Samsung Electronics Contributes to 'Coral Reef Restoration' with Galaxy Camera Technology

Samsung Electronics announced on the 21st that it has achieved considerable results from a project to restore the coral reef ecosystem under the sea using the Galaxy smartphone camera.



In particular, Samsung Electronics developed and installed the 'Ocean Mode' function in the Galaxy camera to enable filming of coral reefs under the sea and monitoring the ecosystem.



Samsung Electronics is taking pictures of coral reefs with the Galaxy camera for the 'Coral in Focus' marine ecosystem restoration project. [Photo = Samsung Electronics]



Since last year, Samsung Electronics has been conducting the 'Coral in Focus' coral reef restoration project in collaboration with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the American non-profit organization SeaTree.



The Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego is a marine research institute established in 1903. SeaTree was established in 2011 to protect the marine environment and ecosystem, and has been collaborating with local activity groups in the United States, Mexico, Kenya, Indonesia, and Australia to carry out various marine and aquatic plant protection activities.



The 'Coral in Focus' project is a project to monitor the current status of coral reefs and contribute to restoration activities by taking underwater photos of coral reefs with Galaxy smartphones in the major coral reef habitats of △Florida, USA △Bali, Indonesia △Viti Levu, Fiji.



Samsung Electronics has been working to protect the marine ecosystem. It first applied the material to the Galaxy S22 series by recycling discarded fishing nets that have reached the end of their lifespan or have been abandoned in the ocean as precise smartphone component materials, and later expanded the application of the material to various Galaxy product lines such as tablets, PCs, and wearables.



Going one step further, it is continuing its efforts to innovate technology for the restoration of the marine ecosystem through the coral reef restoration project.



For this project, Samsung Electronics developed 'Ocean Mode' for the Galaxy smartphone camera, which is optimized for underwater photography to take photos of coral reefs, and local activist groups are using the Galaxy S24 Ultra equipped with the mode to take photos of coral reefs on site.



Previously, it was difficult to take photos by diving with a large, auxiliary camera and using the camera's complicated buttons and uncomfortable movements, but research has become easier with the Galaxy Ocean Mode shooting support. Light and thin, making it easier to dive 10 meters below the surface and taking close-up photos



of coral reefs. Through this project, coral reef photos taken with the Galaxy smartphone's 'Ocean Mode' were created into a total of 17 3D coral reef restoration maps, which became the foundation for regenerating coral reef communities. In addition, while observing the underwater ecosystem, a total of 11,046 newly planted coral trees were obtained, and an area of ​​10,705 square meters of coral reefs in the ocean, which is 25 times the size of a basketball court, was restored.



Coral reefs provide important habitats for marine life and play an essential role in protecting the marine environment and contributing to the carbon cycle. Restoring these coral reefs is essential to ensuring the sustainability of the marine ecosystem.



A large number of coral reef photos collected locally using Galaxy smartphones are sent to the Scripps Research Institute, where they are used to create 3D coral reef restoration maps and conduct various studies. Local activist groups then proceed with coral reef restoration work based on the results of these studies.



With the Ocean Mode developed by Samsung Electronics, local activists can reduce the excessive blue tones that occur when shooting underwater and capture the natural colors of coral reefs. In addition, based on shutter speed optimization and multi-frame image processing technology, the occurrence of motion blur in photo results is minimized, and the interval function can be used to take thousands of high-quality photos of coral reefs at once.



Since announcing 'Galaxy for Earth,' its environmental sustainability vision for a better Galaxy ecosystem, in 2021, Samsung Electronics has continued its efforts for a more sustainable future across the product life cycle and business operations from production to use and disposal.





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