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{{Infobox company
| company_name = Casio Computer Co., Ltd. カシオ計算機株式会社
| company_logo = File:Casio logo.svg|240px
| caption =
| company_type = Public company|Public ()
| company_slogan =
| foundation = June 1, 1957
| location = Shibuya, Tokyo|Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan<ref name="Corpinfo">"[http://world.casio.com/corporate/ Corporate]." ''Casio''. Retrieved on February 25, 2009</ref>
| key_people = Kazuo Kashio (President) Hideaki Terada (Chairman and Chief executive officer|CEO)
| industry = Electronics
| products = Watches, digital cameras, electronic calculators, electronic musical instruments, mobile phones
| revenue = $4.616 billion (2010)
| num_employees = 11,336 (2010)
| homepage = [http://world.casio.com/ world.casio.com]
}}
is a Multinational corporation|multinational electronic devices manufacturing corporation|company founded in 1946, with its headquarters in Shibuya, Tokyo|Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. '''Casio''' is best known for its Electronics|electronic products, such as calculators, sound reproduction|audio equipment, Personal digital assistant|PDAs, cameras, musical instruments, and watches. In 1957 Casio released the world's first entirely electric compact calculator.

History

File:CASIO-Honsya-Syaoku.jpg|thumb|left|180px|CASIO [[Shibuya, Tokyo|Shibuya, Tokyo office]]
Casio was established in April 1946 by Tadao Kashio, an engineer specializing in fabrication technology. Kashio's first major product was the yubiwa pipe, a finger ring that would hold a cigarette, allowing the wearer to smoke the cigarette down to its nub while also leaving the wearer's hands free. Japan was impoverished immediately following World War II so cigarettes were valuable, and the invention was a success.

After seeing the electric calculators at the first Business Show in Ginza, Tokyo in 1949, Kashio and his younger brothers used their profits from the yubiwa pipe to develop their own calculators. Most of the calculators at that time worked using gears and could be operated by hand using a crank or using a motor (see adding machine). Kashio possessed some knowledge of electronics, and set out to make a calculator using solenoids. The desk-sized calculator was finished in 1954 and was Japan's first electro-mechanical calculator. One of the central innovations of the calculator was its adoption of the 10-key number pad; at that time other calculators were using a "full keypad", which meant that each place in the number (1s, 10s, 100s, etc...) had nine keys. Another innovation was the use of a single display window instead of the three display windows (one for each argument and one for the answer) used in other calculators.

In 1957 Casio released the Model 14-A, sold for 485,000 Japanese yen|yen,<ref>[http://www.dentaku-museum.com/calc/calculator/casiod/casiod.html Casio desktop calculator] by Dentaku Museum.</ref> the world's first all-electric compact calculator, which was based on relay technology. 1957 also marked the establishment of Casio Computer Co. Ltd.

In the 1980s, its budget electronic instruments and home Keyboard instrument|keyboards gained huge popularity. The company also became well known for the wide variety and innovation of its wristwatches. It was one of the earliest manufacturers of quartz crystal watches, both digital and analog. It also began selling calculator watches during this time. It was one of the first manufacturers of watches that could display the time in many different time zones and of watches with temperature, atmospheric-pressure, altitude, and even GPS position displays.

A number of notable digital cameras firsts have been made by Casio, including the first consumer digital camera with an LCD screen, the first consumer 3 megapixel camera, the first true ultra-compact model, and the first digital camera to incorporate ceramic lens technology.

Timeline of product releases

* 1957 Casio releases the Model 14-A, the world's first all-electric compact calculator.
* 1965 The 001 calculator is released.
* 1972 The release of Casio's personal calculator. The Casio "Mini" sells for 12,800 yen, going on to sell over 10 million units.
* 1974 The Casiotron, a watch that features a fully automatic calendar, including month lengths and leap years, is released.
* 1980 Casio releases its Casiotone keyboard instrument.
* 1983 The first G-Shock watch, the DW-5000C, is released.
* 1985 Casio launches its first professional synthesiser, the Casio CZ synthesizers|CZ-101.
* 1991 The Casio F91W|F-91W digital watch, retro design with alarm and stopwatch, is released.
* 1995 The Illuminator (backlight)|Illuminator/Foxfire backlight is released. The DW-5600E was announced as the first G-Shock watch with a full Electroluminescence|EL LCD panel.
* 1995 The QV-10, the world's first digital camera that includes a Thin film transistor liquid crystal display|TFT display, is released.
* 2000 The WQV-1, the world's first wristwatch with digital camera is released.
* 2002 The EX-S1, the first Exilim digital camera is released.
* 2007 The OCW-S1000J, dubbed the Oceanus "Manta", is released, being the world's thinnest solar-powered chronograph at approx. 8.9 mm in thickness.
* 2011 Casio releases the Casio Prizm (fx-CG10/fx-CG20), a full-color graphing calculator.

