Canon introduces most advanced Optical Card System.LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 28, 1995--Canon U.S.A., Inc. announced today a new Optical Card System featuring the world's highest capacity Optical Card, OC35, and the smallest, lightest Optical Card Read/Write unit, RW50. "The RW50 represents a major breakthrough in reader/writer design and performance. The unit is the world's fastest compact read/write unit, featuring data throughput of up to 26 KBytes/second, with a compact size measuring only 5.5" (W) x 6.5" (D) x 2.3" (H)," said Haruo Murase, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Canon U.S.A., Inc. The credit card-size OC35 has a data storage capacity of up to 6 MBytes of information (up to 4.89 MB of user data after formatting), the equivalent of more than 2,400 pages of type-written text. This is the highest useable memory of any Optical Card available today, enough to store a wide range of data including digital images such as photographs, diagnostic images and positive identification data, as well as vast amounts of textual information. The Optical Card has several hundred times more storage capacity than even high-end IC chip cards or smart cards. The Canon Optical Card is a secure, highly tamper-resistant personal, portable database. In addition to its extensive use in health care as a portable clinical record, the Canon/Optical Card was recently selected by the Canadian government for use in its "CANPASS CANPASS Canadian Pass (document allowing entry into Canada at remote locales) ", a frequent traveller positive identification project at Vancouver International Airport Vancouver International Airport (IATA: YVR, ICAO: CYVR) is located on Sea Island in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, about 15 kilometres from downtown Vancouver. , British Columbia. Key application requirements were high capacity, permanence of critical data, immunity to magnetic fields, x-rays, etc., and very strong tampering- and counterfeit-resistance. Canon's new Optical Card System will be displayed for the first time at CardTech/SecurTech '95 West, North America's premier card technology show and conference at the San Jose Convention Center in California, Nov. 29 and 30, 1995. The Canon Optical Card complies with standards published by the International Organization for Standardization International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Organization for determining standards in most technical and nontechnical fields. Founded in Geneva in 1947, its membership includes more than 100 countries. (ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. ), the International Civil Aviation Organization International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), specialized agency of the United Nations, organized in 1947, with headquarters at Montreal. The objective of the ICAO, which has 187 member nations, is to encourage the orderly growth of international civil aviation, (ICAO ICAO abbr. International Civil Aeronautics Organization Noun 1. ICAO - the United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation International Civil Aviation Organization ) and has industry-wide, international support from the Society for Interchange of Optical Cards (SIOC). Canon U.S.A., Inc., headquartered in Lake Success, New York Lake Success is a village in Nassau County, New York in the United States. The population was 2,797 at the 2000 census. The Village of Lake Success is in the Town of North Hempstead on northwest Long Island. , is an industry leader in professional and consumer imaging equipment and information systems. CONTACT: Canon U.S.A., Lake Success Stephen Price-Francis, 516/328-4624 or Russell Marchetta, 516/328-5145 |
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