Casio
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| Type | Public (TYO: 6952) |
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| Industry | Electronics |
| Founded | June 1, 1957 |
| Headquarters | Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan[1] |
| Key people | Kazuo Kashio (President) Hideaki Terada (Chairman and CEO) |
| Products | Watches, digital cameras, electronic calculators, electronic musical instruments, mobile phones |
| Revenue | $4.616 billion (2010) |
| Employees | 11,336 (2010) |
| Website | world.casio.com |
Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (カシオ計算機株式会社 Kashio Keisanki Kabushiki-gaisha) (TYO:6952) is a multinational electronic devices manufacturing company founded in 1946, with itsheadquarters in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Casio is best known for its electronic products, such as calculators, audio equipment, PDAs, cameras, musical instruments, and watches. In 1957 Casio released the world's first entirely electric compact calculator.
History
Casio was established in April 1946 by Tadao Kashio, an engineer specializing in fabrication technology. Kashio's first major product was the yubiwa pipe, a finger ring that would hold a cigarette, allowing the wearer to smoke the cigarette down to its nub while also leaving the wearer's hands free. Japan was impoverished immediately following World War II so cigarettes were valuable, and the invention was a success.
After seeing the electric calculators at the first Business Show in Ginza, Tokyo in 1949, Kashio and his younger brothers used their profits from the yubiwa pipe to develop their own calculators. Most of the calculators at that time worked using gears and could be operated by hand using a crank or using a motor (see adding machine). Kashio possessed some knowledge of electronics, and set out to make a calculator using solenoids. The desk-sized calculator was finished in 1954 and was Japan's first electro-mechanical calculator. One of the central innovations of the calculator was its adoption of the 10-key number pad; at that time other calculators were using a "full keypad", which meant that each place in the number (1s, 10s, 100s, etc...) had nine keys. Another innovation was the use of a single display window instead of the three display windows (one for each argument and one for the answer) used in other calculators.
In 1957 Casio released the Model 14-A, sold for 485,000 yen,[2] the world's first all-electric compact calculator, which was based on relay technology. 1957 also marked the establishment of Casio Computer Co. Ltd.
In the 1980s, its budget electronic instruments and home keyboards gained huge popularity. The company also became well known for the wide variety and innovation of its wristwatches. It was one of the earliest manufacturers of quartz crystal watches, both digital and analog. It also began selling calculator watches during this time. It was one of the first manufacturers of watches that could display the time in many different time zones and of watches with temperature, atmospheric-pressure, altitude, and even GPS position displays.
A number of notable digital cameras firsts have been made by Casio, including the first consumer digital camera with an LCD screen, the first consumer 3 megapixel camera, the first true ultra-compact model, and the first digital camera to incorporate ceramic lens technology
Timeline of product releases
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- 1957 Casio releases the Model 14-A, the world's first all-electric compact calculator.
- 1965 The 001 calculator is released.
- 1972 The release of Casio's personal calculator. The Casio "Mini" sells for 12,800 yen, going on to sell over 10 million units.
- 1974 The Casiotron, a watch that features a fully automatic calendar, including month lengths and leap years, is released.
- 1980 Casio releases its Casiotone keyboard instrument.
- 1983 The first G-Shock watch, the DW-5000C, is released.
- 1985 Casio launches its first professional synthesiser, the CZ-101.
- 1991 The F-91W digital watch, retro design with alarm and stopwatch, is released.
- 1995 The Illuminator/Foxfire backlight is released. The DW-5600E was announced as the first G-Shock watch with a full EL LCD panel.
- 1995 The QV-10, the world's first digital camera that includes a TFT display, is released.
- 2000 The WQV-1, the world's first wristwatch with digital camera is released.
- 2002 The EX-S1, the first Exilim digital camera is released.
- 2007 The OCW-S1000J, dubbed the Oceanus "Manta", is released, being the world's thinnest solar-powered chronograph at approx. 8.9 mm in thickness.
- 2011 Casio releases the Casio Prizm (fx-CG10/fx-CG20), a full-color graphing calculator.
