Mobile imaging software develop Scalado AB has announced that it will be showcasing some of the key features of its new CAPS imaging technology at the Symbian Smartphone exhibition in London next week on 17-18 October.   
CAPS v3.3 includes a wide range of imaging applications, including AutoRama, which enables multi-megapixel panorama effects, and SpeedView, which allows real-time browsing, zooming and panning of images. 
AutoRama features smart stitching technology which sews images together automatically and within seconds. AutoRama can track camera movements as the user pans from side to side, sense when it needs to change exposure, and give instant feedback via the telephones vibrate function.
SpeedView offers real-time browsing, zooming and panning of images on a mobile screen without sacrificing image quality. With Speedview, users can browse through hundreds of images in a photo gallery, either in full resolution or thumbnails, at high speeds. In addition, SpeedView introduces SpeedView Meta Objects (SPMO), which provides critical information that helps to speed up the decoding process. This information can then be stored within a file format that supports application-specific data (such as JPEG) or in an external database.
Both features are powered by Scalados patented RAJPEG technology, a JPEG codec technology that reduces memory requirements, processing JPEG input and output images in the compressed domain, thus enabling viewing of any region of a JPEG image without the need to access the previous parts of the image. RAJPEG reduces the amount of RAM memory required by a factor of 25x, while still processing full resolution mega pixel images, and increases performance and the speed for image manipulation by a factor of up to 10x.
“A major benefit of CAPS is its real-time imaging capabilities, which will put an end to the frustrating wait times associated with capturing, viewing and editing mobile images,” says Scalado CEO, Mats Jacobson. “Weve designed all of the CAPS features to be fun and easy to use, and we are confident that these developments will transform the camera into an integral part of a mobile phone handset, instead of just an added accessory.”