EXHIBIT 1069
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`R. WILSON, “Technology: A little camera with big ideas – The latest smart vision
`
`system,” Financial Times, 17 June 1993
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`TRW Automotive U.S. LLC: EXHIBIT 1069
`PETITION FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW
`OF U.S. PATENT NUMBER 8,599,001
`IPR2015-00436
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`Financial Times
`<HEADLINE> FT 17 JUN 93 / Technology: A little camera with big ideas - The
`latest smart vision system </HEADLINE>
`<BYLINE> By RICHARD WILSON </BYLINE>
`<TEXT>
`
`Motorists around the world may soon no longer be blinded by headlight glare
`in their rear-view mirrors thanks to a microchip camera and image processing
`system invented by a Scottish start-up company.
`
`That is only the first commercial application of what has the potential to be
`world-beating semiconductor technology developed by a group of scientists at
`Edinburgh University three years ago.
`
`Last month, VLSI Vision Ltd (VVL), the company set up to develop this
`technology, introduced the world's first image-processing system on a single
`microchip.
`
`Donnelly, the big Massachusetts-based manufacturer of rear-view mirrors, has
`snapped up the combined camera and computer on a chip, known as the imputer,
`to control a new self-adjusting anti-glare mirror. Using electrochromic
`technology, the mirror's surface (containing the imputer) darkens to cope
`with outside glare. The deal is a valuable one for VVL, one of a new
`generation of small design houses which have limited resources but must
`survive on the uniqueness of their ideas.
`
`'Without VVL, Donnelly would not have thought about putting a camera into a
`rear-view mirror,' says Stewart Smith, VVL's marketing manager. Peter
`Denyer, the Edinburgh University professor who invented the technology and is
`now managing director of VVL, believes it can grow into a Pounds 20m company
`within five years. 'I have learnt to speak cautiously,' said Denyer, 'but
`that's possible if one of our products takes off and I believe any of them is
`capable of it.'
`
`Denyer and his team have created a smart vision system which can be made
`small enough and cheaply enough to introduce image-processing technology into
`new applications from production-line monitoring to supermarket checkout
`scanners. 'Nowhere in the world can you find a camera at such a size and
`price. It will be unique for a while,' says Denyer.
`
`Japanese companies such as Sony lead the world in miniature optical sensors
`called charge coupled devices (CCDs) which are used in camcorders. US
`companies specialise in fast microprocessors which can turn optical data into
`usable information. VVL, which has Pounds 2m of development capital, combined
`the CCD sensor with a microprocessor which can process digital picture
`information at 1bn bits per second on a single integrated circuit costing
`less than Dollars 10 (Pounds 6.40).
`
`But the first production order from Donnelly, the world's largest company in
`its sector, is likely to be priced at less than Dollars 5 per circuit.
`Denyer and his team have none of the financial resources usually thought
`necessary in the semiconductor industry. The VVL microchip is made in France
`by custom chip-maker ES2. Their asset is the ability to innovate in
`semiconductor chip design and software development.
`To help find commercial applications for the imputer - such as inspection,
`traffic control, navigation, and robotics - VVL has produced a development
`system, with special software, costing Pounds 500. It can be used as an image
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`processor in its own right, but Denyer says its real aim is to enable
`customers to develop applications.
`
`Once the application is found, VVL will compress the system into an
`integrated circuit the size of a postage stamp. Denyer believes this will
`give VVL a technological edge over Japan and the US.
`
`VVL is typical of the small, high-tech start-up companies scattered across
`California which have done so much to give the US its world lead in computer,
`semiconductor and software design.
`
`It has long been suggested that the reluctance of British investors to back
`new technology companies has stifled the start-up culture in the UK. Denyer
`believes this is a myth. He had no trouble in raising the necessary capital
`from private investors.
`
`He believes inventing something is not enough for university scientists if
`they want a successful product. The ideas must have a commercial application.
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`<HEADLINE> FT 17 JUN 93 / Technology: A little camera with big ideas - The
`latest smart vision system </HEADLINE>
`<BYLINE> By RICHARD WIL
`SON </BYLINE>
`<TEXT>
`Motorists around the world may soon no longer be blinded by headlight glare
`in their rear-view mirrors thanks to a microchip camera
` and image processing
`system invented by a Scottish start-up company.