- Chronology of Selected Main Products[3]
This section requires expansion. Date of Launch (in Japan) Model Name Description Jun 1957 14A All-electric compact calculator Sep 1965 001 Electronic desktop calculator with onboard memory Oct 1967 AL-1000 World's first desktop electronic calculator with program Aug 1972 Casio MINI World's first personal calculator May 1974 fx-10 Personal scientific function calculator Nov 1974 Casiotron First electronic wristwatch Jan 1980 CT-201 First electronic musical instrument Oct 1981 TR-2000 First electronic dictionary Apr 1983 G-SHOCK (DW-5000C) Shock-resistant wristwatch May 1983 PF-3000 First digital diary Jun 1983 TV-10 First pocket LCD TV Nov 1983 SL-800 Credit card-size calculator Mar 1985 FS-10 Ultra-thin digital watch Nov 1987 VS-101 Electronic still camera Nov 1991 KL-1000 Nameland label printer Dec 1994 Baby-G G-SHOCK for women Mar 1995 QV-10 Digital camera with LCD monitor Nov 1996 CASSIOPEIA (A-10/11) Handheld PC with Windows CE (sales in North America) Jun 1999 PRT-1GPJ World's first wristwatch with GPS sensor Nov 1999 C303CA Cellular phone with water and shock resistance Jun 2000 WQV-1 World's first wristwatch with digital camera Nov 2001 WVA-300 Radio controlled wristwatch powered by solar battery Jun 2002 EX-S1 First EXILIM digital camera—thinnest in the world (claimed) Nov 2005 OCW-600/OCW-10 OCEANUS five-motor chronograph watch Jun 2007 OCEANUS Manta Slim solar-powered radio-controlled watch in full-metal case Feb 2008 EX-S10 World's smallest and thinnest 10.1 megapixel digital camera Mar 2008 EX-F1 Digital camera with world's fastest burst shooting performance Products
This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (March 2011) Products include calculators, watches, cash registers, illuminators, digital cameras (Exilim Series), film cameras, laptop and sub-notebookcomputers, mobile phones, electronic keyboards, PDAs (E-Data Bank), electronic dictionaries, Digital Diaries, computer printers, clocks, and portable televisions.Today, Casio is most commonly known for durable, large sized watches. Especially popular are its dual function (LCD and analog) watches, some of which, called Wave Ceptors, receive radio signals daily from an atomic clock to keep accurate time.Watch
- G-Shock
- MR-G
- Master of G
- Frogman(Shock Resist & ISO 200M Water Resist)
- Riseman(Shock Resist & Twin Sensor)
- Mudman(Shock Resist & Mud Resist)
- Gulfman(Shock Resist & Rust Resist)
- MT-G
- GIEZ
- Original
- Standard
- Oceanus
- Smart Access Model
- Manta
- Cachalot
- Digtal Analog Combination
- Classic Line
- Ladies Line (Japan)
- Casio Sport
- Pro Trek ( Asia / Europe / Other Areas ) / Pathfinder ( USA / Canada )
- PHYS
- Sea-Pathfinfer
- Others
- Edifice
- Baby-G
- Sheen (Asia)
- Regular
- Combination
- Data Bank
- e-DataBank
- Classic
- Analog
- Digital
- Analog-Digital
- Wave Ceptor
Scientific calculator
- Graphing
- FX-9860G / GII / SD
- FX-9860G Slim
- ClassPad 300 Plus / 330
- Algebra FX 2.0 Plus
- FX 1.0 Plus
- CFX-9850GC Plus
- CFX-9850GB Plus
- CFX-9800G
- FX-9750G Plus / GII
- FX-8500G, 8000G
- FX-7500G, 7400G Plus / GII
- FX-7000G
- VI-9850GB Plus
- RM 7000/9000
- Programming
- FX-5800P, 3950P, 3650P, 50F PLUS, 50F
- FX-4500PA
- FX-5500LA, 5500L
- FX-3600P
- FX-3900PV
- FX-4800P
- FX-702P
- FX-603P, 602P
- FX-502P, 501P
- "Natural Display"
- FX-991ES, 570ES, 115ES
- FX-991ES Plus,
- FX-350ES, 300ES, 85ES, 82ES, 83ES, 500ES
- OH-300ES
- V.P.A.M. / S-V.P.A.M. / Two-line, Multi-replay
- FX-991MS, 570MS, 115MS, 912MS (Japan), 100MS, 85MS, 350MS, 82MS, 820MS, 95MS
- OH-300MS
- FX-82TL, 83W, 85W, 85WA, 300W, 350TL, 911W, 270W, 270W PLUS, 83WA
- FX-991W, 570W, 115W, 100W, 115WA
- V.P.A.M.
- FX-992S, 991S, 570S, 115S, 100S, 122S
- LCD (One-line)
- FX-65 (True fraction)
- FX-901
- FX-82B, 82SUPER, 250D, 82C, 82D, 82LB
- FX-82SX, 82 SOLAR
- FX-991D, 570D, 115D, 100D, 570AD, 570CD
- FX-2000, 2500
- FX-82, 82L
- FX-570, 100, 350, 77
- FX-992V, 992VB, 85V
- FX-180P, 390PV (Program)
- FX-4000P, 3500P, 3800P (Program)
- AQ-1000, 1500
- VFD (Digitron) display
- FX-1, 10, 17, 19, 20, 21, 29, 39, 101
- FX-201P (Program)
Gallery
- Graphing
- G-Shock
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