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September 26, 2011

TransferJet Consortium to showcase its technology at “CEATEC JAPAN 2011”

- Consortium to demonstrate Concept, Products and Technology based on close-proximity wireless transfer technology -

TransferJet Consortium

The TransferJet Consortium will be exhibiting at "CEATEC JAPAN 2011" (October 4-8, 2011) held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba City, on the outskirts of Tokyo.
At the booth exhibit, the TransferJet Consortium members will be demonstrating products, prototypes, components, semiconductors, software, test equipment and certification programs associated with the TransferJet ecosystem. Visitors will be able to experience the unique world of "touch transfer" and the possibilities offered by this wireless technology. Registered as a Japanese incorporated association on September 1st (previously a private industry group), the TransferJet Consortium will be strengthening its activities to develop and promote the TransferJet specifications.

  • Period:
    October 4 - 8, 2011
  • Location:
    Makuhari Messe, Japan
  • Booth:
    Digital Network Stage / Home & Personal Zone / Hall2 / 2A29

Main Exhibits

  • Consortium Overview
    The consortium will present its overall activities including international standardization efforts and future technical development plans. Ecma International approved TransferJet as a close proximity wireless communications standard at its recent General Assembly in June.
  • Product Demonstrations
    It will demonstrate TransferJet wireless technology through its member’s products which employ the technology. This includes transferring photos between cameras, sending photos to printers, storing content on network servers, and displaying pictures on TVs and picture frames. Also shown will be future service concepts, including content downloading from kiosks to mobile phones and bookstores with cyber shelves handling both printed copies for perusal and electronic versions for purchase.
    Participating companies: I-O DATA DEVICE, INC., Seiko Epson Corporation, Sony Corporation, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications and Toshiba Corporation
  • System and Component Technology
    1. Latest TransferJet LSIs and modules (exhibited for the first time in Japan)
    2. Memory cards incorporating TransferJet functionality
    3. A wide selection of miniature, high-performance couplers
    4. Development tools and solutions
    Participating companies: ADVANEX INC., Hitachi Ltd. (Hitachi Cable, Ltd.) , Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., NISSEI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Renesas Electronics Corporation, SMK Corporation, Sony Corporation, Tateno Dennou, Inc., TOTOKU Electric Co., Ltd. and Toshiba Corporation
  • Compliance related Technology
    1. Test Equipment used for the compliance testing and certification program
    Participating company: Agilent Technologies Japan, Ltd.,

About the TransferJet Consortium

The TransferJet Consortium was established in 2008 by a group of international companies with the common goal of developing the technology, products and services based on TransferJet wireless technology. The consortium focuses on the development of specifications, compliance testing processes and tools, as well as conduct marketing activities to promote the TransferJet concept, technology, products, applications and services. Additional information about the consortium, its participating companies and membership information is available at: http://www.transferjet.org/.

TransferJet Consortium Members (as of September, 2011)

* denotes companies demonstrating in the booth (14 companies)

<Promoters>
Canon Inc.
CASIO COMPUTER CO.,LTD.
Hitachi Ltd. *
JVC KENWOOD Holdings, Inc.
KDDI Corporation
NIKON CORPORATION
NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Olympus Imaging Corporation
Panasonic Corporation
Pioneer Corporation
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Seiko Epson Corporation *
SOFTBANK MOBILE Corp.
Sony Corporation *
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications *
Toshiba Corporation *

<Adopters>
ADVANEX INC. *
Agilent Technologies Japan, Ltd. *
Allion Test Labs, Inc.
Askey Computer Corp.
Cambridge Silicon Radio Limited
CyberLink Corporation
d-broad, Inc.
E-Globaledge Corporation
FUJIFILM Corporation
Fujitsu Limited
Genesys Logic, Inc.
HOYA CORPORATION
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
I-O DATA DEVICE, INC. *
Japan Circuit Co., Ltd.
KYOSHIN TECHNOSONIC Co., Ltd.
LeCroy Corporation
MediaTek Inc.
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. *
NEC Corporation
nFore Technology Co., Ltd.
NHK Media Technology, Inc
NISSEI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. *
NKB.INC
Renesas Electronics Corporation *
RICOH Co., Ltd.
Seers Technology Co., Ltd
SHARP CORPORATION
SK Telesys Co., Ltd.
SMK Corporation *
TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
Tateno Dennou, Inc. *
TOKO, INC.
TOTOKU Electric Co., Ltd. *
Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
TYO Inc.
XXCAL Japan Inc.

  • *Companies exhibiting in the booth
  • *TransferJet regular typeface and TransferJet logos are trademarks of Sony Corporation.
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