CEATEC AWARD 2015Social Innovation Category
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CEATEC AWARD 2015
- Awards are given to technologies, products, services, and systems on exhibit that exerted outstanding potential in innovation.
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The CEATEC INNOVATION AWARDS, "As Selected by U.S. Journalists"
- US Journalists in the IT and consumer electronics fields will select and award exhibits for their innovativeness and potential impact in the US market.
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CEATEC JAPAN 2015 held CEATEC AWARD 2015 under this year's theme of "NEXT — Today’s Dreams, Future Realities” with the aim of contributing to the creation of markets and advancement of the IT and electronics industries. This press release announces the Grand Prix and Semi Grand Prix winners in each category decided through the rigorous scrutiny of the CEATEC AWARD panel of judges. The panel also decided on the Special Judges’ Award for a product strongly recommended.
Grand Prix
Magellan Systems Japan
Low-cost, Advanced Coupling System Capable of Combining an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) with a Highly Accurate Satellite Location Module for Use in Self-Driving Vehicles
- Product description
This is a successful and dramatic reduction of costs while maintaining performance of coupling systems for high-precision satellite positioning models and IMU, systems which conventionally cost around $100,000. This new technology has enabled the rapid spread of these systems in machineries used for agricultural, forestry and fisheries, construction equipment, drones, self-driving vehicles and safety management systems. These systems will enable management of work machinery and vehicles via the cloud and contribute to highly efficient operations. By being made into chips in the future, this is a technology that will enable high-precision understanding of the movements of people and objects and enable sophistication of public institutions
- Comment on the selection
This realized a top-level, high-precision satellite positioning system with extraordinarily low cost. Focusing on agriculture, this technology has the potential to bring about major innovations.
- Exhibition Venue
- NEXT Innovation Area
- Exhibition Hall
- 4
- Booth Location
- 4N63
Semi-Grand Prix
wena project
wena wrist
- Product description
This is a watch with built-in log functions in the band that enables electronic wallet, notification and activity metering applications. This device is a melding of an analogue wristwatch design with unique digital technology in the watch band. This product has come about through Sony’s new business creation program. Ideas were collected through company-internal auditions, and carefully scrutinized in conjunction with external specialists. Ideas accepted to become businesses have unique business models.
- Comment on the selection
Through web funding, development and market pioneering of these fresh ideas has come together as charming and unique products.
- Exhibition Venue
- NEXT Innovation Area
- Exhibition Hall
- 3
- Booth Location
- 3N47
Rakuten, Inc.
AR-HITOKE―System for visualizing liveliness activity with augmented reality/ WallSHOP―Smartphone-Interlocked Digital Signage for Shopping
- Product description
AR-HITOKE: System for Visualizing Liveliness Activity with Augmented Reality
Rakuten periodically holds produce exhibitions to sell the comestibles it normally sells online in real world department stores. Although it’s possible to reference product reviews and assessments online, it’s not easy to understand the popularity or evaluations of products in real world event venues, and it’s difficult to reference reviews from other people when purchasing products. Here, the company has created the augmented reality “AR-HITOKE” digital signage technology to enable intuitive expression of in-store product popularity and aid customer purchasing.
WallSHOP: Smartphone-Interlocked Digital Signage for Shopping
Rakuten has configured “WallSHOP” – an interactive digital signage shopping system that enables the creation of touch points to net services from the real world. Using HTML5 technology to display products popular on Rakuten, WallSHOP enables users to customize content themselves, and features smartphone Interlock and multilingual support functions.- Comment on the selection
This system enables market activity with synergies between the virtual and the real by connecting the actual lively human atmosphere of a real–world shop with net shopping. A fresh idea realized with Rakuten's strengths.
- Exhibition Venue
- NEXT Innovation Area
- Exhibition Hall
- 4
- Booth Location
- 4N63
