internet TV, the demand for quality online entertainment is growing rapidly. The challenge is to deliver entertaining, quality content and ads at limited bandwidths. Already accustomed to high definition entertainment on their TVs, people expect the same quality on their PCs. Ipera provides a family of end-to-end solutions that can quickly, efficiently, and effectively bridge this quality gap. Personal Media Players Portable media player manufacturers have made the devices more versatile and more indispensable, offering playback of audio, video and images and access to web content. The challenge for handset OEMs and service providers alike is to provide acceptable video quality while minimizing battery power consumption. Pixel Magic software solutions can be rapidly designed into these devices without costly device reengineering to deliver the highest video quality possible, with the lowest power consumption.

Webcams

Pixel Magic's flexible solutions can be rapidly implemented as a simple PC driver to deliver cleaner, crisper images and videos, allowing the use of less expensive optics and sensors. The improvement is especially dramatic at low light. These solutions can reduce the total system cost of a webcam while improving user experience. They are based on Microsoft DirectShow architecture and design-in is effortless.

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