For Immediate Release

Contact:  Charles J. Drake

                E-mail:  cdrake@iv-usa.com

         Telephone:  248/471-2660

           Facsimile:  248/615-2971

 

Integral Vision Announces

SharpEye Order From Kodak

 

Farmington Hills, MI  (August 8, 2001) – Integral Vision, Inc. (Nasdaq/NMS-INVIC) today announced that it has received an order for a “SharpEye” inspection station from the Eastman Kodak Company to be used for the inspection of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays.  Kodak is a major developer of OLED technology, holding numerous patents on OLED technology that are being licensed by a number of companies.  Integral Vision’s “SharpEye” product provides online inspection and analysis of functional and cosmetic defects in the display to assure quality in the manufacturing process as well as verification of the final product.

 

"With our focus for the future on display inspection, we are very pleased to be working with Kodak, an industry leader in this emerging technology," said Charles J. Drake, CEO of Integral Vision, Inc. "Our corporate goal is to become the inspection solution provider of choice for all of the manufacturers of these devices."


OLED technology is based on thin organic films that emit light when stimulated with an electric charge. The emitted light can be individual colors of red, green or blue, or they can be combined to create full-color, high-resolution images. OLED displays provide a clear and distinct image viewable from a very wide (165-degree) angle and require relatively little power. Licensees of Kodak's OLED display technology include Pioneer Corporation; TDK Corporation; Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd.; eMagin Corporation; Rohm, Ltd.; Ritek Corporation; TECO Electric & Machinery Co., Ltd.; Opsys Limited; ULVAC; and Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., a Kodak joint-development partner.


Integral Vision has been inspecting displays since 1992 and is presently focusing its resources on the inspection of Small Flat Panel Displays (SFPD) up to 7" diagonal. Integral Vision provides lab and production systems capable of detecting and analyzing defects to a sub pixel level on even the highest resolution SFPD's.

 

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Integral Vision, Inc., an ISO 9001 registered firm, offers machine vision-based inspection systems to the industrial manufacturer.  Integral Vision is a leading supplier of machine vision systems used to monitor or control the manufacturing process.  Vision systems are used to supplement human inspection or provide quality assurance when production rates exceed human capability.  More information can be found at Website: www.iv-usa.com.

 

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934.  Such statements are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.  Such factors and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: competitive conditions in the Company’s markets and the effect of competitive products and pricing; technological development by the Company, its customers and its competition; the Company’s available cash and access to debt and equity financing; and general economic conditions and conditions in the specific industries in which the company has significant customers   As a result, the Company’s results may fluctuate.  Additional information concerning risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements are contained in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements represent the Company’s best estimates as of the date of this press release.  The Company assumes no obligation to update such estimates except as required by the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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