IoT Acceleration Lab(Advance Project Acceleration WG)

IoT Support Committee (6th Meeting)
AgendaDate & Time:

March, 2018 (by email)

Proceedings:

Revision of the Advanced Project Acceleration
Working Group (NexGen IoT Acceleration Lab)
Memorandum[Handouts]
Material #1:
Material #2:

Advance Project Acceleration WG (IoT Acceleration Lab) Memorandum(The Comparative Table of the Revised Version and the Prior Version)
Activity Report and Future Action Plans of IoT Acceleration Lab

Reference Material #1: Activity Report of IoT Acceleration Lab
Reference Material #2: 6th IoT Lab Selection Lists of projects to be supported

Advance Project Acceleration Working Group (IoT Acceleration Lab) Memorandum
The Comparative Table of the Revised Version and the Prior Version
New (Revised)

Prior

Note

（Name）（Name）

Article 1. The name of this consortium shall be "IoT Acceleration Lab”,

Article 1. The name of this consortium shall be "IoT Acceleration lab”, (Unchanged)

hereinafter referred to as "Lab".

hereinafter referred to as "Lab".

(Purpose）（Purpose）

Article 2. Based on the fact that the industrial and social structure is

Article 2. Based on the fact that the industrial and social structure is inundergoing major transformation around the world in every field due tomajor transformation in globally in every field by the development of

the development of technologies such as IoT, Big data (BD), Artificial

technologies such as IoT, Big data (BD), Artificial Intelligence (AI), theIntelligence (AI), the purpose of this Lab is to challenge changes in the

purpose of this Lab is to challenge the change of a new era together withnew era together with industry, academia and government throughindustry, academia and government with activities such as promoting theactivities promoting the creation of new business models utilizing IoT,

creation of new business model utilizing IoT.

(Unchanged)

etc..

（Business）（Business）

Article 3. The Lab carries out the following efforts in order to achieve theArticle 3. The Lab makes the following business in order to achieve thepurposes set force in the preceding paragraph,

purposes set force in the preceding paragraph,1.

Promotion of interchanges, information sharing, and network

1.

formation, etc. in the region for the co-creation and collaboration ofefforts related to IoT, BD, AI, etc.
2.

Business necessary to achieve the other objectives of the Lab.

Promotion of matching and development of network among members
to create various projects concerning IoT, BD, AI, etc.

2.

Offering advises on various projects related to IoT, BD, AI, etc. andproposal of regulatory reform, etc. that is required to implement thisproject
１(Revised)3.

Supporting procedures related to financial support and regulatory
reform, in cooperation with private and public support agencies andgovernment agencies on various projects related to IoT, BD, AI, etc.

4.

Business necessary to achieve the purpose of the Lab（Membership）
Article 4. Membership shall be given to members of the IoT Acceleration(Deleted)

Consortium who support the purpose and the business of the Lab.
（Fee）
Article 5. Membership fee of the Lab will follow Article 6 of the IoT (Deleted)
Acceleration Consortium Memorandum.
（Chairperson）
Article 6. The Lab shall have a Chairperson.
2.

The Chairperson, on behalf of the Lab, shall recapitulate the business.

3.

A member of IoT Support Committee whom appointed by the(Deleted)

Chairperson, shall be acting on behalf of chairperson at the time ofabsence.
（Term）
Article 7. The term of the chairperson shall be two years in principle.

(Deleted)

However, it is possible to be reappointed.
（Remuneration）
Article 8. The chairperson shall receive no remuneration.
（IoT Support Committee）(Deleted)

Article 9. IoT Support Committee hereinafter referred to as "Committee ",(Deleted)shall be established in the Lab.
2.

The Committee is composed of a member who has knowledge of IoT· BD · AI and is commissioned by the Chairperson.

3.

The Committee gives advises on various projects related to IoT ·BD·AI, etc. and coordinate recommendations of regulatory reform, etc.
which is required to implement the project.

4.

The Committee will be effective with attendance of majority members(including proxy and substitute).

5.

The Committee proceedings shall be decided with a consent ofmajority attendees (including proxy and substitute), in the case of atie, the chairperson shall decide.

