ILEA000339908: NTT unveils system to locate workers' whereabouts

Line operator says 440,000 personal records leaked in data breach

TOKYO, Nov. 27 Kyodo -Tech giant LY Corp. reported a massive data breach on Monday, saying as many as 440,000 items of personal data, including more than 300,000 linked to Line messaging app users, were leaked due to unauthorized access to an affiliate's computer system in October.(Kyodo)

VR Content5G Content for au Smart Pass Premium

VR Content 5G content for au Smart Pass Premium enables 360-degree viewing of "Cirque du Soleil" performances on smartphones via au5G. March 23, 2020, Minato Ward, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Izumi Chamber of Commerce and Industry to begin handling single-employer workers' compensation

The lone worker's accident insurance for lone workers started by the Izumi Chamber of Commerce and Industry is available to lone workers in the construction industry. Members of the chamber will be asked to join the chamber's construction workers' accident compensation union and will be covered by the national workers' accident insurance. In addition to the chamber's annual membership fee, the annual fee is 5,000 yen and the annual premium depends on the basic daily benefit amountto be paid when the worker is unable to work. If the basic daily benefit amount is 3,500 yen, the annual premium is 22,986 yen, and if it is 25,000 yen, the annual premium is 164,250 yen. Takaji Hashimoto, executive director of the chamber, said, "We hope that people will protect themselves (by joining the lone worker's accident insurance) and take a system that will enable them to sustain their businesses. (March 3, 2020, Izumi City, Osaka Prefecture; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Shinkawa Electric's vibration monitoring sensor "Zerk X8

The connected sensors acquire analog data such as temperature, pressure, water level and flow rate as well as vibration. The data is sent via wireless LAN to an antenna several dozen meters away. The data is collected in the "Machine Dossier" cloud system. The data is displayed in an easy-to-understand manner using graphs and other data. Amazon's Amazon Web Services (AWS) is used as the system infrastructure. The data can be easily viewed on smartphones and other devices. The annual fee for using the system is 48,000 yen (excluding consumption tax) for each eight-point sensor. SEC of America (North Carolina), a wholly owned subsidiary in the U.S., develops and produces the system. Shinkawa Sensor Technology (Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo), a subsidiary in Japan, will develop and produce higher-specification non-contact vibration sensors. (Photo taken on February 6, 2020, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Conveyor-belt sushi

Photo taken on July 16, 2019, shows a smartphone order system introduced by Kura Sushi, a conveyor-belt sushi restaurant chain. The app users can order sushi and other dishes on their smartphones before taking seats at Kura Sushi restaurants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ushio Lighting's stereoscopic view with VR

The development of virtual space (VR) technology for business-to-business (B-to-B) is active. USHIO LIGHTING (Chuo-ku, Tokyo) has developed the world's first system that allows two people to experience stereoscopic vision through VR at the same time. Two major printing companies have released VR systems that are linked to CAD data of houses and condominiums. With the newly developed system, a special program generates a total of four types of images necessary for VR stereoscopic viewing for two people according to the location information grasped by the sensor, and when projected on the wall, floor, or side using three 240 Hz projectors, highly immersive images can be experienced simultaneously from two directions. Image taken on November 29, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Uyenotecnica's visual inspection system for food products

Ueno Technica (Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture) has developed a device (photo) that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to automate the visual inspection of food products. A horizontally articulated (SCARA) robot equipped with a camera can identify and remove defective products from randomly placed products. We plan to launch the product by next summer and propose its introduction to food manufacturers. The AI will store a large number of image data in advance and determine good and bad products based on wrinkles and burrs in the packaging material. It is expected to reduce the burden on workers by automating the judgment of defective food products, which relies on manual labor. It is expected to be useful in solving the labor shortage at production sites, and is being marketed to food manufacturers. Photo taken on November 28, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

The second factory of Okada Shell Manufacturing introducing IT production control system.

Okada Shell Manufacturing (Awaji City, Hyogo Prefecture) will introducean IT production management system to its No. 2 plant by December 2020. The investment will amount to about 20 million yen. The plant is the main production base near the main plant. The production plan will be reflected directly from the office to the production facilities in the plant, and the progress will be monitored in real time. Okada Shell Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is engaged in the production of cores, which are sand molds used to create cavities inside castings. Conventional paper-based production records have been prone to errors, but the company will automatically accumulate production data from its facilities and use the data to extract production conditions that realize high quality and to train young workers. In addition to the use of simulation equipment to analyze the core manufacturing method, the defect rate will be reduced from 5% to 2%. Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Picking solution robot that Nippon Express aims to put to practical use

Nippon Express will commercialize a collaborative picking solutionfor logistics warehouses by the end of fiscal 2019, using robots (photo) from Rapyuta Robotics (Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Rapyuta Robotics). The company conducted a demonstration at its own distribution warehouse in June. Another demonstration experiment will be conducted in September with the aim of putting the system into practical use. The Laputa robot is an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) that assists people in their picking work. The core of the technology is the control and management of multiple robots in accordance with the progress of the work. The robots move along the aisles of the product shelves, show the workers the items to be removed from the shelves, and then transport the removed items. This reduces the range of movement for the worker, leading to reduced workload and time savings. (= July 12, 2019, photo location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Orsentech deburring machine

Osen Tech will start its own IoT service called "aCloud" at the end of July. The service will allow users to monitor the operating status of machines such as deburring machines and washing machines, which are the company's forte, from a PC or smartphone. The service can be retrofitted to machines and the monthly fee is expected to be around 30,000 yen. The data can be used in higher-level production management systems. "The company is proposing the system as an "introduction to the IoT. Osen Tech's main business is the development and manufacture of deburring and cleaning machines. The company has decided to offer A-Cloud in order to improve service quality. (May 28, 2019, Minami-ku, Sagamihara City; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

NTT unveils system to locate workers' whereabouts

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