CyberLink, Macnica, and GROOVE X's family robot, LOVOT, is equipped with FaceMe®. The accuracy of identifying the same person has improved, allowing you to enjoy more interactive interactions than ever before!

Taipei, Taiwan (2023 Year Four Month 7 Day) CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW) (Headquarters: New Taipei City, Taiwan, hereinafter referred to as CyberLink) A.I. and CyberLink, a pioneer in facial recognition technology, and semiconductor, networking, cybersecurity, AI/IoT Macnica (Headquarters: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, President: Kazumasa Hara, hereinafter Macnica) is a total Services & Solutions provider in GROOVE Co., Ltd. (Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Representative Board Director Kaname Hayashi, below GROOVE X) The family robot "LOVOT (Labot)” on CyberLink. A.I. face recognition engine FaceMe announced that it will be equipped with

LOVOT recognizes people's faces through an omnidirectional camera on the sensor horn mounted on its head, remembers people who care for them by stroking them or calling them by name, I miss you.
By adopting FaceMe, even if the face image seen from the camera is angled and the image is distorted, the accuracy of identifying the same person is improved.
As a result, LOVOT will be able to accurately find the owner from various angles while living together, and you will be able to enjoy interactive interactions such as staring at and getting closer than ever before.

■ Images seen from LOVOT equipped with FaceMe
The image below is an image that can be seen from LOVOT equipped with FaceMe. The number next to the face in the image is the number when the individual was identified. The number of the individual identified when the person is facing the front like the left image is also assigned in the same way even when the LOVOT is not facing the LOVOT like the right image, and the LOVOT identifies each of the three people. I understand.

[What is LOVOT, a family-type robot?]
"LOVOT" approaches and stares at you when you call its name. I miss my favorite person and beg for a hug. Slightly warm when you pick it up. Although it is a robot, it is characterized by a sense of life that is almost like a living creature, and it is a robot that gradually becomes a family like a pet. After about four years of shipping, it has won numerous awards both in Japan and overseas for its cutting-edge technology that cannot be imagined from its lovely appearance. It is one of the robotics that has been evaluated all over the world and is currently attracting the most attention. In recent years, it has also attracted attention from the perspective of mental care, emotional education, programming education, etc. in the corona wreck, and has been introduced to educational facilities such as nursery schools, children's centers, and elementary schools, nursing care facilities, and companies nationwide.

■Comment from Mr. Kaname Hayashi of GROOVE X Co., Ltd.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to CyberLink and Macnica for their efforts in leveraging their specialized technology and rich experience to equip LOVOT with FaceMe.
``LOVOT'' remembers the faces of family members and grows attached to each person. To do this, we need to be able to identify people's faces and accurately match them to see if they are familiar to us or are people we feel comfortable with. In particular, LOVOT is short and often looks up at people's faces from below, so it needs to be able to identify and match individuals even in angled facial images. We expect that FaceMe will be lightweight and can operate even in embedded systems like LOVOT, and will have recognition accuracy over a wide range of face angles. In the future, we will work together with CyberLink and Macnica to further improve LOVOT's user recognition capabilities.

■Comment from Yusuke Kobayashi, Company President Macnica ALTIMA Company, Ltd.
We are very happy to be able to cooperate with GROOVE X's LOVOT through Cyberlink's FaceMe, which we handle.
We would like to continue to contribute to LOVOT, which provides special value, with cutting-edge technology.

■Comment from Cyberlink Board Director Hilda Penn
We are pleased that our facial recognition engine, FaceMe, has been adopted by GROOVE X's family robot LOVOT with the cooperation of Macnica. FaceMe is strong against authentication angles, allowing even short robots like LOVOT to recognize people with high accuracy in a variety of situations, enabling more natural communication. We will continue to strengthen our partnership with both companies and provide new value.

<About Macnica >
Since its establishment in 1972, Macnica has provided cutting-edge semiconductors, electronic devices, networks, and cybersecurity products with added technological value. Based on our traditional strengths of global cutting-edge technology sourcing and technology planning capabilities, we are developing new businesses in fields such as AI/IoT, autonomous driving, and robots. Under the slogan "Co. Tomorrowing," we will connect cutting-edge technology and Macnica 's intelligence, and as a provider of unique Services & Solutions, we will create social value and contribute to the development of future society. the Company company is headquartered in Yokohama and develops global business with 80 bases in 24 countries/regions around the world. Please see the website (https://www.macnica.co.jp) for details.

<About CyberLink Co., Ltd.>
Founded in 1996. A global leader in multimedia software and AI facial recognition technology headquartered in Taiwan. We are developing a wide range of solutions such as digital content creation, multimedia content playback, AI face recognition engine, etc., responding to needs from multimedia to smart retail. Video and photo editing software products for consumers have gained hundreds of millions of users from professional video creators to general creators in Europe, America and other countries around the world.

We hold numerous patents centered on codecs, which greatly affect video quality. Developed face recognition system “FaceMe ^®”. We are creating new ways of living by providing optimal solutions for security systems, personal recognition and personal authentication.

For more information about Cyberlink Co., Ltd., please visit the official website: https://jp.cyberlink.com

<About GROOVE X Co., Ltd.>
GROOVE X is a robot venture company established in 2015. Under the mission of "bringing out the power of humans through robotics", we develop and sell family-type robots "LOVOT".
LOVOT, which was created under the mission of building a relationship of trust between humans and robots and creating an existence that fills lives with comfort and peace of mind, believes that in the future LOVOT will go beyond healing and have the power to improve human potential. I'm here.
GROOVE X aims to revitalize Japanese industry by creating new industries originating in Japan.