6.

The Committee shall be convened by the Chairperson or theCommittee member whom appointed by the Chairperson, and shall bepresided by the Chairperson or the Committee member whom
appointed by the Chairperson. If necessary, it can be held in writing
or by e-mail.

（Sub Committee）
Article 10. Based on the decision by the Committee, it is possible to(Deleted)

establish subcommittee.
（Attribution of intellectual property）
Article 11. Intellectual properties related to various projects related to IoT,
BD, AI, etc. which the Lab has made the adjustment and matching withsupport agencies, belong to the enterprise responsible for the project.
（Secretariat）（Secretariat）(Deleted)

Article 4. General affairs of the Lab are carried out by Information-

Article 12. General affairs of the Lab is performed by JIPDEC.

(Revised)

Article 5. In addition to the provisions of this Memorandum, other matters

Article 13. Others to the provisions of this memorandum, matters necessary(Revised)required for running the Lab shall be discussed and prescribed by thefor the operation of IoT Acceleration lab, shall be prescribed by the

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Information-technology

Committee.

technology Promotion Agency, Japan（IPA）.

Promotion Agency.
Bylaw This memorandum shall come into force from October 30th,

Bylaw

2015.

2015.

Bylaw This memorandum shall be revised from April 19, 2019.

This memorandum shall come into force from October 30th,(Revised)Reference Material #1

Activity Report and Future Action Plansof
IoT Acceleration Lab
March 18, 2019
Commerce and Information Policy Bureau
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Future Action Policy (Agenda of 5th Support Committee Meeting)Our Past Activities
In order to create new IoT business models, and discover/develop IoT platform
creators as a driving force for new growth, the IoT Acceleration Lab has
implemented:① Support for regulatory reform of narrow-focus short term projects, as well as
business matching, and② Support of mid and long-term projects and regional/global collaboration
Future Action Policy

Mostly achieved goals such as creation of IoT business models during thestarting-up period of IoT/AI/Big Data-related projects.
Examine future activities of IoT Acceleration Lab from two perspectives(global and local) for further spread of IoT/AI use and application.

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Activities of IoT Acceleration Lab(after IoT Support Committee (5th Meeting))

IoT Acceleration Consortium

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In response to the era of IoT/Big Data/AI, the “IoT Acceleration Consortium” was established as an organization led by theprivate sector to promote the use of IoT in industry, government, and academia beyond the framework of individualcompanies and industries.（Established on Friday, October 23, 2015)⚫

Makes proposals on technological development and practical use of IoT, solutions for policy issues, etc. Currently, there
are more than 3,600 member companies.

General ■ Chairperson
Meeting ■ Vice Chairperson
Steering Committee

Chairperson* Jun Murai

Dean of the Graduate School of Media and Governance,
Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University
Hiromichi
Shinohara
Chairman of the Board, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)
Vice
Chairperson* Hiroaki Nakanishi Chairman of the Board, Executive Officer, Hitachi, Ltd.
Steering Committee
Members*

Yutaka Ohashi
Katsuhiko Kawazoe
Noboru Koshitsuka
Mitsunobu Koshiba
Toshiyuki Shiga
Osamu Sudo
Hikaru Domoto

Chairperson Jun Murai

Executive Vice President,
Mitsubishi Electric
Senior Vice President, NTT
Professor, University of Tokyo
Graduate School
President, JSR
CEO and Chairman of Innovation
Network Corporation of Japan
Professor, University of Tokyo
Graduate School
Vice Chairman, NHK

Technology Development
ＷＧ

Advanced Model
Businesses Promotion ＷＧ(Smart IoT Acceleration Forum)(IoT Acceleration Lab)

Development, demonstrationand standardization of IoTrelated technologies such as
networks

Creation of advanced modelbusinesses, improvement ofbusiness environment
through regulatory reform,
etc.
Coope
-ration

Dean of the Graduate School of Media and Governance & Professor,
Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University
Hideyuki Tokuda
Sawako Nohara
Izumi Hayashi
Chikatomo Hodo
Yutaka Matsuo
Hiroyuki Morikawa

IoT Security ＷＧ
Review of theguidelines on network
connection of IoT
equipment, etc.

