Introduction of Morpho(EN)

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Company Outline

• Founded in 2004

• Listed in Mothers

(Market of the High-Growth and Emerging Stocks)

• Practical image processing & Deep Learning technology

• Company with a focus on Research & Development, Approx. 70 employees

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Morpho’s vision

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“Providing all the cameras

with intelligence”

Achieving the world of IoV (Internet of Vision)

by merging Computational Photography and Image recognition technologies (Deep Learning)

Computational Photography Deep Learning


What is Computational Photography？

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through Film Camera

through Digital Camera

lens film printing paper

lens image sensors image file

image creation &necessary processing

light

light

Develop/print

develop

Photographyby means of digital processing


Computational Photography ‐ camera-shake correction

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Significantly reducing camera-shakeby merging plural images with Morpho’s exclusive technology


Computational Photography ‐ adoption of Morpho’s technology

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Morpho’s technology has been adopted in many upper-ranked smartphones

From: 「HTC U11 Mobile review: The new DxOMark leader」, 2017/5/16

image qualityevaluation score（DxOMark）

http://www.soyacincau.com/2016/04/12/htc-10s-new-ultrapixel-camera-scores-as-high-as-galaxy-s7-edge-on-dxomark/


What is Deep Learning?

- A type of machine learning

Modelling brain’s neuronal circuits

Possibly providing higher accuracy than conventional art

- Drawing worldwide attention, progressing

practical use in various fields

Sound Recognition(Google／Apple(Siri)／NTTdocomo)

Image Search（Google／Baidu)

Image Processing:higher resolution image creation, noise-reduction

Medical Field: gene research

Financial Field: stock trading

Also, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, Adobe, etc.6


person pet flower

indoor outdoor night scene

dishes vehicle characters

Deep Learning ‐ Morpho’s practical use examples

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Advanced drive assist,Automated driving technology

Automatic image tagging


Environment surrounding Morpho

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Customers

CompetitorsMorpho

Example:

China, Taiwan: ASUS, HTC, Huawei, Lenovo

Korea: Samsung, LG

U.S.: Motorola

Japan: Denso, Kyocera, NHK, NTT Communications

Two thirds of Morpho’s income is from outside Japan.

Example:

- Major manufacturer’s laboratory

- Software venders

Morpho’s competence over competitors:

“fast”, “accurate” and “energy-saving”

processing can be achieved under limited-resource environment, such as smartphones, etc.


Organization

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Board of Directors

CTO Office

AdministrationDept.

Business Development

Dept.

AutomotiveSystemDept.

Embedded IPDept.

NetworkServiceDept.

ProductDevelopment

Dept.


CTO Office

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Board of Directors

CTO Office

AdministrationDept.


Dept.


Embedded IPDept.

NetworkServiceDept.

ProductDevelopment

Dept.

★Mission: Research and develop core technologies for products

Computational Photography – Noise reduction, image stabilization, panorama image synthesis, etc...

Deep Learning – Scene recognition, product inspection, etc...


“M. K.” Ph.D.

• Research engineer in CTO office

• Career and education

– Morpho, Inc.

• Research, development and optimization of image analysis and processing engine

• Design and development of camera devices based on Computational Photography

– Ph.D. in Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo

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Mission of CTO Office: Development of engine

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Needs and trends of customers

Technological demands

Bottom-up of existing

technologies

Research and

developmentProduct

※Engine: Software module with functions of specified signal processing(e.g., Noise reduction engine, image recognition engine, etc...)

Our mission


Morpho Strobo VideoTM

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• Synthesizes moving objects in a frame.

Generates video frames with moving objects synthesized at regular intervals.


Technological detail

• Moving objects and background should be separated for synthesis.

• Method of detecting moving objects:– Detecting differences between objects and background

(background subtraction)

• What if all frames have moving objects?– Models background by analyzing all frames.

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Background image


In practical development…

• How background model should be if camera moves?

• What if background fluctuates due to noise?

• Would like to add some image effects easily.

• We should keep such problems and demands in mind in development.

– Best quality is not always the best result.

– Balancing between quality, performance and stability is important.

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Characteristics of our R&D

• Eight Ph.D.s including President (also CTO)

– Wide variety of research interests

• Not state-of-the-art, but not productized yet.

– Scientists do not consider embedded products so much.

– Heuristic approach is sometimes more important than state-of-the-art theory in practical development.• Basic understanding of mathematics is more useful than expertise in a certain field.

• Find problem, decide resolution and implement codes so quickly.

– Effective development requires knowledge and skills.

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Business Dept.

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Engineers in Business Dept.

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★Mission：Deliver products to customers

Board of Directors

CTO Office

AdministrationDept.


Dept.


Embedded IPDept.

NetworkServiceDept.

ProductDevelopment

Dept.


• Engineer in Network Service Dept.

• Career and Education：

– Morpho, Inc.

• Development and productization of image processing engine

• Development of mobile apps and server-side apps

• Development of web apps for deep learning and image annotation

• Productization of deep learning engine

– Master of Engineering, University of Tsukuba

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“K. K.”


As an Engineer in Business Dept.

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• Diverse... All without developing core engine

• Productization– Bring core engine to the product level

No memory leak? Good coding style? Easy-to-use API?

– Performance evaluation

and so on...

• Customer support (co-working with sales members)– Proposal（Meeting, Creating technical documentations）

– Support（Q&A, tuning, respond to customization requests）

» Morpho has high reputation for support quality both domestically and globally

• Prototyping– Mobile apps, Product mix, Implementation to new hardware device, ...


Network Service Dept. ①

・Development and sales of deep learning products

– Web application of image annotation and learning

– Inference engine

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Focus area for

DogRecognition target

image Focus area for Cat


Network Service Dept. ②

・Development and sales of products for broadcasting and VOD

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NAB SHOW April 2016Packaged Desktop App

IBC September 2016


Message from

young staff


“X. Q.”

Software engineer at Product Development Dept.

China

Career and education

- Morpho,Inc.– Android system development

– OJT：HoloLens development

» Face detection

» Object tracking

- Dept. of Precision Engineering, The University of Tokyo

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OJT App HoloLens


Why Morpho?

1.High-level technology in computer vision field

2.Relaxed working atmosphere

3.Venture company, challenge and chance

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Before and After

Before

My Japanese is good enough?

Working atmosphere is OK?

Too much overtime work?

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After

Improving during working and got the chance to Japanese School

Relaxed working atmosphere

Free after working time


From HR

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Employment Summary

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LocationMorpho HeadquartersNearest station: Suidobashi / Kudanshita / Jimbocho station

Work hours10:00-18:00* Working 7 hours* Break 13: 00 ~ 14: 00 (60 minutes)

Holidays

5-day work week (Sat/Sun off)National holidaysPaid time offSummer/New Year's vacationCongratulatory leaveCompassionate leaveBirthday holiday

Benefits

Health insuranceEmployee stock ownership planVisa supportStock optionsFamily care leaveChild care leave


More Information

• Working time : 7 hours/day (10:00-18:00)

• Average Overtime: 20-25 hours/month

• Overseas Branches: US(California), Korea(Seoul)

• Foreign employees: 10 people(China, Korea)

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