Subsidiaries

In the spring of 2005, OmniVision acquired CDM Optics to increase its stronghold in the image pipeline. OmniVision CDM Optics holds the exclusive license for WaveFront Coding^TM (WFC), a patented technology that uses novel optics and innovative algorithms to transform the essential task of focusing a lens from an opto-mechanical process to one of optical encoding and signal processing.

By merging optics design and digital signal processing, Wavefront Coding can significantly expand the depth of field of an image. This means that the image is in focus over a much wider range of distances than is possible using conventional focusing systems. By eliminating motors and actuators, the technology significantly reduces the size and complexity of the auto-focus function on a camera module.

WFC is currently in the final stages of product development.

about OmniVision CDM Optics, Inc.

OmniVision CDM Optics, Inc., a subsidiary of OmniVision Technologies, Inc., is revolutionizing digital imaging. Patented Wavefront Coding technology allows imaging with far greater depth of field than is possible with traditional imaging systems. Wavefront Coding also allows less expensive optical designs to perform as well as highly corrected optical systems, using fewer elements, and permitting plastic elements rather than glass. Founded in 1996 in Boulder, Colorado, CDM Optics invented the next generation of hybrid optical/digital methodologies for high performance digital imaging. From PC-cameras to high quality microscopes, from inexpensive miniature cameras to high-speed industrial inspection and bar-code scanners, Wavefront Coding solutions provide customers with a competitive advantage in today's digital imaging marketplace.