"Mr. Feng, you have called us all here. Is there any technical problem that we need to join forces with?" Jiang Wanmeng asked with a smile.
Every time Feng Yu had an idea about electronics, he would bring them together to see which company was better at it, and then focus on which company, with other companies assisting.
In this way, everyone collaborates with each other, which not only makes technology research and development faster, but also trains the technical research and development personnel below, and every participating company does not suffer.
But this time is different. This time the AIWA company in the island country did not participate, and Aihua Xiaobawang did not participate, but the chief engineer of Changhong came.
Originally, Changhong's chief engineer was relatively arrogant. After all, they were the leader of Huaxia TV. Although their business this year was not very good, they still ranked first in market share. The Fengyu brand TVs were all manufactured by others.
As for the fact that the Fengyu brand is very popular, it is a super electric fan, a super VCD, etc., in his opinion, it is just the other party's good luck in occupying a patent, otherwise it would have been surpassed by others long ago.
But after he visited Fengyu Electronics’ smart home model house and research institute, this arrogance disappeared. The model house of Fengyu Electronics was so amazing. He had never seen such a high-tech house before. He felt as if he had arrived in the future.
As for these products, has Fengyu Electronics actually mastered the technology? Although a lot of it is still in the laboratory stage, it is amazing. Moreover, Fengyu Electronics actually has so many patents, many of which are even the world's top patented technologies, which once again impressed him!
"General Engineer Yang, I see that Changhong has some optical technologies that are also used in electronic products. I wonder how many optical zoom cameras you can make now and how many pixels the pictures can take?"
"We have been able to make a 30W pixel digital camera with twice the optical zoom!" Chief Engineer Yang was a little proud at first, but after thinking about the achievements of others, his voice became much softer.
Sure enough, after he finished speaking, he saw Feng Yu frowning and looking very dissatisfied.
"General Engineer Yang, I'm talking about the results of the laboratory."
"I'm also talking about the laboratory."
Feng Yu "..." Is this kind of technology only available in the laboratory? It seems that he was too optimistic before, and Changhong's skills are still not good enough.
It definitely won’t work if it’s applied to mobile phones. Maybe it can be assembled, but how big is the phone
Mobile phones are developing towards being compact, thin and light at this time. Fengyu Mobile has launched a big brick, and it won’t be a joke!
Seeing that Feng Yu was not satisfied, Chief Engineer Yang immediately said: "We also have a digital zoom technology that can achieve triple zoom!"
Digital zoom, haha, that is a funny technology. It is only equivalent to a kind of partial picture enlargement, which is based on the sacrifice of pixels.
If in the future, cameras can reach several million pixels, this technology will be okay, but now, with a 30W pixel camera and a triple digital zoom, the picture will be blurry.
"How long have you been working on these technologies?"
"Five years."
Feng Yu almost choked to death. Five years, just this level? This is starting from scratch, and we can't make progress so slowly. It seems that we don't pay enough attention and invest too little money.
"As for you, which one of you is confident in successfully researching digital camera-related technologies?" Feng Yu looked at everyone.
No one said a word, and Chief Engineer Yang almost had his head stuck in his crotch.
"What if I don't care about the cost?" Feng Yu continued to ask.
"Mr. Feng, that's impossible. Foreign countries are far ahead of us in the technology of digital cameras and even digital camcorders. And there must be a lot of patented technology involved. Even if we spend money to research it, because of patent protection, It cannot be used for profit." Jiang Wanmeng reminded.
He bought a digital camera not long ago, and at that time he also came up with the idea of letting Fengyu Electronics study this thing. But later I discovered that this thing was too complicated, involving optics, mechanics, electronics, and also included image information conversion, storage, transmission, etc.
Fengyu Electronics does have technologies related to image information. When they were making VCDs or DVDs, they had related research. In terms of mechanics, they can also try hard, but in terms of optics, they have no experience at all.
In a completely unfamiliar field, there are still many patented technology blocks ahead, so it is very difficult to develop.
Feng Yu chewed his teeth and felt a headache. He really hadn't thought about the issue Jiang Wanmeng mentioned. Just like VCD and DVD, it's not that the technology is difficult, but because the core patent is in the hands of Fengyu Electronics. If other companies want to produce, they cannot avoid this technology. Only in this way can Fengyu Electronics' products be sold well and its technology leading.
There are so many companies engaged in digital photography and videography, including companies from South Korea and island countries nearby, and many companies from the United States and Europe as far away as possible. The relevant patented technologies must have been applied for by others long ago.
Even if you spend money to research it, it cannot be used in products, otherwise it will be an infringement. Not only will the money be lost to other companies, but it will even have a serious impact on the brand.
"Mr. Feng, why don't we go to some companies that produce cameras and buy related technologies from them?" Mr. Yang suggested.
Spend money to buy it? Feng Yu's eyes lit up, and he suddenly thought of a company. The world's first digital camera was produced by this company. And as early as 1991, the company produced a 1.3-megapixel digital camera, which can be said to be Pioneer in the digital camera industry.
However, this company is the world's largest in traditional film cameras and has higher profits, and it does not pay enough attention to the digital camera market. When film cameras were withdrawn from the market and they focused on digital cameras, they found that they could no longer keep up with other companies. In the previous life, this company finally filed for bankruptcy protection.
Feng Yu didn't know how good the company's digital camera technology was at this time, but it must still be at the world's leading level. It's just that this company's annual turnover is nearly 10 billion US dollars, and it is still the leader in the camera industry. Buying technology and patents from them is a sky-high price!
How about talking to this company and buying related patent licenses from them? This will definitely be much cheaper, but it also has serious drawbacks, that is, future development depends on this company, and it is even easy to be controlled by the other party, affecting your future development.
Feng Yu thought for a while, and decided to find someone to try it out first. If the patented technology is cheap, then buy it. The other party doesn't pay much attention to it, and maybe he really wants to exchange money for it.
"Okay, then I will contact a foreign company to see if I can purchase the other party's patented technology. The next focus of my work is to combine digital cameras with mobile phones to produce mobile phones with camera functions!"
(End of chapter)