Smart Wellness

Yoshio Sekiguchi
Sr. General manager, Micro Devices H.Q.
OMRON Corporation

Corporate Overview
OMRONs Origins
OMRONs
history

OMRON was established in 1933 as Tateisi

Electric Manufacturing Company. The name
was changed to OMRON Corporation in 1990.
The name OMRON comes from the original
OMRON founder Kazuma Tateishi

location of the company in Omuro, Kyoto.

The

product

establishment

that
was

led
an

to
X-ray

OMRONs
timer,

revolutionary product at the time in that it

enabled the timing of X-ray photography

accurate to within 1/20th of a second.

Timer for X-ray photography

OMRON
today

We now have approximately 36,000

employees around the world.

OMRON at
the time of its
establishment

Core Competence
in Sensing and Control Technology

Sensing and control, OMRONs core technology, refers to the conversion of information into value. By selecting
only whats necessary from various types of informationfor example, human thoughts and intentions,
information about the human body, information about individual people or objects, and information about the
environmentand converting it into information that people find valuable, this technology can be used to control
machinery and equipment. In our pursuit of enhanced sensing and precise control, OMRON continues to push
the limits in order to simplify and optimize this value conversion process.

OMRON deploys its sensing and control technology over a wide range of areas, including control devices for
factory automation, electronic components for household appliances and communications equipment,
automotive electronic components, social systems, and healthcare and medical equipment, to provide
technologies, products and services that meet social needs.

Corporate Overview
Net Sales by Business Segment

MEMS Market

6 Core Technologies

PC/tablet

mobile/smart phone

Acoustic sensor

Sphygmomanometer

Active meter

Pressure sensor

Air conditioner

Residential use fuel cell

IR sensor

Flow sensor

BEMS/MEMS/HEMS

Low frequency accelerometer

Seismometer module

Smart gas meter

MEMS-switch

Tester board

ATEsemiconductor)

Pressure Sensor History

Blood Pressure Monitors

Application

Pedometers
(PC-linkable)

Activity Monitors
(Cloud Linkable)

Absolute Pressure Sensor

Next Generation - Mobile 3D Navigation

Application
Location services
Destination Guidance
Shopping Advertisement
Urgent information
etc. etc.

Sensor in IoT application

Ecosystems driven by numerous sensor data
government
agriculture

energy
traffic

healthcare
security

factory
medical

Prediction
Precaution
Assistance
Advice
Guidance

IoT Service Platform

Analytics

Data Fusion
Open API

Various data
in other domain

Wide Area Network

Gateway

Sensor
Various Sensing
data

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Value of Sensor Data

Big Data

Statistical Data
Time dependent
Personalization

awareness

Location
Environment

Small Data

Location
Environment
Situation

Things

Things

Step 1 (1D)

Data collection
from things

Step 2 (2D)

Personal
Information
Time series

Static Information

Things
Step 3 (3D)

Location
Surrounding
Environment
Dynamic Information

Value-added
Data & Analysis

Basic Architecture : Sensor Module

Generation of the
unique indexes directly
linked with services or
contents on the
network

Battery
Rechargeable Battery
Energy Harvesting

Power
management

Control

MCU & Embedded systems

~ Scalable & Flexible ~
Digital Sensor Correction
Signal Processing
Signal Evaluation
Low-power algorithm

Raw data

AFE / ASIC
MEMS based
Sensing Elements

Analog filter
Level adjustment
Analog Signal Conditioning

Wireless
module

Interface

Input

BT4.0
802.15.4
Wi-Fi

Valuable
Information

Serial Communication
UART / SPI / I2C

Integrated Environmental Sensors

Sensor module for the environmental data collection
in various applications
Remote Care
Healthcare services
Energy management

Gateway

Cloud
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Concept Model
for Integrated Environmental Sensors
Temperature
Humidity
Absolute
pressure
Light
RGB Color
Ultraviolet
Sound noise
Acceleration

Infrared
Flow velocity
Absolute
pressure
Temperature
Humidity
Light

(60)
(32x32)

Features
Small size of the package
Integrating various sensors in single module
battery-powered and wireless communication capability

Application : Thermal Comfort

Visualize level of thermal comfort and the risk of heatstroke.
Thermal comfort is affected by
not only room temperature !

Infrared Sensor
Humidity Sensor
Temperature
Sensor
Flow Sensor

Health
Room Temp.
Air Flow
Humidity
Activity
Radiation
Air quality

Thermal Comfort

Energy
Management

Sensing and Control good balance

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Application : Building / Workplace

Air-conditioning Outlet
Window Side

Conference Room

Understanding
workplace environment

Desk

Task-ambient
control
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Application : Healthcare Services

Environment

Health Cloud

Vital Information

Alerts and
advices

Gateway

Remote care

Activity
Body Temp.
Blood pressure
Sleep quality

Demonstration : Mobile Application

Web Services

HTTP
Information based SNS
Data Visualization

Cloud

WEB UI

3G/LTE/Wi-Fi

Environmental
Information

Push
Notification

Location

Alert & Advice

Smartphone
App

Sensing various
environmental factor

Social Issues to address

Weather Aberration

Air Pollution

Natural Disaster

Decrepit Buildings

Energy Shortage

Food Shortage

Population Explosion

Aging Society

Safe, Security, Health

Environment-friendliness

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Weather Forecast
PTB330

[hPa]

Atmospheric Pressure (hPa)

Atmospheric Pressure Variation when typhoon is coming

Typhoon Passing

1005
1005
1000
1000
995
995
990
990

PTB330:
PTB330:
No.1:
No.1:
No.2:
No.2:
No.3:
No.3:
No.4:
No.4:

985
985
980
980
975
975
970
970

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1
3
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9
3
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2

PTB330

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1010

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Date

Typhoon hit can be sensed two days before.

Collecting sensor data helps to predict the path accurately.

Earthquake Detection - Demonstration

Integrated Environmental Sensor can detect
the level of damage from earthquake to
prevent secondary accident.

Furthermore, distributed sensor network

helps to identify the most affected area for
recovery.

Cloud

Gateway
High

High
Mid

Low
Mid

Low

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