To ensure continued sound growth, Canon strives to enhance its research capabilities with new technology and explore new business domains.
Accordingly, the company established the Leading-Edge Technology Research Center, an R&D base at its headquarters in Shimomaruko, Tokyo, equipping the facility with cluster computers, microscopes supporting nano-level observation, and other state-of-the-art equipment.
The Center supports the research of cutting-edge technologies for displays, intelligent image processing, healthcare, and nanotechnology.

For information on future technologies, please view CANON TECHNOLOGY HIGHLIGHTS (pp.70-73).

• SED (Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Display) (P.70)
• Transparent Amorphous Oxide Semiconductor Thin Film Transistors (TFT) (P.70)
• Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) Displays (P.71)
• OLED Manufacturing Device Technology (P.71)

• Mixed Reality Technology (P.72)
• Robot Vision Technology (P.72)

• Medical Imaging Technology (P.73)
• Digital Mass Microscope (P.73)