E-Day: Can point to the work to also analog
(the first volume)

Digital information revolution obtaining the driving force, Internet, is the under way with the various scenes of life. As for music as for the analog record it was expelled extremely before and, also digitalization of the television satellite broadcast started in the start.

But, if it is society digital, that when you say whether it can solve entirely, so is not.

However, those which it discards with the quantization (converting data inside range which is to central value) which happens with digital conversion, there is a variety. The most barrel ones are the sound quality.

In order that the new technology where from now 4 years ago, in digital one side falling down up-to-date digital technology the analog signal is handled well in the base with doubt, is developed, the indian who establishes venture enterprise is.

In order that " eyesight "can be given in the machine like the robot, you thought that image recognition technology opening will be sent. Phenomenon is made to judge intuitively know, somehow with digitalization and processor power, it is not smart, it is ", that, Makoto Ichiro Watanabe who serves CTO and the president with the joint founder of new core technology speaks.

The technicians who have the experience which worked at Intel including him many person as for the same company which participated, have base in Santa Clara of Ibaraki prefecture Tsukuba city and the silicon valley.

Simply, the time where exactly the company is made to start, QV-10 of the Casio Computer Co., Ltd. hit large, the curtain of digital camera age rose.

Although it was epoch-making as that time, processing is slow, also picture quality is bad, the founders of the new core which views the early digital camera which also color is flat to happened to think that fusion of the analog technology which was thought for image recognition, this just was born will be applied to the instrument. Sufficiently there was a value which it challenges.

The digital camera, digitalizing the signal of CCD, applies image processing and compression. Suitability of the lens and the size of CCD have an influence on picture quality of course, but, being digital, the various seasoning wounds you can do with the software which it represents processes.

But, you understand that the digital camera is used, but, there is no depth in color, it does not reach to the camera which uses the silver salt film yet e.g., color noise occurs in the place where it becomes dim with the background. If they are 3 CCD cameras where CCD and the AD (analog digital) converter are 3 systems in every RGB, revision of white balance and the like already it sows, it goes, but, the RGB signal which with one CCD is removed to order is digitalized suddenly, you say that the problem which it solves and does happens.

"The chance which can point to work to analog was visible", that Watanabe looks back.

With the new core, you put the front end processor of analog before the digital processing processor, you thought of that among the analog signals it represents processes at the pixel unit. It is kind of something where you can obtain with also one CCD camera the picture like 3 CCD cameras.

"With digitally, with just after-treatment somehow, the wicked road. There being a material, cooking "(Watanabe)

Passing the research and development period of 4 years from 1997 May establishment, you say that from at this end of year trade war the digital camera which more and more adopts the tip/chip of the new core appears from the group of manufacturers. There is also a venture business whose breath is long it is you thought as the shelf.

Story of the new core perhaps it overturns digital camera industry from root, continues tomorrow.