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Cashless฀Payments฀via฀Wristwatch
TIMEPIECES฀INCORPORATING฀CONTACTLESS฀IC฀CHIPS*
Casio฀has฀recently฀developed฀wristwatches฀which฀incorporate฀contactless฀IC฀chips฀for฀cashless฀
payment฀systems,฀such฀as฀the฀Ofca™฀system฀developed฀by฀JCB฀Co.,฀Ltd.,฀a฀leading฀international฀
credit฀card฀brand.฀Working฀together฀with฀JCB,฀Casio฀launched฀trials฀of฀its฀new฀watch฀in฀June฀
2004.฀Wearers฀of฀this฀watch฀need฀only฀to฀raise฀their฀arms฀to฀pay฀tolls฀or฀gain฀admittance฀to฀
locked฀ofces.฀
฀ Three฀companies฀–฀Casio,฀ExxonMobil฀Yugen฀Kaisha,฀and฀JCB฀Co.,฀Ltd.฀–฀jointly฀developed฀
the฀G-Shock฀series฀GWS-900,฀which฀is฀compatible฀with฀the฀electronic฀settlement฀system฀
“Speedpass™.”฀This฀system฀has฀been฀implemented฀at฀the฀self-service฀stations฀of฀the฀ExxonMobil฀
group.฀Domestic฀sales฀of฀the฀watch฀on฀its฀online฀shopping฀website฀“e-casio”฀began฀in฀
October฀2004.฀Drivers฀can฀purchase฀gasoline฀merely฀by฀raising฀the฀GWS-900฀watch฀to฀the฀readers฀
that฀have฀been฀installed฀at฀gasoline฀service฀stations.฀
฀ Casio฀will฀continue฀to฀develop฀new฀mobile฀data฀processing฀features฀for฀watches฀to฀afford฀greater฀
convenience฀to฀wearers฀in฀their฀daily฀lives,฀and฀cultivate฀new฀markets.
*FeliCa®,฀a฀contactless฀smart-card฀system฀developed฀by฀Sony฀Corp.
Ceramic฀Lenses
THE฀WORLD’S฀FIRST฀TRANSPARENT฀CERAMIC฀LENS
Using฀the฀transparent฀ceramic฀Lumicera™฀created฀by฀Murata฀Manufacturing฀Co.,฀Ltd.,฀Casio฀has฀
developed฀the฀world’s฀rst฀transparent฀ceramic฀lens.฀Noting฀that฀Lumicera™฀offers฀the฀same฀
level฀of฀transparency฀as฀optical฀glass,฀its฀refraction฀rate฀far฀exceeds฀that฀of฀optical฀glass,฀and฀it฀
boasts฀superior฀durability,฀Casio฀aimed฀to฀use฀this฀material฀to฀create฀ultra-thin฀zoom฀lenses฀for฀
digital฀cameras.฀Using฀proprietary฀technology,฀the฀Company฀made฀various฀improvements฀to฀
this฀material,฀and฀used฀the฀ceramic฀lens฀to฀create฀an฀ultra-compact฀camera฀–฀the฀Exilim฀Card฀
EX-S100฀–฀launched฀in฀September฀2004.฀The฀new฀ceramic฀lens฀has฀enabled฀us฀to฀create฀a฀digital฀
camera฀with฀an฀optical฀zoom฀lens฀that฀is฀approximately฀20%฀thinner฀than฀our฀existing฀models.฀
฀Paying฀for฀purchases฀at฀a฀store฀with฀an฀
OfcaTM฀watch฀(Top)
G-Shock฀GWS-900,฀compatible฀with฀
“Speedpass™”฀settlement฀system฀(Bottom)
New฀transparent฀ceramic฀lens฀makes฀possible฀
even฀more฀compact฀digital฀cameras.
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ANNUAL฀REPORT฀2005