Immersion Corporation Signs Agreement to Make Haptic Technology Available Through Dongwoon Anatech Co., Ltd
February 26, 2019 at 09:30 pm
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Immersion Corporation announced that it has signed a license agreement with Dongwoon Anatech Co Ltd. (Dongwoon) to make Immersion haptic patent licenses available to mobile phone and wearable OEMs through Dongwoon. Under the agreement, mobile phone and wearable OEMs that acquire certain Dongwoon haptic driver ICs will have seamless access to Immersion’s 25 years of haptic experience and portfolio of more than 3,500 patents. The license simplifies the haptic technology acquisition process by making available a wide variety of haptic features, including mechanical button replacement, automated generation of haptics based on audio, multi-actuator support, and pressure-based haptics.
Dongwoon Anatech Co., Ltd. is a Korea-based company mainly engaged in manufacturing integrated circuits (ICs). The Companyâs product portfolio consists of auto focus driver ICs used for mobile cameras; display driver ICs including active matrix/organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) direct current (DC)/DC converters used to drive AMOLED displays, and display driver IC (DDI) power ICs used to supply power to DDI for mobile phones and tablets; LED lighting ICs; various ICs for mobile back light units (BLUs), power management, LED flash, charging batteries, among others, and high definition (HD) haptic driver ICs.