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DIGIC 4

DIGIC 4

One could say that DIGIC is the "brain" of Canon digital cameras. DIGIC 4, the latest version of the DIGIC digital image processor, provides dramatic improvements in terms of image quality and processing speed. So how have these advances in processor design been achieved?

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The Challenge of Automation

The Challenge of Automation

Canon took up the challenge of completely automating its assembly process for toner cartridges. Although the company was able to realize the automated systems, frequent stoppages caused by minor difficulties created many problems. How did they go about overcoming these difficulties to create the necessary automated assembly technology? Listen to what these three engineers who were directly involved in the project have to say.

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Commercial Digital Press
Commercial Digital Press

Outstanding productivity and high image quality that rivals offset printing
(2007/12)

Kyuanos
Kyuanos

Color management system for input and output devices
(2007/06)

HD CMOS
HD CMOS

The first CMOS sensor for High Definition video shooting
(2007/03)

L-COA
L-COA

Controlling high-resolution 1,524 x 2,300 mm printing
(2006/10)

AISYS
AISYS

Achieving cinema-like high-quality projected images
(2006/05)

ChromaLife100
ChromaLife100

Creating fade-resistant photo prints
(2005/11)

Mirror Projection Aligners
Mirror Projection Aligners

A world of microscopic precision in a giant elephant house
(2004/07)

Color imageRUNNER (iR)
Color imageRUNNER (iR)

Enabling the instantaneous processing of 40 times the data of monochrome machines
(2003/04)

Scanning Steppers
Scanning Steppers

Drawing hair-thin line patterns on a tennis court from several hundred meters in the air
(2002/08)

Super-Telephoto Lens for EOS
Super-Telephoto Lens for EOS

High mobility lens enables the capture of formerly elusive subjects
(2002/04)

X-Ray Digital Cameras
X-Ray Digital Cameras

X-ray photography in a mere 3 seconds!
(2001/07)