TEAC Corporation

TEAC Corporation was originally founded as Tokyo Television Acoustic Company in August 1953. Its goal was to be a leader in magnetic recording technology. Over the years, the challenge to be at the cutting edge of data recording technology has pushed the company forward.
The guiding principle of TEAC is to enrich our society through our innovative products. For over 70 years, TEAC has been well known for video, image and sound recording technologies, and now introduces medical imaging recorders.

With the continued growth of Minimally Invasive and Endoscopic Surgery and Hybrid OR, having very reliable and high quality solutions for the recording and playback of medical videos and images that are used to explain, educate, and share has never been more critical.
With this focus on quality and reliability in mind, TEAC continues to develop convenient and easy to use recording solutions that meet and exceed the needs of our customers and partners.

TEAC's Commitment to the Medical Industry

TEAC has pursued the highest level of technology for recording and playback since its foundation in 1953.
It has provided products utilizing the technology cultivated since its foundation to the medical field for approximately 30 years, and the number of medical imaging products provided for this field up until now totals over 30,000.

In the past few years, the technology required for the medical field has significantly changed together with the development and advancement of medical technology.
For example, a gastrointestinal endoscope is used for the purpose of examining inside the gastrointestinal tract, mainly the stomach and large intestine, but the areas of concern in video output to the monitor are ordinarily recorded as still images.
However, as technology has advanced in recent years, a gastrointestinal endoscope not only has a role in examinations but is also used for patient treatment (resection), so the need to record video of the overall procedure in addition to still images has become great.
Furthermore, in the field of surgery, minimally invasive endoscopic surgery has also become widespread.
Unlike abdominal operations in which a large incision is made to open up the abdomen, an opening of about a few centimeters is sufficient with endoscopic surgery so the burden on the patient is greatly reduced.
The number and percentage of stomach, large intestine, and other endoscopic surgeries performed increase yearly, and there has been an expansion in the deployment of the new technologies of HD and 3D for endoscope video to show the site of surgery.
Currently, robots that perform endoscopic surgery are being used in actual medical settings.

The frequency with which cameras, in particular, endoscope cameras, are used in such medical settings has become high, and there is a growing need to record surgical procedures shown by such cameras as video.

TEAC's recording technology is used for leading-edge R&D

A rocket is launched into space beyond the stratosphere.
The success of a rocket launch greatly depends on the rocket engine.
At present, there is a need for rocket engine development which started with the LE-5 not only to increase the reliability of launching a rocket into space, but also to enable reuse of the rocket engines used for the launch and to be conscious of the cost and increase economic efficiency.
TEAC's data recorders for vibration and pressure measurement have been in use for 30 years since the start of rocket engine development for recording rocket engine development measurement data.

Engine vibration data analysis is extremely important for new rocket engine development.
A simulation of actual harsh operating conditions such as extremely low temperature, high pressure, and high-speed spinning, and testing under these conditions enables the study of highly durable engines and the development of highly reliable rocket engines.
Vibration exceeding the prescribed threshold reduces the engine's energy efficiency and adversely affects other components.
Test data analysis is essential to eliminate such problems.
TEAC's recording technology to ensure more reliable recording of measurement data of tests is used to certify the health of engines.
Unlike other data recorders, TEAC's data recorders enable multi-channel high-speed data recording.
Accordingly, a large volume of data can be recorded at multiple locations (on up to 128 channels) for a single test.
For field applications where a lot of time and money are spent on a single test, there is a need to ensure the recording of data with a wide bandwidth even on many channels.
TEAC's recording technology is used in various locations besides the medical field.

Human culture can trace its heritage back to three things: fire, tools and language. Spoken words were first recorded as handwritten words, followed by the introduction of the printing- press, allowing documents to be widely accessible to the general public. Human memory, on the other hand, deteriorates overtime, making it unreliable for precise intellectual activities.
To compensate for this, accurate recording, storing and playback technology is indispensable for human progress. Therefore, advances in recording technology have been an integral element in the expansion of human thought and analysis. We all bear witness to the emergence of new ideas brought about by the ever increasing advancement of information and recording technologies.
From paper to electrons, the format of information and data storage is constantly changing.
As larger and larger databases are integrated into information systems, digital data storage will continue to play a key role in the establishment of new directions of creativity.