Bandai Networks and Realeyes3D Announce Partnership to Market ”Super Digitizer” Mobile Phone Imaging Application Suite

Bandai Networks Co., Ltd. and Realeyes3D jointly announced today that the companies have agreed to cooperate to supply Realeyes3D’s image creation application suite “Super DigitizerTM” to network operators and mobile phone handset manufacturers. This partnership will allow Bandai Networks to develop and promote exciting new content and utilities for camera phone users in Japan, and both partners will provide support to carriers and handset manufacturers to make “Super Digitizer” available on their handsets.

Today in Japan, over 60% of mobile phone owners use their camera phones as “personal memo-taking devices,” when they take still photos, according to a survey of camera phone users by Goo Research. It has become very common for users to snap photos of train station timetables and whiteboard memos as an easy way to take notes, instead of writing the information down. However, this information is hard to read even if the photo is taken in high resolution and the image enlarged, and users have increasingly been looking for a way to save the image in an easier-to-read format. The jointly released imaging application suite “Super Digitizer”, which incorporates Realeyes3D’s patented “Visual CortexTM” ink extraction technology, will address these needs.

The “Super Digitizer” suite combines Realeyes3D embedded applications, including “DigitizerTM” handwritten messaging and “ClipperTM” document capture, with Realeyes3D’s ink extraction library, “Visual Cortex™”, to deliver a unique suite of powerful applications:

SD Document Capture, for taking quick, clear copies of handwritten notes, meeting notes on white boards, or printed information and storing them on the phone. SD Document Capture improves the legibility of the captured document, providing functionality equivalent to scanning A4 documents on a PC, all with an easy-to-use camera on a mobile phone. In addition, users can organize various types of text information captured with their cameraphone as documents on their phones, in their own personal way.

SD Handwritten Messaging allows users to snap handwritten messages in two clicks and send them to any other phone. Users can utilize the handwritten message content they have saved as memos in greeting card emails, or even as photo overlays, HTML emails, and other custom user interfaces. The messages can include not only text, but diagrams, maps, logos, and other material not necessarily written with pen and paper.

SD Stamp Maker and SD Icon Maker, to create “stamps” and “icons”, small personal bitmap images that can then be reused as a decoration on other pictures, in messages such as “NTT DecoMail®” or “Magic Wanda™”, or as icons to personalize the phone users interface itself;

SD PopArt, for creating fun and artistic pictures by transforming photos into “pop art”-like pictures, in one click.

Users in Japan will now be able use their camera phones just like a portable scanner, easily creating fun, personal, and useful content of all kinds, such as illustrated on www.realeyes3d.com/SuperDigitizer, where sample images are available for download.

Bandai Networks has recently created the optimal partnerships necessary to promote new businesses, starting with 3D Engine and Flash LiteTM in 2001, with great results. The company will provide new entertainment and convenience to the Japanese users through this partnership with Realeyes3D, a leading provider of mobile imaging applications for camera phone.

About Bandai Networks Co., Ltd.

Bandai Networks was spun off from Bandai Incorporated in September, 2000. The paid-in-capital is 1,113M Japanese Yen. The CEO is Mr. Satoshi Ohshita. Bandai Networks is promoting its content, solutions and commerce businesses through its unique expertise in server operations, sophisticated planning and creativity, and good partner relationships. Bandai Networks is a member of the company group Bandai Namco, which has strengths in obtaining copyrights to popular animated characters and commercializing character-related merchandise. Bandai Networks provides mobile phone content to 3.7M paid users in Japan. The company went public on JASDAQ (code: 3725) on December 12, 2003.

URL http://www.bandai-net.com/ (corporate homepage)

http://keitai.channel.or.jp/ (for mobile content)

About Realeyes3D Realeyes3D designs, develops and sells award-winning embedded applications and wireless data services for users of camera phones. Realeyes3D applications enable new camera-based features and services in the areas of personal productivity, mobile messaging, user interfaces, gaming, and more. Realeyes3D enables camera phone manufacturers, mobile operators, and mobile content specialists to increase their value proposition to consumer and professional camera phone users. Founded in 2001 and based in Paris, France, Realeyes3D has offices in Toyko, Hong Kong and San Francisco. Realeyes3D customers include top-tier global handset manufacturers and mobile operators. For more information, visit http://www.realeyes3d.com for general product and technology information, and www.realeyes3d.com/SuperDigitizer for sample images produced by the SuperDigitizer applications.

Digitizer, Clipper and Visual Cortex are registered trademarks of Realeyes3D S.A.

DecoMail is a registered trademark of NTT DoCoMo.

Flash Lite is a registered trademark of Adobe Corp.

Other company names and product names are their respective registered trademarks or brand names.
Contacts

Double Forte for Realeyes3D
Barbara Gibson, 415-848-8111
bgibson {at} double-forte(.)com
or
Bandai Networks Co., Ltd.
Mr. Chugenji, +81 3-6215-7655
press {at} net.bandai.co(.)jp