InterBEE REVIEW2016

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39conformity checks and quality control (e.g. for black tinge, freezing, silence and loudness). Moreover, this product has also impressed because it is possible to add a “paka-paka” function to analyze and evaluate video sequences for which there is a possibility of causing photosensitive epilepsy. We received many inquiries about this at Inter BEE. Visitors were able to recognize that this system has easy operability that can be operated in Japanese in a Web browser and also that it has good usability among the many English-language software versions.Mr. Shiga: The Hoei Division exhibited a film scanner from LaserGraphics in the United States. There were few booths exhibiting film-compatible equipment even at the Inter BEE venue, so this attracted a lot of attention from visitors. This scanner comes with a function to be able to stably read even old films. It will be possible to leave many works in high qual-ity to the next generation by taking advantage of film content that has a quantity of information equivalent to 8K in addition to creating lots of new content once again for 4K/8K.Mr. Shiga: We also set up a booth in the Professional Audio Category in addition to our main booth in the Video Production/Broadcast Equipment Category at Inter BEE this time. We exhibited on a grand scale the DFC 3D digital con-sole from AMS Neve in the United Kingdom that is handled by the Hoei Division. The DFC products of that firm are used as the standard systems in movie studios all over the world. DFC 3D is compatible with the Dolby Atmos 3D surround format and I think it was possible for visitors to confirm at the venue that it is possible to freely produce stereophonic sound.■Offering better solutions by listening to comments from customersMr. Watanabe: I feel that many customers we are targeting for proposals as a system integrator come to Inter BEE. I think that this is a meaningful exhibition for our company which has a stance of listening to comments from our customers to provide total solutions together with them.I have the impression that the range of companies involved in business in the video and audio fields is expand-ing as the number of exhibitors at Inter BEE is increasing. I think that the exhibiting categories are also expanding greater than in the past. Our firm is also introducing prod-ucts in these new categories (e.g. video delivery platforms) in addition to hardware and software. Furthermore, it is expected that IP conversion will further progress in the future. It is very important that both our firm and our customers undertake the next step at an early stage. To that end, it is necessary to have a viewpoint of things that antici-pate the next step while obtaining accurate information at exhibitions like Inter BEE. We would like to be able to con-tinue providing better solutions with a solid perspective in the future so that we can make full use of the enhancement to our lineup thanks to our business merger.