Society realized by Network camera Business
Network cameras watch over Yokohama,
creating a secure city

With the rising awareness of security issues worldwide, the shift from analog surveillance cameras to network cameras continues to progress. Canon entered the network camera market in 2013, utilizing advanced technologies cultivated through decades of camera development. Moving further ahead with an eye toward developing network camera solution services, we began to apply the network control, image analysis software and cloud service technologies borne of our leading-edge office multifunction devices.

Given the rapid growth of the market, Canon welcomed the Sweden-based company Axis into the Group in 2015, in order to turn network cameras into a core business. In 1996, Axis became the first in the world to develop a network camera for surveillance. Today, the company remains an industry pioneer and is one of the world's leading corporations, partnering with over 90,000 companies in 179 countries and regions. In 2017, Canon and Axis launched our first co-developed product, the AXIS Q1659, which can be equipped with various EF-series interchangeable lenses ranging from ultrawide angle to telephoto, making this network camera ideal for a wide range of purposes.

Recently, Canon released an ultra-high-sensitivity network camera, the ME20F-SHN, which uses our CMOS sensor technology to capture full-color video in extreme low-light conditions. Delivering excellent performance under nothing but starlight, this camera is expected to play an active role in nighttime surveillance at various types of facilities as well as the monitoring of rivers, borders and disaster sites.