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小野測器の歩み

With the times and with life,
we have supported a safe, secure, and rich daily life.

1954~

• Established Ono Sokki Co., Ltd.
• Established the current Utsunomiya Technical & Product Center
• Manufactured Digital Tachometer for jet engines
• Started manufacturing and selling various digital measuring instruments
• Began work on measuring instruments for new car development testing
• Received an order for measuring panels for the National Railways Shinkansen brake tester

1954年
Public test of Japan's first jet engine tachometer.

A jet engine imported from the UK is being publicly tested with Japan's first jet engine tachometer.

1959年
The situation of the high-speed test of the Kodama express train.

Shinkansen Kodama high-speed test
Digital measurement of the time when the pantograph and overhead wire are separated

1961年
QA-5B Universal Counter

Transistorize the counter

1970~

• Developed the world's first handheld tachometer HT-300
• Measured the swings of professional baseball players with a digital speedometer
• Started selling sound level meters and vibration meters

1973 (the first in the world)
Handheld Tachometer HT-300

Handheld tachometer
HT-300

1973 (first in the country)
Digital Dial Gauge DG-140

Digital dial gauge
DG-140

1973年
FFT Analyzer CF-700

FFT Analyzer
CF-700

1976 (first domestically produced)
Box-type FFT Analyzer CF-650

Box-type FFT Analyzer
CF-650

1980~

・Changed trade name to Ono Sokki Co., Ltd.
・Established local subsidiary Ono Sokki Technology Inc. in Illinois, USA
・Non-contact speedometer adopted for the Tokyo International Marathon
・Shaft horsepower meter installed on the Antarctic research vessel Shirase

1980年
Correlation Type Leak Detector LC-5000

Developed a leak detection device capable of early leak detection in collaboration with Fujitecom (the photo shows the correlation-type leak detector LC-5000).

1988年
Honda F1

Honda F1
contributed to 15 wins in 16 races in engine development

1988 to 1990
Antarctic research vessel Shirase

The Antarctic research vessel Shirase is equipped with a shipborne
shaft horsepower meter.

1989年
sound level meter digital display

sound level meter Digital Display
LA-500

1989年
engine control unit

Engine control unit
HU-1000

1990~

- Established a technical center in Yokohama
- Established an Acoustic Lab within the Yokohama Technical Center
- Opened a Beijing representative office in Shanghai, China
- Contributed to the construction of the Landmark Tower using image processing technology
- Commercialized the world's first rotating meter with FFT function
- Commercialized the world's first handheld full-digital sound level meter
- Commercialized the world's first multi-fuel injection rate meter for diesel engines (low pollution)

1990 (the first in the world)
FFT equipped rotary meter

FFT equipped tachometer
FT-500
Advanced tachometer

1990年
Landmark Tower

Contributed to accurate construction and shortened construction time through alignment during the Landmark Tower construction
Photo provided by Taisei Corporation

1999年
Development scene during the joint development of Toyota Motor Corporation and VRS.

Joint development of Toyota Motor Corporation and VRS
contributed to significant evolution in bench testing.

2000~

- A new automotive testing lab has been established within the Yokohama Technical Center / Utsunomiya Technical & Product Center
- A local subsidiary, Onosokki (Thailand), has been established in Nonthaburi Province, Thailand
- A new headquarters and software development center has been established in Shin-Yokohama
- Contributed to the rotational measurement of H-IIA / H-IIB rockets

from 2007
H-IIA/H-IIB rocket

Our gyroscope contributed to the rotational measurement of the H-IIA/H-IIB rockets
©JAXA

2009年
Acoustic measurement

Acoustic measurement technology to master the sound of the violin
Photo courtesy of Yamaha Corporation

2010~

- Established Onosokki India in Haryana, Republic of India
- Newly established Automotive Testing Lab U2 within Utsunomiya Technical & Product Center
- Contributed to the maintenance of water pipes using a correlation-type leak detector
- The 4ch beamforming sound source visualization system
- Received the Technical Development Award from the Acoustical Society of Japan

2011年
GPS Speedometer

Contributing to the development of safe and comfortable next-generation mobility
Fusion of IMU and GPS: GPS speedometer
LC-8000 series

from 2012
Tohoku Shinkansen

Tohoku Shinkansen
Contributing to the realization of a comfortable travel space through acoustic vibration measurement
Provided by: Former member of the Railway Technical Research Institute, Mr. Shimizu

2017年
Recipient of the Technical Development Award from the Acoustical Society of Japan

Acoustical Society of Japan
Technical Development Award
4ch Beamforming Sound Source Visualization System

2020~

・Established Sound One Co., Ltd.
・Relocated headquarters to Minato Mirai
・Started selling EV benchmarking reports
・Started selling low-noise microphones

2022年
NISMO SUPER GT

NISMO SUPER GT
contributed to the race victory

2023年
EV Benchmarking

EV benchmarking
report sales

2024年
self-noise low noise microphone

World's smallest class self-noise low-noise microphone
MI-1282M10

2024年
Acoustic measurement

Contributing to the high precision of acoustic measurements by a third-party testing organization.

* Photo copyright 2004 by Paul Richter, licensed under GFDL.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rolls-Royce_Derwent.jpg

Main reference figure: "Ono Sokki Technical History"
* Some episodes from the timeline are excerpted.