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ECAD dio 2011
CAD system – ECAD dio
ECAD dio, Japan’ s leading CAD system for electrical design, stream-
lines overall operations by helping users to create electrical system
design diagrams, while synchronizing design data with control equip-
ment and peripheral devices. It also enhances wire harness design
capability for industrial machinery, etc.
Pen sensor components
Not only are our pen sensor components incorporated into our own
high-quality products, but many other companies use them. Our supe-
rior pen sensor technologies are adopted in a popular global smart
phone model as well as most Tablet PCs, Tablet-type devices, and
e-books devices of OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) which
recognize pen functionality for IT devices.
Touch sensor components
Supporting the multi-touch function of PCs, our touch sensor compo-
nents were developed and adopted by major PC manufacturers. Our
multi-touch sensor system allows users to intuitively control a PC by
touching the LCD display. In addition, it can be incorporated together
with our pen sensor system which provides for handwritten input and
image-editing by pen.
Component Business
Others
DT/PL and STU series, interactive pen displays are invaluable for a variety of tasks for more general users
such as settlement processing, medical recording equipment, and educational systems, etc.
A major smart phone manufacturer and many PC makers worldwide have adopted our pen sensor compo-
nents plus pen and multi-touch sensor solutions.
Our components allow IT devices to be operated naturally with a digital pen and even with the touch of fin-
gers with our original IC controller. Our component business is growing with the expansion of new markets
such as smart phones, Tablet-type devices, and e-book devices.
Business products
The digital signature solution with STU series is an
accepted best practice among financial institutions. It
makes a contribution to not only saving customer
information as secured digital data in each corporate
style but also conserving paper resources. In Europe,
Berliner Sparkasse and others adopted our signature
tablets to digitally sign documents for opening
accounts. La Laport a major mall management com-
pany in Japan and IKEA in Germany use our products
for credit-card transactions with a digital signature.
The Hilton Hotel in
Milan, Italy also utilizes
STU-520 for the digital
check-in to improve
work processes.
Digital signature
Wacom and its partners have worked closely
together over the last few years to develop a reli-
able electronic flight strip system, replacing the tra-
ditional paper based air traffic management. The
German Air Navigation Services “DFS Deutsche
Flugsicherung GmbH” has also adopted our inter-
active pen displays at their air traffic control centers
and towers in Germany after extensive research
and tests. Our interactive pen displays have
become the standard for controllers because of the
ease in handling electronic flight strips, guarantee-
ing a seamless transition to digital.
Air traffic control sector
Our interactive pen displays have become popular
in medical areas in Japan. For example, by using
digital medical charts instead of paper-based
records, medical information can be shared more
easily within different hospital departments. Pre-
senting educational materials with our interactive
displays also maximizes the opportunity for interac-
tion between teachers and students in a teaching
setting. Our DT/PL series are adopted in other fields
such as interactive whiteboards, video conferencing
systems, call centers, and TV panel show for
smoother communication. We recently introduced
Wacom Allwrite which allows annotation of Office
documents on PCs for penetrating traditional office
work flows with digital pens.
Medical care, education, and others
Wacom feel IT Technologies is the brand that pro-
vides user interface technology directly from Wacom. By integrat-
ing user interface technology such as multi-touch sensor, pen
sensor, controller and device driver in the most sophisticated
method, the brand provides highly natural and intuitive user inter-
face experiences for smart phones, Tablet-type devices, PCs,
e-books and other IT devices.
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