Himax Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: HIMX) (“Himax” or “Company”), a
leading supplier and fabless manufacturer of display drivers and
other semiconductor products, today announced a collaboration with
Wentai Technology, a leading lighting manufacturing company which
offers cutting edge technology of industry 4.0 smart manufacturing,
smart lighting, and AI digital power, to exhibit an innovative
smart office solution featuring occupancy management enabled by
Himax WiseEye™ smart image sensing solution (“WiseEye”) at CES
2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The smart office solution incorporates Himax
WiseEye total solution, including ultralow power WE1 AI processor,
HM0360 always-on CMOS image sensor and proprietary occupancy
management AI algorithm. The occupancy management AI conducts
people presence detection, people counting and location in an
office with ultralow power consumption, transmitting only
byte-sized metadata output to larger back-end systems or cloud
servers for further statistical analysis. With no large-scale raw
image transmission, the smart office solution can operate in a
low-bandwidth network environment with reduced energy consumption
while providing increased security and privacy protection.
At CES, Himax and Wentai will provide a live
showcase of the smart office solution. The demonstration will
provide an illustration of people entering an office, the occupancy
management AI device immediately detecting their presence and
automatically activating the lightings, air conditioners, and/or
smart office facilities in the workspace accordingly. Based on the
number of people and their location in the office, the device can
justify the quantity or brightness of lights, as well as the room
temperature and fan direction of the air conditioner. When the
device detects an empty office, it will automatically turn off
office facilities to save energy. The AI device, equipped with an
always-on, low-frame rate (about 3 – 5 FPS) and low-lux (about 1
lux) camera along with the ultralow power occupancy AI sensing,
enables the realization of an around-the-clock smart
battery-powered office AIoT gadget. In a darkroom scenario, the AI
solution offers supplementary features in voice command recognition
and/or IR fill light patch to assist sensing operations. When
compared to a conventional infrared light sensor, the occupancy
management device incorporating always-on ultralow power WiseEye
technology delivers more accurate human occupancy detection, which
can effectively filter out false alarms and avoid mis-operation.
The WE1 processor also supports all necessary house-keeping tasks
of the system, eliminating the extra cost for a MCU for the same
purpose.
“As concern for the environment increases
globally, the prioritization of energy savings is rapidly growing
resulting in expanding demand for intelligent office management
technology. Himax’s WiseEye total solution featuring ultralow power
and easy-to-design characteristics, coupled with our leading
lighting and office management technology provides a smart office
solution that can work in a low bandwidth environment. We believe
our smart office solution outperforms others currently available in
the marketplace and is more aligned with enterprise ESG frameworks,
establishing a win-win partnership for Himax and Wentai,” said
Steven Wang, VP, Sales & Technical Chief at Wentai.
“We are excited to work alongside Wentai as yet
another demonstration of the flexibility of our WiseEye solution
which allows for the development of a variety of AI use cases by
leveraging ultralow power consumption and superb computing
efficiency. We look forward to a fruitful collaboration towards the
advancement of smart AI office applications and improved corporate
sustainability practices,” said Mark Chen, Vice president of
WiseEye Smart Image Sensing business at Himax.
Himax invites all interested parties to stop by
our exhibition booth at the Renaissance Las Vegas Hotel (3400
Paradise Road, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA) Suite 1230 to experience the
Company’s compelling smart office solution in sustainability
improvement. To schedule a meeting or booth tour, please contact
Himax at: hx_CES@himax.com.tw or sallylee@a-wentai.com.
About Wentai Technology
Corp.
Wentai Technology provides one-stop service from
product design, manufacturing and logistics for clients. In the
face of the global climate change crisis, we are committed to
product development and technological innovation, providing
efficient energy-saving solutions to contribute to global efforts
on environmental sustainability. We prospect to extend our business
with prospective technologies, such as Industry 4.0 Smart
Manufacturing, wireless IoT connectivity of Smart Lighting, energy
saving AI Digital Power. We strive to help our customers enhance
competitiveness and increase value. Together we create a win-win
situation and drive us toward a bright future.
https://www.wentaitek.com/tw
About Himax
Technologies, Inc.
Himax Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: HIMX) is a
fabless semiconductor solution provider dedicated to display
imaging processing technologies. Himax is a worldwide market leader
in display driver ICs and timing controllers used in TVs, laptops,
monitors, mobile phones, tablets, automotive, digital cameras, car
navigation, virtual reality (VR) devices and many other consumer
electronics devices. Additionally, Himax designs and provides
controllers for touch sensor displays, in-cell Touch and Display
Driver Integration (TDDI) single-chip solutions, AMOLED ICs, LED
driver ICs, power management ICs and LCoS micro-displays for
augmented reality (AR) devices and heads-up displays (HUD) for
automotive. The Company also offers CMOS image sensors, wafer level
optics for AR devices, 3D sensing and ultralow power
WiseEye™ smart image sensing, which are used in a wide variety
of applications such as mobile phone, tablet, laptop, TV, PC
camera, automobile, security, medical device, home appliance, AIoT,
etc. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Tainan, Taiwan, Himax
currently employs around 2,100 people from three Taiwan-based
offices in Tainan, Hsinchu and Taipei and country offices in China,
Korea, Japan, German, and the US. Himax has 2,980 patents granted
and 417 patents pending approval worldwide as of September 30,
2022. Himax has retained its position as the leading display
imaging processing semiconductor solution provider to consumer
electronics brands worldwide.
http://www.himax.com.tw
Forward Looking Statements
Factors that could cause actual events or
results to differ materially from those described in this
conference call include, but are not limited to, the effect of the
Covid-19 pandemic on the Company’s business; general business and
economic conditions and the state of the semiconductor industry;
market acceptance and competitiveness of the driver and non-driver
products developed by the Company; demand for end-use applications
products; reliance on a small group of principal customers; the
uncertainty of continued success in technological innovations; our
ability to develop and protect our intellectual property; pricing
pressures including declines in average selling prices; changes in
customer order patterns; changes in estimated full-year effective
tax rate; shortage in supply of key components; changes in
environmental laws and regulations; changes in export license
regulated by Export Administration Regulations (EAR); exchange rate
fluctuations; regulatory approvals for further investments in our
subsidiaries; our ability to collect accounts receivable and manage
inventory and other risks described from time to time in the
Company's SEC filings, including those risks identified in the
section entitled "Risk Factors" in its Form 20-F for the year ended
December 31, 2021 filed with the SEC, as may be amended.
Wentai Contact:
Sally Lee, Sales ManagerWentai
Technology Corp.Tel: +886-2-8919-2318 #107Fax:
+886-2-8919-2320Email:
sallylee@a-wentai.comhttps://www.wentaitek.com/tw
Himax Contacts:
Eric Li, Chief IR/PR
OfficerHimax Technologies, Inc.Tel: +886-6-505-0880 Fax:
+886-2-2314-0877Email:
hx_ir@himax.com.twwww.himax.com.twKaren Tiao, Investor
RelationsHimax Technologies, Inc.Tel: +886-2-2370-3999Fax:
+886-2-2314-0877Email: hx_ir@himax.com.twwww.himax.com.tw
Mark Schwalenberg, DirectorInvestor
Relations - US RepresentativeMZ North AmericaTel:
+1-312-261-6430Email: HIMX@mzgroup.uswww.mzgroup.us
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