FotoNation Wins DIMA Award for Ultra-Wideband In-Camera Module

PMA 2006: ORLANDO, FL – February 27, 2006 – FotoNation Inc., one of the world's leading imaging and connectivity solutions companies for the digital photography industry, announced today that it has won the DIMA Innovative Digital Product Award for their Ultra-Wideband (UWB) In-Camera Module.

The UWB module, the first wireless USB solution embedded into a camera, was co-developed by FotoNation, Wisair, a leading provider of UWB and Certified Wireless USB (WUSB) chipset solutions, and Slyde Technologies, a wireless conversion solution provider for the digital photography and video markets. Through this innovative technology, digital stills and video images can be wirelessly transferred between cameras and PCs.

The solution combines Wisair’s Ultra-Wideband chipset, Slyde’s DropIntegration architecture, and FotoNation’s PTP technology, to deliver a small form-fit, in-camera module that communicates over the air with a wireless USB dongle connected to a PC. The in-camera module requires minimal changes to current camera architectures for ease of integration by the manufacturer. The embedded wireless USB camera provides data transfer rates of up to 480 Mbps, high quality of service, and a much lower power consumption than current wireless solutions.