Corporate History 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
Jun. 2009
"TrackSolid®"(the auto object tracking technology) adapted
"StroboPhoto®"(the stroboscopic image composition technology)
Sep. 2009
Surpasses 100 million mark in software licenses
"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
"Morpho SlideShow™" released as part of trial service by NTT DOCOMO INC.
May 2010
Announce the gesture recognition technology "Morpho Gesture Control™"
"Morpho Smart Select™"(the image analysis technology utilized for selecting the best photo among multiple candidates) adapted
Jun. 2010
Announce license of digital image stabilization software to Microsoft
Jul. 2010
"Morpho Motion Sensor™"(the motion vector analyzing techology) adapted
Surpasses 200 million mark in software licenses
Nov. 2010
"Morpho Slide 3D™"the stereoscopic 3D image capturing technology), "Morpho Panorama 3D™"the 3D panorama image capturing technology)announced
Feb. 2011
Main office relocated to Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo (Iidabashi First Tower) in accordance with business expansion
May 2011
Surpasses 300 million mark in software licenses
Jul. 2011
Listed on the Mothers section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Related to above, makes a public stock offering. (Capital: 739,305,000 JPY)
Aug. 2011
Announces License of Frame Interpolation Software to Samsung
Issues new shares to a third party as part of going public on the Mothers section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. (Capital: 791,055,000 JPY)
Sep. 2011
Cumulative licenses of "PhotoSolid®" surpasses 100 million
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