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24
Sensing
During the year, we met diverse customer needs by provid-
ing products that harness our patented optical measurement
technologies. They included instruments for measuring color,
luminance, and intensity, as well as blood oxygen, jaundice, and
3D shapes.
Sales of the core color measurement business were solid
because of the favorable receptions of new products. They
included the CS-2000 spectroradiometer, which very precisely
measures display contrasts for the growing LCD and plasma
We commercialized several new colorimetric, object color, and 3D measurement instruments
in the fiscal year ended March 2008, and set about boosting our competitiveness in such
mainstay businesses.
Net Sales
(Billions of Yen)
8.0
5.3
5.8
10.0
9.9
Operating Income
(Billions of Yen)
04 05 06 07 08 04 05 06 07 08
1.8
1.6
1.9
1.6
1.2
television markets. Also contributing to performance were the
new CM-700d/600d spectrophotometers for color management
in various industries.
We stepped up sales of 3D measuring instruments, including
the RANGE7 noncontact digitizer for industrial and academic
applications.
Net sales for the Sensing business were almost unchanged, at
¥9.9 billion. Operating income declined 26.2%, to ¥1.2 billion.
World’s top level capability to
detect extremely low luminance
Spectroradiometer CS-2000
Compact and portable color
measuring instrument
Spectrophotometer CM-700d/600d
Non-contact 3D digitizer
KONICA MINOLTA RANGE7