Chairman, National Institute of Information
and Communications Technology
President & CEO, IPSe Marketing, Inc.
LawyerAdviser, Accenture
Associate Professor, University of Tokyo
Graduate School
Professor, University of Tokyo Graduate
SchoolData Flow
Promotion WG

International
Cooperation WG

Review of the tasks inthe fields of high data
flow needs, etc.

Review of the overseas
development strategies
for the fields overwhich Japan has anedge, etc.

Coope-rationMinistry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, etc.

Activities of IoT Acceleration Lab（Outline）

4⚫ In order to create new IoT business models, and discover/develop IoT platform creators as a driving force for new growth,
the IoT Acceleration Lab aims to provide short term project support and business matching, and also expand activities to
mid and long-term project support and regional/global collaboration, linking them organically.

Financial support

Regulatory reform,
standardization, etc.

Corporate collaboration suppor

Short-term projects① IoT Lab Selection (IoT Project Selection Meeting)② IoT Lab Connection (Solution matching)

Scout/select advanced IoT projects to provide financial
support, mentor support, and regulatory reform
support.

Until now, matching has been conducted themed on tourism, smart
factory, healthcare/sports, logistics/distribution/
infrastructure, smart home, mobility,
education, agriculture/food, fintech,work style reform, sharing economy,risk management, entertainment,
smart life, and Urban Development in 2030.

②-1 Big Data Analysis Contest

Mid & longterm PJ③ IoT Lab Demonstration (Test bed demo.)
Mid and long-term demonstration involving multiple
companies according to themes

Competition for developing
online algorithm based on
big data
provided bycompanies ,etc.

②-2 IoT Lab Global Connection
Business
matching,
etc. between
overseasand domestic
companies

Regional④ Local IoT Acceleration Labs
Select regional efforts for promoting the creation of IoT businesses as “Local IoT Acceleration Labs”.
Implement mentor dispatch, staff meetings, and support for exhibition at large-scale events. At
present, 93 regions are selected.

International
cooperation①、②、②－１③～④、②－２…Started in FY 2015

⑤ International cooperation by IoT Acceleration Consortium…Started in FY 2016

In order to promote global development of domestic companies in the IoT field,
cooperate with IoT-related organizations overseas and establish International
Cooperation WG.

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Results of Activities (FY 2018)* Underlined red letters represent events held
after 5th Support Committee Meeting.

① IoT Lab Selection
February 27, 20195

Public invitation for 6th IoT Project Selection Meeting② IoT Lab Connection
September 18, 2018 7th matching event [Theme: smart life]
February 27, 2019 8th matching event [Theme: Urban Development in 2030 ]②-1 Big Data Analysis Contest
February 27, 2019

4th Award Ceremony (Subject: )②-2 IoT Lab Global Connection
October 16, 2018

Business matching, etc. [ASEAN, EU, India, Israel and Russia] (jointly with CEATEC)③ IoT Lab Demonstration[FY 2018 Demonstration]
February 2018 - Started public invitation/demonstration for Tourism field
March 2018 Started public invitation/demonstration for Smart home fieldMay 2018 Started public invitation/demonstration for Distribution field (electronic tag, trade procedure)Start public invitation/demonstration for Infrastructure field (thermal power generation,hydroelectric power generation)*Regarding Infrastructure field (water supply and sewerage), Industrial safety field, and Airplane field/Automated driving
field, demonstration has been implemented since last fiscal year.

④ Local IoT Acceleration Labs
[Selection of regions] September 7, 2018

Announcement of 4 th Selection results

Outline of IoT Lab Selection (Advanced IoT Project Selection Meeting)

6⚫ In order to discover and help commercialize advanced IoT projects, government agencies, private
financial institutions and venture capitals, etc. work together and implement (1) Financial support, (2)Continuous one-on-one Mentor support from mentors, and (3) Support for regulatory reform andstandardization. Up to now, 49 advanced projects have been selected and supported through five
Advanced IoT Project Selection Meetings.
⚫ In the 6th Meeting, 5 advanced project was selected for finalists. In addition, “Regional Revitalization
Awards” and “Intrapreneur Awards” are set and awarded one project for each.
① Regional Revitalization Awards: projects contributing to resolving regional problems and therevitalization of regional economy② Intrapreneur Awards: projects involving those who promote innovation by utilizing human resources,
technologies, know-how, etc. hidden in existing organizations

Hinata Designs Inc.

