Optex R＆D
SOMETHING DIFFERENT
We focus on the areas that others do not,
so we can provide our customers with even greater satisfaction than they expect.
Approaching manufacturing with the idea of doing "Something Different" can create products and services with a clear competitive edge.
Optex is generating innovation and operating businesses that create value for our customers.
| Regions | Patents | Design registrations |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 93 | 29 |
| America | 39 | 18 |
| Europe | 105 | 44 |
| Asia | 12 | 34 |
| Others | 4 | 18 |
Optex has a thorough knowledge of the cultures and business customs of countries and industries worldwide, and our products conform to over 200 types of laws, regulations, and standards.
Sensing Technology
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The Origin of Optex—Infrared
In 1980, Optex became the first company in the world to commercialize automatic door sensors by applying far infrared rays used in the medical and military fields. So you could say infrared is the origin of Optex.
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Sensing Algorithm
Optex has developed original sensing algorithms that control physical changes. These algorithms ensure reliable and stable detection even in environments filled with numerous factors that may interfere with sensor-based detection, such as sunlight, plants, swaying curtains, and radio waves.
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Proprietary Technologies
Optex owns a wide range of sensing technologies, which it uses to analyze the various analog signal information specific to each user environment. These technologies extract only the required information, and combine multiple detection formulas to enhance the performance of devices, equipment and systems.
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Quality Tests
Reliability is the definitive value of all products, and performance is how a product satisfies a customer’s needs. To achieve these two key elements, we conduct product evaluation tests and endeavor to create reliable products that customers around the world can use.
IoT technology
Design
Stories - Innovations & Challenges -
Within the realm of sensors and their surrounding technologies is an expanding frontier of the unknown.
“Stories” is about our efforts to bring new value into the world as a manufacturer of sensors.
We introduce these Optex initiatives in tales of innovations and challenges, interspersed with interviews.
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A Hygiene Management System Born from a Combining of Knowledge in Different Fields
Introducing optical measurement technology to a new industry. Utilizing collaborative creation to usher in a new era of hygiene management.
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The Challenge of Creating a New Optex Katachi
Transitioning from a technology-centered to human-centered approach.
Considering what global standards really are, and aiming for manufacturing that creates products with a value that users can actually feel.
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A Switch Created from the Fusion of Sensors with Energy Harvesting Technology
Technology that communicates, and connects.
This switch that utilizes energy harvesting (generating power from the natural environment) is creating a new user experience.