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The history of Ono Sokki

As times change, as life changes,
We have supported safe, secure, and fulfilling daily lives.

1954～

-Ono Sokki Manufacturing Co., Ltd. established
- Establish a new Utsunomiya Technical & Product Center.
- Manufactured Digital Tachometer for jet engines.
- Started manufacturing and selling various digital measuring instruments.
- Started development of measuring instruments for new vehicle development testing.
- Received an order for a measurement panel for a brake tester used on Japanese National Railways Shinkansen trains.

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

A jet engine imported from the UK was publicly tested using Japan's first jet engine tachometer.

1959年
Scenes from the Kodama Limited Express high-speed test.

Limited Express Kodama High-Speed Test
Digital measurement of the time the pantograph and overhead wire are separated.

1961年
QA-5B Universal Counter

Transistorized counter

1970～

- Developed the world's first handheld tachometer, the HT-300.
- Measuring the swing of professional baseball players using a digital speedometer.
- Started selling sound level meters and vibration meters.

1973 (world's first)
Handheld tachometer HT-300

Handheld tachometer
HT-300

1973 (first in Japan)
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～

- Company name changed to Ono Sokki Ltd.
- Established a local subsidiary, Onosocki Technology Inc., in Illinois, USA.
- Non-contact speedometers adopted for the Tokyo International Marathon
- The Antarctic research vessel Shirase is equipped with a shaft horsepower meter.

1980年
Correlation-type water leak detector LC-5000

We have jointly developed a leak detector with Fujitecom that can detect leaks at an early stage (the photo shows the correlation-type leak detector LC-5000).

1988年
Honda F1

Honda F1
Contributed to 15 wins in 16 races through engine development.

1988-1990
Antarctic research vessel Shirase

Ship-based
Equipped with a shaft horsepower meter.

1989年
Digital display of sound level meter

Digital display of sound level meter
LA-500

1989年
Engine control unit

Engine control unit
HU-1000

1990～

- Establish a new technical center in Yokohama City.
- A new Acoustic Lab will be established within the Yokohama Technical Center.
- Established a Beijing representative office in Shanghai, China.
- Contributed to the construction of the Landmark Tower using image processing technology.
- World's first tachometer with FFT function commercialized.
- World's first handheld, fully digital sound level meter commercialized.
- World's first commercialized multi-fuel injection rate meter for diesel engines (reducing pollution)

1990 (world's first)
FFT-equipped tachometer

FFT-equipped tachometer
FT-500
Advanced Tachometer

1990年
Landmark Tower

The alignment during the construction of the Landmark Tower contributed to accurate construction and a shorter construction period.
Photo courtesy of Taisei Corporation

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

Toyota Motor Corporation and VRS jointly developed
Contributes to a significant advancement in bench testing.

2000～

- New Automotive Testing Lab established within Yokohama Technical Center/Utsunomiya Technical & Product Center
- Established a local subsidiary, Onosokki (Thailand), in Nonthaburi Province, Kingdom of Thailand.
- New headquarters and software development center to be established in Shin-Yokohama.
- Contributed to rotation measurement of H-IIA/H-IIB rockets.

From 2007
H-IIA/H-IIB rockets

Our tachometers contribute to the rotation measurement of the H-IIA/H-IIB rockets.
©JAXA

2009年
Acoustic measurement

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

2010～

- Established Onosokki India in Haryana, Republic of India
- A new Automotive Testing Lab U2 will be established within the Utsunomiya Technical & Product Center.
- Contributing to the maintenance of water pipes with correlation-type leak detectors.
・4ch beamforming sound source visualization system
- Received the Japan Acoustical Society Technology Development Award

2011年
GPS Speedometer

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

From 2012
Tohoku Shinkansen

Tohoku Shinkansen
Contributing to the realization of comfortable travel spaces through acoustic vibration measurement.
Provided by: Mr. Shimizu, former member of the Railway Technical Research Institute's photography team.

2017年
Recipient of the Acoustical Society of Japan Technology Development Award

Acoustical Society of Japan
Award for Technology Development
4-channel beamforming sound source visualization system

2020～

- Established Sound One Co., Ltd.
- Relocating headquarters to Minato Mirai
- Sales of EV benchmarking reports have begun.
- We have started selling low-noise microphones.

2022年
NISMO SUPER GT

NISMO SUPER GT
Contributed to winning the race

2023年
EV Benchmarking

EV Benchmarking
Report Sales

2024年
Self-noise low-noise microphone

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

2024年
Acoustic measurement

Contributing to the improvement of accuracy in acoustic measurements by third-party testing organizations.

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

Main references: "A History of Ono Sokki Technology"
*The episodes in the timeline are only excerpts.