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14
Canon pursues next-generation business
domains with due consideration given to
such
f
actors as strong prospects
f
or
market
g
rowth, technolo
g
ical innovation
potential, consistenc
y
with the Compa
-
n
y
’s core capa
b
i
l
ities an
d
t
h
e
l
i
k
e
l
i
h
oo
d
of the business positivel
y
impactin
g
the
Company’s prospects for sound growth.
We have identifi ed medical imaging
as an im
p
ortant new business domain.
As a key initiative, we have launched the
Canon-Kyoto University Joint Research
Pro
j
ect to
g
ether with K
y
oto Universit
y
in
Japan. With a commitment to developin
g
next-
g
eneration
d
ia
g
nostic instruments
capable of detecting disease at the
earliest stages, the Company is applying
its sensing and imaging technologies to
research coverin
g
a broad ran
g
e o
f
areas,
includin
g
new technolo
g
ies and clinical
app
l
ications, w
h
i
l
e continuin
g
to carr
y
out
collabo
r
at
iv
e
r
esea
r
ch.
In
dust
ri
al
r
obot
i
cs
i
s
a
n
othe
r n
e
x
t
-
generation business domain for Canon.
The Company has already used robots
to assemble toner and inkjet cartridges
and is now working on developing
intelli
g
ent robots that can carr
y
out
an even hi
g
her level o
f
precise and
sop
h
isticate
d
actions.
C
anon and Japan’s Kyoto University have teamed up to promote R&D o
f
high sensitivity magnetic sensors
.
C
o
ll
a
b
orative researc
h
into semicon
d
uctor
d
evices
f
or medical ima
g
in
g
with Stanford Universit
y
In other promising fi elds, Canon is
promoting R&D activities in such
leading-edge technologies as nanotech
-
nolo
gy
and biotechnolo
gy
.
3
. Identi
fy
in
g
new business domains and accumulatin
g
required
t
echnolo
g
ie
s
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