Surveillance Application System

Company history

Construction of fish poaching surveillance systems

In 1990, our founder Takashi Ueda, who was working in the development department of Kawasaki Trading Co., Ltd., first developed a surveillance camera system with onshore mounted model with a built-in infrared camera for monitoring fish poaching in Japan. And then, he installed it at a fishermen's cooperative association in Iwate prefecture. The surveillance camera system for fish poaching expanded from use of land to of vessel, and was adopted nationwide from Hokkaido to Okinawa. Even now, the equipment delivered continues to be upgraded, used, and contributed in the local community.

Establishment of KSK Corporation

We have specialized for some time in the field of maritime safety, which we originally developed as a division of Kawasaki Trading. In January 1994, with the support of Kawasaki Trading Co., Ltd., KSK Corporation was established as a group of specialized engineers who could dig deeper.
At the same time, we developed a surveillance camera system with vessel-onboard model and began to accept it on the fishing patrol vessels of the Fisheries Agency and the prefectural fishing patrol vessels.
With this opportunity, we gradually shifted our surveillance camera business to marine camera systems and also began to enter the field of surveillance cameras for customs surveillance vessels.

Development of the stabilizer

In 1997, together with Kawasaki Heavy Industries, we developed the first 5-axis stabilizer for ships in Japan and
installed it on a customs patrol vessel.
When a camera is mounted directly on a vessel, its image becomes unstable due to the laboring of vessels, vibrations, and shocks caused by the ocean waves. When such vibrations are generated by a vessel, the camera does not function normally as a surveillance system. The 5-axis stabilizer is a device that completely eliminates the laboring and vibration of vessels, and stabilizes the camera image. This made it possible to monitor long distances at sea with a super-telephoto lens. As a result, it has become one of our flagship products since 1997.
Subsequently, our new development contributed to one of our major breakthroughs in the surveillance camera system market for government vessels requiring remote monitoring, where demand was growing.
Our stabilizer is still recognized today as one of the most powerful products in the private sector.

Development of laser cameras

In 2003, we took the initiative in the development of laser cameras that can shoot visible images at a distance after irradiating subjects with near-infrared laser light. We were also the first company to introduce night vision cameras, which provide high-quality images that can be used as evidence by surveillance cameras on government vessels.
For many years, infrared cameras were used for night surveillance. However, it was difficult to identify characters and facial features with infrared cameras, and there was a such drawback that it could not be used as evidence. Therefore, our market was waiting for a new camera that could be used as evidence in night surveillance.
After the launch of laser cameras, they were also introduced into land surveillance systems. In the future, we expect to see a great demand for such surveillance cameras for both land and sea fields, as the images they produce will be recognized as nighttime evidence.

Cooperation with systems for navigation equipment on vessels

Surveillance camera systems tend to focus on video technology, but from the original purpose of surveillance, how to detect and continuously acquire target objects to be monitored is a major issue for us. Since it is difficult to search for target objects in the open sea with camera systems for vessels, we coordinate several devices such as GPS, radar, AIS, and automatic tracking device with the camera systems. Since around 2007, we have been earnestly conducting Research and Development to solve this problem, and we are gradually proceeding with the commercialization of our coordination systems.
In addition, we added the One-touch Capture function, which allows you to instantly shoot the entire monitor screen for images in which boat information (regarding GPS, gyro information, etc.) is superimposed on surveillance images. This makes it possible to store more accurate information as data in addition to traditional recording devices.

Development of body scanning system

In 2011, we developed the world's smallest and lightest Terahertz Wave Passive Body Scanning System, which can detect objects hidden under the clothing of people entering and leaving the venue, to enter a new field in the security-related market. The processing of images and alarms using our proprietary technology, which is recognized by global authorities, realizes safe, secure and reliable examinations for both subjects and examiners.

Excursion into the unknown

Since the establishment of the company, we would continue to develop new solutions using the most advanced technology to continue to challenge our theme as "visualizing the invisible target". We will continue to make every effort to satisfy the requirements of our customers.