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18/37 - IAB: Enhancing Traceability Using High-speed 2D Reader

Next is a traceability solution using a high-speed 2D code reader. The video shows a high-speed 2D code-reading solution, in which a camera is reading the 2D barcode affixed to the swiftly rotating bottles. Please look at the right-hand side of the screen. As you can see, the camera is reading each individual item without missing any of the items. This is a high-speed 2D code-reading solution installed in our ATC in South Korea. To date, it had been extremely difficult to capture small, fast-moving 2D codes using cameras with enough accuracy to read the data content. This had been a barrier to improving traceability for the beverage or pharmaceutical industries where items are being transported at high speed on the manufacturing lines. The flying trigger application we developed incorporates a predictive positioning function in the controller which makes it possible to accurately capture images of the 2D code. This application contributes to improved safety and security in product distribution by enhancing product traceability information for products that impact human health, such as beverages and drugs. As these 2 examples show, adoption of the revolutionary applications we have developed is increasing. These applications support the evolution of our customers’ manufacturing lines. We hope you will hold high expectations for our IAB business going forward. Now, returning to the discussion of our full-year forecasts.