Sharp changing the world with 8K, AIoT

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Accelerating the “Changing the World with 8K and AIoT” Business Vision Worldwide, LVCC, Central Hall - 16006

Las Vegas, 8 January 2019 – Sharp will take part in CES 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. To be held from 8th to 11th January 2019, CES is one of the world’s largest consumer electronics trade shows.

Sharp is announcing its partnership with Google in Europe at CES. A wide range of Sharp´s Smart TV lineup for 2019 will be equipped with Android TV for mass-market distribution. This includes Entry to Highend models within all price categories. Along with further collaborations with leading specialists in the fields of design (Pininfarina) and sound (Harman Kardon), this continues to position and re-establish Sharp as a premium TV brand.

Based on its business vision of “Changing the World with 8K and AIoT”, Sharp will equip its booth with four areas dedicated to 8K, AIoT, Home, and Business. Visitors will experience firsthand an “8K Ecosystem” built upon 8K equipment, devices, and solutions and “AIoT Solutions” driven by AIoT home appliances, robotics, sensors and other devices.

Sharp’s incorporation of its pioneering 8K technology into an 8K Ecosystem and “AIoT Solutions”, like the COCORO+ service (a range of smart home solutions), have so far focused on the Japanese market. Sharp is now expanding and accelerating this development on a global scale.

Location of Sharp Booth
 

16006, Central Hall, Las Vegas Convention Center (Nevada, USA)

Exhibition Highlights (tentative)

 

Booth Area

Highlights

8K

  • 8K-related equipment (video monitors / multi-displays, camcorders, audio)
  • 8K-related devices (CIS, image processing system semiconductors, tuner front-end)
  • 8K solutions (developments for IP transmission, 5G, and education)
  • 8K-related technology (up-conversion technology)

AIoT /
Home

  • OLED-related (smartphones, flexible technology)
  • Pet solutions (pet care monitor for cats, vital statistics system for dogs)
  • RoBoHoN application solutions
  • Kitchen suite (lineup of built-in products)
  • Home appliances (superheated steam oven, air purifier, related applications)

Business

  • Professional displays, touchscreen displays
  • dynabook notebook PC, MEC (mobile edge computing) solutions

 

About Sharp

Sharp Corporation is a worldwide developer of innovative products and core technologies that play a key role in shaping the future of electronics. Sharp sets its business vision as “Changing the World with 8K and AIoT.” 8K technology creates images that reveal a world beyond our everyday reality and gives birth to thrilling new discoveries. AIoT connects people and society through artificial intelligence and IoT technology. Being the origin of countless innovations, through these ideas, Sharp will continue to revolutionize the world. Sharp Corporation employs 52,548 people around the world (as of June 30, 2018) and recorded consolidated annual sales of 2,427,271 million yen for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018.

For more information, please visit: https://www.sharp.co.uk/gb