'''Chronology of Selected Main Products'''<ref>[http://world.casio.com/corporate/history/chronology/ Chronology of Main Products]</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date of Launch (in Japan)
! Model Name
! Description
|-
| Jun 1957
| 14A
| All-electric compact calculator
|-
| Sep 1965
| 001
| Electronic desktop calculator with onboard memory
|-
| Oct 1967
| AL-1000
| World's first desktop electronic calculator with program
|-
| Aug 1972
| Casio MINI
| World's first personal calculator
|-
| May 1974
| fx-10
| Personal scientific function calculator
|-
| Nov 1974
| Casiotron
| First electronic wristwatch
|-
| Jan 1980
| CT-201
| Electronic musical instrument
|-
| Oct 1981
| TR-2000
| First electronic dictionary
|-
| Apr 1983
| G-SHOCK (DW-5000C)
| Shock-resistant wristwatch
|-
| May 1983
| PF-3000
| First digital diary
|-
| Jun 1983
| TV-10
| First pocket LCD TV
|-
| Nov 1983
| SL-800
| Credit card-size calculator
|-
| Mar 1985
| FS-10
| Ultra-thin digital watch
|-
| Nov 1987
| VS-101
| Electronic still camera
|-
| Nov 1991
| KL-1000
| Nameland label printer
|-
| Dec 1994
| Baby-G
| G-SHOCK for women
|-
| Mar 1995
| QV-10
| Digital camera with LCD monitor
|-
| Nov 1996
| CASSIOPEIA (A-10/11)
| Handheld PC with Windows CE (sales in North America)
|-
| Jun 1999
| PRT-1GPJ
| World's first wristwatch with GPS sensor
|-
| Nov 1999
| C303CA
| Cellular phone with water and shock resistance
|-
| Jun 2000
| WQV-1
| World's first wristwatch with digital camera
|-
| Nov 2001
| WVA-300
| Radio controlled wristwatch powered by solar battery
|-
| Jun 2002
| EX-S1
| First EXILIM digital camera—thinnest in the world (claimed)
|-
| Nov 2005
| OCW-600/OCW-10
| OCEANUS five-motor chronograph watch
|-
| Jun 2007
| OCEANUS Manta
| Slim solar-powered radio-controlled watch in full-metal case
|-
| Feb 2008
| EX-S10
| World's smallest and thinnest 10.1 megapixel digital camera
|-
| Mar 2008
| EX-F1
| Digital camera with world's fastest burst shooting performance
|}

Products

Products include calculators, watches, cash registers, Illuminator (backlight)|illuminators, Digital photography|digital cameras (Exilim Series), film cameras, laptop and sub-notebook computers, mobile phones, electronic keyboards, Personal digital assistant|PDAs (E-Data Bank), Electronic dictionary|electronic dictionaries, Casio digital diary|Digital Diaries, computer printers, clocks, and Handheld television|portable televisions.

Today, Casio is most commonly known for durable, large sized watches. Especially popular are its dual function (Digital watches#Digital display|LCD and Analog watch|analog) watches, some of which, called ''Casio Wave Ceptor|Wave Ceptors'', receive radio signals daily from an atomic clock to keep accurate time.

Watch

* '''G-Shock'''
** MR-G
** Master of G
*** Frogman(Shock Resist & ISO 200M Water Resist)
*** Riseman(Shock Resist & Twin Sensor)
*** Mudman(Shock Resist & Mud Resist)
*** Gulfman(Shock Resist & Rust Resist)
** MT-G
** GIEZ
** Original
** Standard
* '''Casio Oceanus|Oceanus'''
** Smart Access Model
** Manta
** Cachalot
** Digtal Analog Combination
** Classic Line
** Ladies Line (Japan)
* '''Casio Sport'''
** Pro Trek ( Asia / Europe / Other Areas ) / Pathfinder ( USA / Canada )
** PHYS
** Sea-Pathfinfer
** Others
* '''Edifice'''
* '''Baby-G'''
* '''Sheen (Asia)'''
* '''Regular'''
** Combination
** Data Bank
** e-DataBank
* '''Classic'''
** Analog
** Digital
** Analog-Digital
* '''Casio Wave Ceptor|Wave Ceptor'''