★Second Prize★
Novars Inc.

★Regional
Revitalization Award★

- Product recommendation
service using size andpurchase data -- Battery-operated IoT"Mabee“ for facilitating IoT
product development -Construct a platform for the utilizationof content based on size. For example,
the product images of ECs such as
clothing and home appliances can beseen in real size on the AR, allowing
users to check compatibility of
products with themselves or theirrooms before purchasing products.
We aim to provide services thatrecommend products that matchuser needs.

The dry battery type IoT “MaBee” wasdeveloped aiming for a world thatmakes use of IoT more. It realizes
remote control of products using
batteries and visualization of thestate of use of batteries in the cloud.
In the future, we will make use ofpatents for battery communication,
and aim for a world that does not haveto worry about battery running out
even when IoT is overflowing

Agri-Innovation Lab@Yamanashi City
- Reinvigoration of regional
industry by implementing
IoT society -★Grand Prize★

NTT East Corporation

Launch a public-private partnershipconsisting of Yamanashi City, JA FruitYamanashi, Synaptech, and NTT East as
the main members, install IoT sensors in
the agricultural field in Yamanashi City,
where agriculture is the main industry, inthe aim to form an infrastructure forrealizing "sustainable society” and"profitable agriculture".

★Intrapreneur
Award★
SB Innoventure Corp.
- conect+project Developed the "conect+" app &cloud service that enables anyone
who wants to start IoT to easily
create IoT apps. Provide a service
allowing planning developers whowant to enrich the society with IoT
to develop functional and beautiful
IoT applications without
programming and design skills.

6th IoT Lab Selection List of Finalists and Special Awards
6th Selection Finalists
ApplicantName of the Project★Grand Prize★
Hinata Designs Inc.

Product recommend service using size and purchase data

★Second Prize★
Novars Inc.

Dry battery IoT “MaBeee” for facilitating IoT productdevelopment

Z-Works Inc.

“Ganbaranai Kaigo” QoL maintenance and enhancement
support system

Singular Perturbations

World’s highest precision crime prediction system Crime
Nabi：Aiming to be control tower of IoT terminals.

Hachi Tama Inc.

Cat toilet supporting early discovery of urinary diseases

Special Award Project
ApplicantName of the Project★Regional Revitalization Award★ Measures for regional revitalization by “Agri Innovation Lab
NTT East Corporation@Yamanashi City”★Intrapreneur Award★
SB Innoventure Corp.

conect+ project7

IoT Lab Connection Matching Events for Promoting Corporate Collaboration 8(Solution Matching)⚫

⚫

⚫

The matching event for member companies, organizations and municipalities with seeds and needs is held as a place
where enterprises aiming to create new business models meet with other enterprises with related businessmodels, technologies/services, etc.
Past thematic events include “Tourism” and “Manufacturing” (1st), “Healthcare (Medical Care & Health)/Sports” and“Logistics/Distribution/Infrastructure” (2nd), “Smart Home” and “Mobility” (3rd), “Fintech,” “Education” and“Agriculture/Food” (4th), “Work Style Reform” and “Sharing Economy” (5th), and “Risk Management,” “Entertainment”
and “AI” (6th), and “Smart Life” (7th), leading to about 3,400 matching.
The 8th event was developed from the theme of the 7th, and 441 matchings were set under the theme of “Urban
Development in 2030,” to discuss on the ideal way of smart life in “City,” which is broad and involving a large number ofpeople. In addition to the retail tech fields, where the AI and IoT are utilized, opinions were exchanged about the future
life from the perspective of the sharing economy, etc.

Details of 8th Event
Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2019, 10:00-18:00
Venue: Tokyo (Bellesalle Shinjuku Grand)
Co-hosts: IoT Acceleration Lab, METI, and NEDO
Theme: Urban Development in 2030

② Presentation Matching (1:N Matching)
Popular matching companies,
etc. made presentations on theirseeds and needs.

