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Umoove is a high tech startup company that has developed and patented a software-only face and eye tracking technology. The idea was first conceived as an attempt to aid disabled people but has since evolved. The only compatibility qualification for tablet computers and smartphones to run Umoove software is a front-facing camera. Umoove headquarters are in Israel on Jerusalem’s Har Hotzvim. Umoove has 15 employees and received two million dollars in financing in 2012. The company’s original founders invested around $800,000 to start the business in 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/eye-tracking-tech-will-be-open-to-iphones-others/?_r=0 )〕 In 2013 Umoove was named one of the top three most promising Israeli start ups by Newsgeeks magazine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://israel21c.org/technology/Umoove-operates-your-mobile-through-head-movements-alone/ )〕 The company also participated in the 2013 LeWeb conference in Paris, France, where innovative technology startups are showcased.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://paris.leweb.co/participants/speakers/yitzi-kempinski/umoove )〕 ==Technology== The Umoove software was designed to be intuitive. The technology uses information extracted from previous frames, such as the angle of the user’s head to predict where to look for facial targets in the next frame. This anticipation minimizes the amount of computation needed to scan each image.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/eyetracking-software-goes-mobile )〕 Umoove accounts for variances in environment, lighting conditions and user hand shake/movement. The technology is designed to provide a consistent experience, whether you’re in a brightly lit area or a darkened basement, and to work fluidly between them by adapting its processing when it detects color and brightness shifts. It uses an active stabilization technique to filter out natural body movements from an unstable camera in order to minimize false-positive motion detection.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/13/Umoove-is-poised-to-blanket-the-world-with-mobile-head-tracking-tech-with-or-without-the-galaxy-s-iv/ )〕 Running the Umoove software on a Samsung Galaxy S3 is said to take up only 2% CPU.〔 Umoove works exclusively with software and there is no hardware add-on necessary. It can be run on any smartphone or tablet computer that has a front-facing camera. Umoove claims that even a low-quality camera on an old device will run their software flawlessly. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Umoove」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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