Scientific calculator

* '''Graphing'''
** Casio 9860 series|FX-9860G / GII / SD
** Casio 9860 series|FX-9860G Slim
** ClassPad 300 Plus / 330
** Algebra FX 2.0 Plus
** FX 1.0 Plus
** CFX-9850GC Plus
** CFX-9850GB Plus
** CFX-9800G
** FX-9750G Plus / GII
** FX-8500G, 8000G
** FX-7500G, 7400G Plus / GII
** FX-7000G
** VI-9850GB Plus
** RM 7000/9000
* '''Programming'''
** FX-5800P, 3950P, 3650P, 50F PLUS, 50F
** FX-4500PA
** FX-5500LA, 5500L
** FX-3600P
** FX-3900PV
** FX-4800P
** FX-702P
** FX-603P, 602P
** FX-502P, 501P
* '''"Natural Display"'''
** Casio FX-991ES|FX-991ES, 570ES, 115ES
** FX-991ES Plus,
** FX-350ES, 300ES, 85ES, 82ES, 83ES, 500ES
** OH-300ES
* '''V.P.A.M. / S-V.P.A.M. / Two-line, Multi-replay'''
** FX-991MS, 570MS, 115MS, 912MS (Japan), 100MS, 85MS, 350MS, 82MS, 820MS, 95MS
** OH-300MS
** FX-82TL, 83W, 85W, 85WA, 300W, 350TL, 911W, 270W, 270W PLUS, 83WA
** FX-991W, 570W, 115W, 100W, 115WA
* '''V.P.A.M.'''
** FX-992S, 991S, 570S, 115S, 100S, 122S
* '''LCD (One-line)'''
** FX-65 (True fraction)
** FX-901
** FX-82B, 82SUPER, 250D, 82C, 82D, 82LB
** FX-82SX, 82 SOLAR
** FX-991D, 570D, 115D, 100D, 570AD, 570CD
** FX-2000, 2500
** FX-82, 82L
** FX-570, 100, 350, 77
** FX-992V, 992VB, 85V
** FX-180P, 390PV (Program)
** FX-4000P, 3500P, 3800P (Program)
** AQ-1000, 1500
* '''vacuum fluorescent display|VFD (Digitron) display'''
** FX-1, 10, 17, 19, 20, 21, 29, 39, 101
** FX-201P (Program)

Electronic calculator

* '''LCD display'''
** Desk calculator
*** DM-1600S, 1400S, 1200MS; DF-120MS; DS-120TV; JF-120MS; JW-120MS; MW-8V, 5V
** Pocket calculator
*** SL-450L; SL-760LB, 787TV (Card); HL-122TV
*** LC-78, 78G (Card)
** Printing calculator
*** HR-8TM, 100TM
* '''VFD (Digitron) / LED display'''
** Desktop calculator
*** AS-8; 101E; 001
** Pocket calculator
*** AL-8, 8S; 803MR; CQ-1; J3; Mem8R; A1; M1; MINI

Other Products

{| cellpadding="15"
| width="33%" valign="top" |
'''Digital camera'''
* QV-Series
* WQV-Series
* EX-Series (Casio Exilim|Exilim)

'''PDA/DataBank'''
* Casio Cassiopeia|Cassiopeia
* PV-Series (Pocket Viewer)
* SF-Series
* FX-Series

'''Electronic dictionary'''
* EX-word-Series

'''Data and video projector'''
* XJ-S (Super Slim-Projectors)
| width="33%" valign="top" |
'''System products'''
* POS systems
* Portable data terminals

'''Printing systems'''
* CD label printer
* Label printer

'''Musical instrument'''
* Casio PD-Synthesizer, Casio CZ-Synthesizer
* Casio VL-1
* Electronic Musical Instruments (Casiotone keyboards, Privia, Celviano, etc.)
|}

Headquarters

* 6-2, Hon-machi 1-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-8543, Japan

Gallery

<gallery>
File:Casio fx-7000G FullLength.JPG|Casio fx-7000G, the world's first graphing calculator
File:CASIO.jpg|An old Casio calculator
File:QV-10.jpg|QV-10 Digital camera
File:Casio F-91W.jpg|Casio F-91W Digital watch
File:Casio EX-S600 front.jpg|EX-S600 Digital camera
File:Au W31CA CASIO gif-anime1.gif|Au W31CA Mobile phone
File:DW5600c-1.png|DW5600C A G-Shock watch
File:DW-5600E.png|DW-5600E-1V One of the first Illuminator (backlight)|Illuminator watches
File:Casio_PRG60_Triple_Sensor_Watch.JPG|Casio PRG 60 AVER Triple Sensor Watch
File:Casio400.jpg|Casio "Wave Ceptor" Radio-Synchronized Watch
File:Casio Tough Solar Wave Ceptor.jpg|Casio Tough Solar "Wave Ceptor" watch
File:Casio Triple Sensor Pro Trek.jpg|Pro Trek Triple Sensor Watch
File:Casio Solar Scaled.jpg|Casio "G-Shock" with "Tough Solar" watch
File:CASIO electronic dictionary EV-SP3900.jpg|Casio EV-SP3900 Electronic dictionary
File:Casio_fx-991MS_scientific_calculator_1aa.jpg|fx-991MS Scientific calculator
File:Casio_image_small.jpg|Casio Edifice EFA-111D-7AV watch with 10-year battery life
File:Casio-fx115ES-5564.jpg|Casio fx-115ES Scientific calculator with Calculator input methods|Natural Display
File:Casio f-94w left rotate a4 2b.jpg|Casio F-94W Digital watch
File:Casio fx-992VB 2e.jpeg|fx-992VB Scientific calculator
</gallery>

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