8 companies made presentations.
Approx. 260 people participated.
[Presenter companies]
Fashion Pocket Co., Ltd.
MIKAWAY 21 Inc., Coconet Co., Ltd.
Cocon Inc.,
Sumitomo Mitsui Auto Service Co., Ltd.
INSIGHT LAB Inc., WOTA Corp.
Babydoor Inc.

① Business Matching (1:1 Matching)

Based on the needs and seeds submitted
by companies, a list of matchingcompanies was prepared prior to theevent. 20-minite individual sessions
were held on the day.

120 companies/organizations/municipalities participated.
441 matching were carried out.

③ Booth Exhibition (1:N Matching)
Local IoT Acceleration Labs (9regions) set up booths.
Meetings were immediately arranged
with the companies/organizations
who showed interest in them.
[Exhibitors]
Akita Horizontal Collaboration Lab,
Yokohama City Lab, Sagamihara City
Lab, Yamanashi Prefecture Lab, Ina City
Lab, Fujieda City Lab, Kochi Prefecture
Lab, Shimabara City Lab, Kitakyushu
Cityi Lab

IoT Lab Connection Results of matching events for promoting corporate

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collaboration (solution matching)No. of
times
1st

Date

No. ofparticipatinggroups

ThemesTourism,
January 28, 2016 Manufacturing (Smartfactory)(Average value of questionnaire
survey results)
No. of companies
No. of companies up forinteracted per participant
future interactions

190

550

10.6

3.6

183

518

6.8

3.4

2nd

July 31, 2016

Healthcare (Medicalcare/Health)/Sports,
Logistics/Distribution/
Infrastructure

3rd

October 4, 2016

Smart home/Mobility

135

454

6.8

3.0

4th

March 13, 2017

Fintech, Education,
Agriculture (Food)

131

461

7.5

2.8

5th

July 25, 2017

Work stylereform/Sharing
economy

139

534

7.5

2.9

6th

March 6, 2018

Entertainment, Risk
management, AI

173

573

7.9

3.1

7th

September 18,
2018

Smart life

108

352

7.2

2.9

8th

February 27, 2019Urban Development in
2030

120

441

8.0

3.4

3883

7.8

3.1

Total of1st-8thApprox.

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1179

IoT Lab Connection 4th Big Data Analysis Contest
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⚫

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With the aim of competing on the accuracy of data analysis of the challenges/Big Data provided by the industrial
world, etc., Algorithm development contest is held in an easy-to-join online style. By inviting public participation
including students, the contest aims to discover/train excellent data scientists, matching them with data providers, etc.
For the 4th contest themed on infrastructure maintenance and railways, JR East Railways provided data. Based on timeseries data of deformation amount of rails and information from equipment ledgers, etc., the “future deformation amount,”which is useful for the maintenance planning, can be predicted.
In New Idea Category, Participants set the own topics to analyze based on the theme of the railways, and evaluated aseries of data analysis skills as a whole to conduct data collection, analysis, and explanation through infographics.
In addition to the award ceremony at the IoT Acceleration Lab joint event, a friendly meeting was held on the same day as
a place for information exchange and mingling with prize winners.

Hosted by: IoT Acceleration Lab, METI, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
Supported by: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism,
Inframentenance Kokumin Kaigi, Center for Artificial Intelligence Research, University of Tsukuba
Cooperated by: East Japan Railway Company, NTT DOCOMO INC., Kyocera Corp., SAKURA Internet Inc., JR Souken Information Systems
Co. Ltd., JR East Information Systems Company, Tableau Japan, Japan Railway Track Technology Consultants Co. Ltd., Panasonic
Corporation, Hitachi Ltd., and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Planning and operation: SIGNATE Inc.
Implementation term: Oct. 1, 2018–Jan. 10, 2019
No. of participants: 192 (Projection Category: 163, Infographic Category: 29) No. of applications: 2,007 (multiple application allowed)
The 4th contest dedicated website https://signate.jp/competitions/136

Projection Category
Predict deformation amount in prediction period (about 3 months)
from deformation amount of rails in about one year.

