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At Embedded Technology 2008 in Pacifico Yokohama, Campus Creative showed their new Testing and Evaluation System for Camera Shake and Image Stabilization, TEVRAIS, which uses a moving image to help determine the amount and nature of stabilizing problems in cameras.

When using still images small amounts of instability and the direction of instability are difficult to detect but TEVRAIS helps solve these problems.

Campus Creative performed many tests shooting with the same camera with the stabilization on and off at varying shutter speeds and found that as the shutter speed increases the difference between the stabilization on or off narrows while at slower shutter speeds the amount of camera shake differs greatly.

With TEVRAIS, Campus Creative plans to improve on camera stabilizers to get clearer images.

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At Embedded Technology 2008, Omron exhibited its OmCR, an optical character recognition software that can identify and translate text from a picture. This system can be used on cell phones and computers.

Up till now, OCR progams had difficulty recognizing characters in poor lighting or complex images. This program is intended for translating billboards and signs, menus, business cards and websites.

The Mobile OmCR can be equipped on various equipment and Omron plans on developing androids, iPhones, various cell phones and embedded equipment which support this software.

Currently OmCR is set to translate to Japanese.

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Tokai Industry Co., Ltd. has developed NTA (Nano Technology Assorted Glass). This is a new glass material that features the property of electrical conductivity. The principal constituent of NTA is vanadium oxide. Featuring the world’s highest electrical conductivity, NTA is well suited for 21st century high-technology solutions.

Focused ion beam (FIB) technology is employed to fabricate precise patterns. Dr. Nishida of Kinki University cooperated with Tokai Industry to develop the glass. NTA is compatible with laser and various other processing technologies.

Since it is possible to produce the glass in different shapes and sizes, and with varying conductivities, possible applications for NTA include semiconductors, biochemical, and MEMS
technology, and others.

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Canon IT Solutions exhibited the newest version of its “ESET NOD32 Anti-Virus” integrated security software, which has the highest virus detection rate in the industry, and the newest version of its “ESET Smart Security” anti-virus and anti-spyware software at the 2008 Autumn ITpro Expo held at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center.

One of the major characteristics of these software packages is that they feature ThreatSense, the industry’s most advanced heuristic technology. The software packages can detect all types of malware including rootkits, macro viruses, worms, risk ware, Trojans, adware, bots, and logic bombs.

Also, this ESET NOD32 Anti-Virus software was awarded the “Best Anti-virus Solution” award in both 2006 and 2007 by AV-Comparatives.org, an independent anti-virus software testing organization located in Australia.

This product is now on sale.

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Sogho Security Services displayed their Reborg-Q, intelligent security robot, at the 2008 Security Show. The robot measures 65 by 70 by 130 cm and weighs 120 kg, and is fitted with a range of cameras and sensors.
Once programmed with necessary data such as maps, personnel recognition and security information, the robot can move around on a preprogrammed path autonomously, and when alerted, communicate with the security center to transmit images or data.
Also fitted with an IC card reader to verify the identity of individuals, it can automatically determine if they have clearance to be in a certain area.
The robot can also be used as a customer information center, providing communication services, data about the surrounding area, games, commercials or other promotional material.