INTRODUTION

Corporate Name	Oriental Electronics,Inc.
Objectives	Research and Development, Designing, Manufacturing Engineering and Trading of computer hardware/software and measuring instruments related to Meteorology and Hydrology applications
Establishment	September, 1973
Incorporation	October, 1980
Capital Stock	20,000,000 Yen (Paid 10,000,000 Yen)
President	Mr. Yuji Hayashi (C.E.O)
Address	2-4-1 Tanabe-Chuo, Kyo-Tanabe, Kyoto 610-0334 Japan
Telephone	+ 81-774-63-2300
Fax	+ 81-774-63-2308
E-mail
Work Force	12 (10 of these are engineers)

 

Activities and Services

 

Major Products

• Himawaricast Reception and Visualization System for Himawari 8/9 Satellites of Japan
• WMO GTS Message Switching System and WIS with Integrated Visualization Systems
• AWS Data Logger System in conformity to WMO requirements
• Pulse driven data logger for rainfall measurement
• Meteorological telemetric data acquisition systems
• GPS time server based on NMEA0183 standard
• High Precision Portable Thermometer for variety range of users
• High resolution Satellite ground reception systems (Geostationary and Polar satellites)
• Weather Doppler Radar observation systems (S/C/X band with Dual Polarity options)
• Automated weather & hydro observations, Telemetric and Data acquisition equipment
• Automated air quality observations, Telemetric and Data acquisition equipment
• Weather information TV broadcasting systems for the HDTV/SDTV Weather programs
• High Performance Cluster Computer System for Numerical Weather Predictions
• Meteorological data processing, visualization system and Tool software products
• LED Information Display System for passengers of Japan Railway (JR)

 

Company Outline

Oriental Electronics (ORI) was established innovatively in 1973 as a venture capitalized company for research and development business. Today, ORI is one of leaders of an independent vendor of hardware and software specialized in measurement, communication and control disciplines related to the Meteorological and Hydrological field in Japan.
The innovative technologies of ORI on the systems or instruments are highly ranked and attract wide and unique variety of partners in public and private sectors.
The Information Distribution Service System is now widely noticed as the key techniques supporting the real time weather/disaster information exchanges such as the Message Switching System on the GTS and WIS networks of WMO.
The satellite ground stations and the radar processing unit as well as AWS observation systems are the most staple and distinguished products of ORI.  

Abilities and Capabilities

ORI has served a solid base of clients including National Met Services in many countries as a specialty along with unique and up-to-date techniques from analogue to digital signal processing applications for the fields of measurement, communication and data processing applications.
Our technical background consists of precise analogue and high speed digital systems ranging from on-chip micro-controller to very high speed DSP based on RF technologies, network techniques, device driver, firmware and the units of application software.
Our products consists of such the technologies ranging from sensor and RF circuits up to digital signal processing filed, network technique, computer BIOS and device driver, firmware and also various application software developing in our factory.  

Administrative Philosophy

As a team of experts specialized in electronic, we are committed to contribute to the world by providing high quality and low cost products, taking the best advantage of the unique and diverse skills of the staff. This attitude also leads to achieving the satisfaction of our customers.  

Technology Background

At the time of the establishment, the company�fs major business was designing and manufacturing OEM products including commercial products. Afterward, the technology shifted to developing the applied 16 bits microprocessor, and the founder (current president Mr. Yuji Hayashi) incorporated the company in 1980 as Oriental Electronics Inc.(ORI).
ORI has been engaged in research and development of digital / analogue circuit and software, and has contributed to the technology of telemeter, control and communication. For example, applied instruments for the Time Sharing Multi Data Transmission (produced in 1975) accelerated digitalization in the commercial industry in control devices.
Our meteorological telemetry and archiving systems have also contributed a lot to the industry�fs digitalization. We are committed to being a technological leader of meteorological data collection and delivery system, TV weather program televising system as well as information display systems for railway stations.
ORI has participated in the U.S. consortium aimed at developing next-generation VLIW processor, which added to our international joint projects. Technical tie-up with SWI, the specialized manufacture of satellite base station (US) started in 1993 and advanced to the agency designation the nest year.
ORI has also produced unique applied systems utilizing the video processor; those are now in operation at many TV and CATV stations, including a key-station in Tokyo.
In 1996, ORI produced a digital video recorder and player which records and plays back motion and still pictures employing Motion JPEG real time picture data compression and expansion technique.  

Business Outlook

As a pioneering technology company, ORI is committed to being always contributing to the industry by making the most staffs�f skills and experiences.
Concerning space exploitation and its related technologies, Japan is walking a few steps behind the US and Russia because those technologies advanced mostly through pursuing military power under the Cold War. Today, private companies in Japan are urgently required to attain those technologies (basic and applied) because satellite related technologies are indispensable in meteorology, broadcast and communication, and GPS.
This is why we are trying to master the satellite related technology, pioneering and promoting its utilization in the above-mentioned industries.
In the area of multimedia technology, we are aiming at realizing new MPEG technology based on the existing technology of Motion JPEG digital video recorder and the graphical signal processing technologies with digital signal processors.
As for telemetry and telecommunication fields, our major aim is to popularize the latest technique related to the real time signal processing, remote sensing, on-line relational database and the Internet Web technologies through developing our unique application software.