Sharp Expands upon New Vision at CEATEC 2017: Changing the World with 8K and AIoT
2017年10月2日 - 10:00PM
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Sharp Corporation (TOKYO:6753) chose CEATEC 2017, Japan’s
largest leading-edge CPS and IoT exhibition, to expand upon its new
business vision, “Changing the World with 8K and AIoT.” Watch
Sharp's new brand vision movie here.
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The era of 8K began in earnest on August 31, as Sharp unveiled
the world’s first consumer-ready 8K-compatible televisions and
monitors, the AQUOS 8K series, scheduled for release in China,
Japan, Taiwan, and Europe between autumn 2017 and spring 2018.
Today the firm restated its aim to provide more than just displays
with great definition, committing itself to establishing an 8K
ecosystem covering the whole value chain, from image creation and
processing to distribution and display. Besides broadcasting, Sharp
envisages 8K transforming fields like medicine, security,
education, inspection systems, and infrastructure maintenance, with
the new format’s overwhelming realism and detail bringing diverse
discoveries, including previously unimagined applications and
appliances.
The second pillar of Sharp’s vision rests on AIoT, a term coined
to reflect the firm’s unique synthesis of AI and IoT. The aim is to
extend the smart home concept beyond the home itself, providing a
network of IoT devices that constantly monitor and learn about our
lifestyles and preferences, leveraging leading-edge AI to offer
optimal services and solutions for any situation. More than just
simple tools, appliances will become our partners in addressing the
needs of both individual households and society as a whole.
This calls for People-Oriented IoT, a comprehensive ecosystem of
appliances and services that integrate seamlessly and automatically
inside and outside the home, continually focused on user needs.
Sharp’s COCORO+ series of AIoT devices already includes unique
products like RoBoHoN and the COCORO Kitchen range, and this lineup
expanded at CEATEC 2017 with the launch of Android-equipped AQUOS
4K TV sets, which use voice recognition and machine learning to
offer viewing attuned to individual user preferences. “We aim to
deliver a People-Oriented Smart Life in which users’ activities
inside and outside the home are intuitively connected.” said Bob
Ishida, Executive Vice President & Head of AIoT Business
Strategy Office and CEO, Europe Business, “We anticipate that
during fiscal 2019 our smart home business will reach JPY 1
trillion in value (approx. USD 8.8 billion).”
Details of Sharp’s exhibition at CEATEC 2017 can be found
here.
About Sharp: Sharp Corporation is a worldwide developer
of innovative products and core technologies that play a key role
in shaping the future of electronics. As a leader in LCDs and
digital technologies, Sharp offers one of the world’s broadest and
most advanced lines of consumer electronics, information products
and electronic components, while also creating new network
businesses. Sharp Corporation employs 42,861 people around the
world (as of June 30, 2017) and recorded consolidated annual sales
of 2,050,639 million yen for the fiscal year ended March 31,
2017.
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