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More Smartphones Feature High-Quality Front Cameras for Selfies

More Smartphones Feature High-Quality Front Cameras for Selfies

SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Competition is intensifying in South Korea’s market for smartphones equipped with high-quality front cameras to meet the booming trend of selfies, company officials said Monday.  A smartphone’s high-quality front camera, mainly used to take selfies, is increasingly appealing to plenty of young consumers, they said.  Earlier this month, SK [...]

Korean Patents for Omnidirectional Cameras on the Rise

Korean Patents for Omnidirectional Cameras on the Rise

SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) – With the soaring popularity of 360-degree cameras, there have been a surging number of patent applications for new devices, systems, and application technology related to omnidirectional cameras. According to the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), the average annual number of patent applications related to omnidirectional cameras was 65 from 2011 [...]

Korean Consumers Seek ‘Silent’ iPhones from Overseas

Korean Consumers Seek ‘Silent’ iPhones from Overseas

SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – In Korea, smartphone manufacturers are obliged to make camera shutter sounds audible even when the phone is set to silent mode. But more and more domestic consumers are seeking iPhones from abroad for their ‘quietness’, despite higher prices. When purchased directly from Hong Kong, an iPhone SE costs approximately [...]

‘Luxury Taxes’ Abolished for Certain Items

‘Luxury Taxes’ Abolished for Certain Items

SEOUL, Dec.1 (Korea Bizwire) – Aficionados of certain high-end goods will be pleased to find out that some items have been removed from the ‘Individual Consumption Taxes’ list, meaning they will now be exempt from what is often referred to as a ‘luxury tax’. Perfume, cameras and deer antlers were removed  from the list, but [...]

Movon Corporation Launches In-Vehicle Image Processing Camera for Long-Distance Commercial Drivers

Movon Corporation Launches In-Vehicle Image Processing Camera for Long-Distance Commercial Drivers

SEOUL, Korea, Apr. 2, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) — The convergence IT Division of Movon Corporation (President: Sang Hee Song) (www.mdas.co.kr), the leading provider of Vision-based Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) in automotive industry, today announced the launch of the in-vehicle image processing camera ‘MDAS-10’ for automotive market. MDAS-10, an image processing camera integrating LDW (Lane [...]