Morpho,Inc. - Corporate History

May. 2004: Foundation of Morpho, Inc. in Minato-ku, Tokyo
Sep. 2004: Main office relocated to Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo (University Corporate Relations Plaza in University of Tokyo); Allocation of new shares to third parties (capital: 51, 330,000 JPY) Investment from the fund operated by The University of Tokyo Edge Capital Co., Ltd.
Oct. 2004: "PhotoSolid®" (the 6 axis image stabilization technique for still images by image processing) and "MovieSolid®" (the 4 axis image stabilization technique for video) announced
Nov. 2005: Main office relocated to Hakusan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo in accordance with business expansion
Apr. 2006: Allocation of new shares to third parties (capital: 273,570,000 JPY)
Jun. 2006: "PhotoSolid®" adapted for mobile devices of NTT DOCOMO
Nov. 2006: "MovieSolid®" adapted for mobile devices of NTT DOCOMO
Dec. 2006: Offering of "QuickPanorama®" (the panoramic photography technique) to an overseas devices manufacturer determined
Mar. 2007: "QuickPanorama®" adapted for mobile devices of SOFTBANK
Oct. 2007: Allocation of new shares to third parties (capital: 380,205,000 JPY); Business and capital alliance agreed with NTT DOCOMO INC.
Nov. 2007: Main office relocated to Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo (Entrepreneur Plaza in University of Tokyo) in accordance with business expansion
Dec. 2007: Allocation of new shares to third parties (capital: 473,105,000 JPY); Investment from NOKIA Growth Partners.
Apr. 2008: Collaborative research with NTT DOCOMO INC. on the scene detection technique
Jun. 2008: "FrameSolid™" (the frame interpolation technique) adapted for "KCP+", the integrated platform of KDDI
Jul. 2008: Collaborative research with NTT DOCOMO INC. on the high-definition image magnification technique
Nov. 2008: "ImageSurf®" (the rapid image display technique) adapted
Jan.2009: "PhotoScouter®"(the image classifying technology) adapted
Mar.2009: Announce license of digital image stabilization software to SEMC
June.2009: "TrackSolid®"(the auto object tracking technology) adapted
June.2009: "StroboPhoto®"(the stroboscopic image composition technology)
Sep.2009: Surpasses 100 million mark in software licenses
Sep.2009: "Mopho EffectLibrary™"(the visual effect technology) adapted
Nov.2009: Morpho CEO, Masaki Hiraga selected as winner of the Challenging Spirit category of the Entrepreneur Of The Year Japan 2009 award
Dec.2009: Cumulative licenses of "PhotoSolid®" surpasses 50 million
Dec.2009: "Morpho SlideShow™" released as part of trial service by NTT DOCOMO INC.