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Tokyo, May 22, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE:6701) announced today the availability of new image recognitionservices for smartphones and mobile terminals in Japan beginningJune 1. The new service can provide detailed information on a widerange of subjects, including everything from food to automobiles,that appear in photos taken with mobile devices. In recent years, as smartphones have become increasingly popular, anew market has emerged for image recognition services for mobileterminal cameras. However, there are complicated challenges toproducing fast and accurate systems in support of these services,including the creation of a processing engine, database renewal andmaintenance. As a result, there is strong demand for newmobile-terminal-based image recognition services that overcomethese issues. NEC's new service meets this demand by utilizing the company'simage recognition engine, featuring the world's highest level ofrecognition accuracy, to compare subjects from photos to image dataregistered on the cloud or on mobile terminals. Once a subject isrecognized, detailed information about that subject can bedisplayed on a mobile device. The use of this high speed, highly accurate image recognitionsystem in combination with an image database enables businesses toquickly and easily provide their own customized image recognitionapplications for smartphones. A health care provider, for example, could offer services forindividuals with special dietary needs. Users of the service couldtake photos of a meal in order to have detailed information aboutthe meal, including calories, ingredients and recipes, displayed ontheir mobile terminal. Other applications may appeal to car enthusiasts, who cantakephotos of cars on the street in order to learn about anautomobile's manufacturer, model and price. Key features of this service include the following: 1. High speed, highly accurate image recognition This system provides high speed, highlyaccurate image recognitionservices by capitalizing on NEC's internally developed imagerecognition technologies*. Furthermore, original NEC technologies that compress image data andreduce the amount of calculations required for an applicationenablethis system to effectively operate even on the limitedcomputing resources of mobile terminals. 2. Easy to launch services provided through the cloud Systems such as image processing engines and database renewal,which are required in orderto offer services, are provided on thecloud. This frees service providers from having to develop a seriesof different systems on their own and enables them to easily launchnew services. NEC has an accomplished history of developing and providingrecognition services for a wide range of industries, includingproducts with fingerprint and face recognition technologies thatare used in airport immigration facilities, entry/exit systems forlarge corporations and other identification systems for enhancingsecurity. This new service capitalizes on NEC's experience and technologiesto accurately recognize images related to a large cross section ofproducts, places and services, which improves user convenience andcreates new business opportunities. NEC aims to promote this service and expand sales through mobilecommunications providers, manufacturers, retailers, agriculturaluse, tourism purposes and more. Looking forward, NEC will continue to develop and providetechnologies that create new value and enhance the processing ofBig Data. * Press Releases: NEC's Face Recognition Technologies Ranked No.1 by the NIST in AllParticipating Categories -www.nec.co.jp/press/en/1001/2001.html NEC Fingerprint Matching Technology Ranked No. 1 by the NIST-www.nec.co.jp/press/en/0904/1602.html About NEC Corporation NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) is a leader in the integration of ITand network technologies that benefit businesses and people aroundthe world. By providing a combination of products and solutionsthat cross utilize the company's experience and global resources,NEC's advanced technologies meet the complex and ever-changingneeds of its customers. NEC brings more than 100 years of expertisein technological innovation to empower people, businesses andsociety. For more information, visit NEC at . Source: NEC Corporation Contact: Copyright 2011 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. JCN Newswire. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Handmade Glass Animals Manufacturer , Glass Masturbation for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Handmade Glass Rings.
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