Joint Development Using Advanced Technologies and New Product Development

「Under the corporate philosophy “Safety and comfort for people and society,” we and our consolidated subsidiaries have defined our value propositions as “protecting the health and safety of our customers” and “delivering optimal solutions in response to social change and diversity.” Led by the IoT Innovation Office and in cooperation with our various development divisions, we are working to develop new technologies based on the fundamental policy of maximizing the value delivered to customers. Total research and development expenses incurred by us and our consolidated subsidiaries during the consolidated fiscal year amounted to ¥17 million.」

「Total research and development expenses for the interim consolidated accounting period amounted to ¥7 million.」

「May 2025: Obtained a patent for Work Mate's technology incorporating an early-warning heatstroke detection function, titled “Heatstroke Onset Risk Determination System, Heatstroke Onset Risk Determination Program and Heatstroke Onset Risk Determination Device” (Patent No. 7687918).」

「For D-Drive, we began integrating our proprietary alcohol interlock function with Alkiller NEX, provided by Pi R Co., Ltd., which holds the leading share of the market for alcohol-checking management systems for vehicles with white license plates, beginning in the second quarter. As a result, further growth in new customer acquisitions is expected.」

「In addition, new customers are adopting the explosion-proof system for Work Mate, which began sales in the third quarter and can be used in hazardous areas at plants such as chemical facilities and oil refineries. D-Drive has also been updated to enable more businesses to use its alcohol interlock function, which prevents a vehicle's engine from starting when alcohol above a certain concentration is detected in the driver's breath, and integration with other companies' alcohol-checking services is under way.」

「For Work Mate, development of explosion-proof capabilities has been completed, making the service newly available for use in hazardous areas at plants such as chemical and petroleum-refining facilities.」

「The D-Drive safe-driving support service for drivers began offering a feature that centrally manages alcohol impairment checks and driving logs in the cloud, with the aim of achieving both regulatory compliance and greater operational efficiency.」

「We expanded the functions and conducted sales activities for “D-Drive,” a safe-driving support service newly launched in September 2022. We also actively pursued promotional activities to acquire new customers through communications such as web marketing and webinars and through exhibiting at trade shows.」

「We expanded the functions and conducted sales activities for “D-Drive,” a safe-driving support service newly launched in September 2022. We also actively pursued promotional activities to acquire new customers through communications such as web marketing and webinars and through exhibiting at trade shows.」

「In addition to marketing the safe-driving support service D-Drive, which was newly launched in September 2022, we have been actively pursuing promotional activities to acquire new customers through information dissemination via web marketing, webinars and other channels.」

「Development of the successor to the car-sharing in-vehicle device was completed during the third quarter, and shipments began as a new in-vehicle device.」

「In addition to beginning development of a successor to the car-sharing in-vehicle device, we focused on enhancing and rolling out “Work Mate,” which monitors the health and safety of workers, “D-COLLECT,” which uses AI analysis to identify the causes of product defects for manufacturing customers and supports quality improvement and the transfer of technical expertise, and the meeting-room management service “ROOM CONCIER.”」

「5 [Research and Development Activities] Not applicable.」

「Specifically, development of the successor telematics in-vehicle device was completed, and shipments began in September 2019 under the name Gazelle. The work-style reform support tool Next Work, launched in 2018, was revamped and launched in September 2019 as Work Mate, a health and safety monitoring support service. Together with D-COLLECT, the real-time factory equipment monitoring system, the Company exhibited at the 2nd Nagoya RoboDEX—Robot Development and Utilization Exhibition—in September 2019. In February 2020, it also exhibited at the 4th Smart Factory EXPO with ROOM CONCIER, its meeting-room management service. Through these and other activities, it worked to raise awareness and expand sales channels. For Work Mate, in addition to conducting a field trial at the Shiga Plant since September 2019 to verify its effectiveness in creating a safe workplace environment, the Company secured multiple new orders from domestic factories and was receiving numerous inquiries for this and its other products.」

「For Work Mate, in addition to conducting a field trial at the Shiga Plant to verify its effectiveness in creating a safe workplace environment, the Company secured multiple new orders from domestic factories.」

「Specifically, development of the successor telematics in-vehicle device was completed, and shipments began in September 2019 under the name Gazelle. The work-style reform support tool Next Work, which was launched in 2018, was also revamped and launched in September 2019 as Work Mate, a health and safety monitoring support service. Together with D-COLLECT, the real-time factory equipment monitoring system, the Company exhibited at the 2nd Nagoya RoboDEX—Robot Development and Utilization Exhibition—in September 2019, among other efforts to raise awareness and expand sales channels. For Work Mate, a field trial has been under way since September 2019 at the Shiga Plant of Kirin Beverage Co., Ltd. to verify its effectiveness in creating a safe workplace environment.」

「5 [Research and Development Activities] Not applicable.」

「In November 2018, the Company exhibited at the 4th IoT/M2M Exhibition held at Makuhari Messe and worked to raise awareness of its proprietary products, the work-style reform support tool Next Work and the real-time factory equipment monitoring system D-COLLECT. In February 2019, it also began selling ROOM CONCIER, a renovated version of its existing meeting-room management service, thereby expanding its proprietary product lineup, and opened a demonstration room at the Company's headquarters where customers could experience its IoT technology.」

「In November 2018, we exhibited at the 4th IoT/M2M Exhibition held at Makuhari Messe and worked to raise awareness of “Next Work,” a work-style reform support tool launched in the previous consolidated fiscal year, and “D-COLLECT,” which was under development as an enhanced version of the factory IoT kit.」

「Our group has focused on various development activities and product rollouts, including next-generation automotive solutions, visualization of factory equipment operations and safety and hygiene management systems using vital sensors, with the aim of optimizing customers’ use of management resources through IoT and AI technologies.」

「Under our group's business model, we focus on conducting comprehensive research and development and providing products using advanced IoT technology, cutting-edge imaging, sensing, and network technologies, among others. We also engage in joint and proprietary development, including the latest monitoring systems incorporating vital sensors and the development of new in-vehicle devices with group companies. Total research and development investment for the current consolidated fiscal year was ¥51.553 million.」

「In November 2017, we jointly exhibited with Hosiden Corporation at the 3rd IoT/M2M Expo held at Makuhari Messe and introduced the latest IoT solutions provided by Ubiteq.」

「Entry into mass production of the Bluetooth-type consumer drive-recorder telematics in-vehicle device, jointly developed with a major electronics manufacturer and capable of recording all video and driving operations, is expected, as are stable orders for the new-factory IoT kit, which is expected to make a substantial contribution to production-efficiency improvements; sales of the newly developed Medical Tag, which supports monitoring drivers' health and the daily lives of older people; and the wider adoption of digital-twin technology in IoT.」

「Improvement is expected from anticipated growth in sales of the new consumer telematics in-vehicle device, increased orders for the new-factory IoT kit, which is expected to make a substantial contribution to production-efficiency improvements, and the wider adoption of the newly developed Medical Tag, which supports monitoring drivers' health.」

「We are also engaged in joint and proprietary development, including a monitoring system using vital sensors for senior housing developed in partnership with a major trading company, an AI-equipped factory management system being jointly developed with an automobile manufacturer, and the development of new in-vehicle devices with group companies.」