`That i
`s only the first commercial application of what has the potential to
`be worl
`d-beating semiconductor technology developed by a group of scientists
`at Edi
`nburgh University three years ago.
`Last month, VLSI Vision Ltd (VVL), the co
`mpany set up to develop this
`technology, introduced the world's first image-
`processing system on a single
`microchip.
`Donnelly, the big Massachusetts-bas
`ed manufacturer of rear-view mirrors, has
`snapped up the combined camera and
` computer on a chip, known as the imputer,
`to control a new self-adjusting a
`nti-glare mirror. Using electrochromic
`technology, the mirror's surface (con
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`taining the imputer) darkens to cope
`with outside glare. The deal is a valua
`ble one for VVL, one of a new
`generation of small design houses which have l
`imited resources but must
`survive on the uniqueness of their ideas.
`'Without
` VVL, Donnelly would not have thought about putting a camera into a
`rear-vie
`w mirror,' says Stewart Smith, VVL's marketing manager. Peter
`Denyer, the Ed
`inburgh University professor who invented the technology and
`is now managing
` director of VVL, believes it can grow into a Pounds 20m
`company within five
` years. 'I have learnt to speak cautiously,' said Denyer,
`'but that's possib
`le if one of our products takes off and I believe any of
`them is capable of
`it.'
`Denyer and his team have created a smart vision system which can be mad
`e
`small enough and cheaply enough to introduce image-processing technology
`i
`nto new applications from production-line monitoring to supermarket
`checkout
` scanners. 'Nowhere in the world can you find a camera at such a
`size and pr
`ice. It will be unique for a while,' says Denyer.
`Japanese companies such as
` Sony lead the world in miniature optical sensors
`called charge coupled devi
`ces (CCDs) which are used in camcorders. US
`companies specialise in fast mic
`roprocessors which can turn optical data
`into usable information. VVL, which
` has Pounds 2m of development capital,
`combined the CCD sensor with a microp
`rocessor which can process digital
`picture information at 1bn bits per secon
`d on a single integrated circuit
`costing less than Dollars 10 (Pounds 6.40).
` But the first production order
`from Donnelly, the world's largest company i
`n its sector, is likely to be
`priced at less than Dollars 5 per circuit.
`Den
`yer and his team have none of the financial resources usually thought
`necess
`ary in the semiconductor industry. The VVL microchip is made in France
`by cu
`stom chip-maker ES2. Their asset is the ability to innovate in
`semiconductor
` chip design and software development.
`To help find commercial applications
`for the imputer - such as inspection,
`traffic control, navigation, and robot
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`ics - VVL has produced a development
`system, with special software, costing
`Pounds 500. It can be used as an
`image processor in its own right, but Denye
`r says its real aim is to enable
`customers to develop applications.
`Once the
` application is found, VVL will compress the system into an
`integrated circu
`it the size of a postage stamp. Denyer believes this will
`give VVL atechnolo
`gical edge over Japan and the US.
`VVL is typical of the small, high-tech sta
`rt-up companies scattered across
`California which have done so much to give
`the US its world lead in
`computer, semiconductor and software design.
`It has
` long been suggested that the reluctance of British investors to back
`new te
`chnology companies has stifled the start-up culture in the UK. Denyer
`believ
`es this is a myth. He had no trouble in raising the necessary capital
`from p
`rivate investors.
`He believes inventing something is not enough for universi
`ty scientists if
`they want a successful product. The ideas must have a comme
`rcial
`application.
`</TEXT>
`<XX>
`Companies:-
`</XX>
`<CO>VLSI Vision.
`</CO>
`<XX
`>
`Countries:-
`</XX>
`<CN>GBZ United Kingdom, EC.
`</CN>
`<XX>
`Industries:-
`</X
`X>
`<IN>P3674 Semiconductors and Related Devices.
` P3861 Photographic Equi
`pment and Supplies.
`</IN>
`<XX>
`Types:-
`</XX>
`<TP>TECH Products & Product us
`e.
`</TP>
`<PUB>The Financial Times </PUB>
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