Monitoring Device

Image of Prediction

New Idea CategoryAwarded work (Example)：Except from “Analysis of trends of numberof personal accidents in Kanto”

IoT Lab Global Connection

Business matching between overseas companies and Japanese companies

11⚫ To promote business collaboration between Japanese companies and overseas
companies (start-ups) and global expansion, invite 40 startups from India, Israel,
SEAN, EU, Russia, to carry out business matching with Japanese companies at
CEATEC.
⚫ Provide exhibition booths and pitching session opportunities to overseas startups inside the CEATEC venue.
① Business Matching（１：１ Matching）

A matching list ofoversea/domestic
companies based on theirseeds/needs was prepared
beforehand, leading to 25minute individual
matching.
46 domestic companies/
organizations participated.
247 matching organized.

② Exhibition Booth③ Pitching Session
Briefing of out by
specialists of businessfrom various
countries/regions.
Pitching by overseas
start-ups to appeal
own technologies

Date：Tuesday October 16 to Friday October 19, 2018
40 overseas companies
set up exhibitionbooths.
Tour by high-level guests ofrelated ministries including
Minister of METI Mr. Seko

Place：Makuhari Messe (Hall 4) Special Theme Area
IoT Acceleration Lab Business Matching venue
No. of participating companies: 40 overseas
companies and 46 Japanese companies(Reference：Participated by 40 overseas companies and 58
Japanese companies last year)Reference Material #2

IoT Acceleration Lab

6th Selection Meeting for Innovative IoT
Projects

IoT Lab Selection

List of Supported Projects/
Special Awards Winners

1- Contents [Grand Prize]
Hinata Designs Inc. ＜Product recommend service using size and purchase data ＞

1[Second Prize]
Novars Inc. ＜Dry battery IoT “MaBeee” for facilitating IoT product development＞

2[Finalists]
Z-Works Inc. ＜“Ganbaranai Kaigo” QoL maintenance and enhancement support system＞

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Singular Perturbations ＜World’s highest precision crime prediction system Crime Nabi:
Aim to be control tower of IoT terminals＞

4

Hachi Tama Inc. ＜Cat toilet supporting early discovery of urinary diseases＞

5[Regional Revitalization Award]
NTT East Corporation ＜Agri Innovation Lab @Yamanashi City
- Revitalization of regional industry by implementing IoT society -＞6[Intrapreneur Award]
SB Innoventure Corp. ＜conect+project＞

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Hinata Designs Inc.

Grand Prize- Product recommend service using size and purchase data Outline of Project
Construct a platform “Scale Post” for the utilization of content based on size. For example, theproduct images of ECs such as clothing and home appliances can be seen in real size on the AR,
allowing users to check compatibility of products with themselves or their rooms before purchasing
products. Based on this platform, we aim to accumulate physical information from purchased
clothing (height and shoe size) and data on living environment (size of rooms and shelves) fromfurniture and home appliances, and provide a service that recommends product information in atimely manner according to the physical information and living environment of consumers.

Outline of Required Support⚫ Financial support：Seeking funds from participating
support organization⚫ Mentoring support：Recommendations on data use,
advise on overseas strategies, technical advise

Future Vision
We propose "lifestyles" by imaging rooms using room templates from animations, dramas, movies,
etc., to realize "One to One Marketing“ and create comfortable [space]. In addition to the above
projects, we hope to use the platform based on size applied in "scale post“ for tourism andeducational purposes, as a “street archive” for viewing information, stories, and histories on lost
regions using VR apps that resemble time-machine travel.

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Novars Inc.

Second Prize- Dry battery IoT “MaBeee” for facilitating IoT product development Outline of Project
The dry battery type IoT “MaBeee” was developed aiming for a world that makes use of IoT more.
It realizes remote control of products using batteries and visualization of the state of use ofbatteries in the cloud. It can also communicate with sensors, etc. in power line communication. As
a result, IoT development has become easy. In the future, we will make use of patents for battery
communication, incorporate communications into primary batteries, secondary batteries, coinbatteries and industrial batteries, and apply to wireless charging, aiming for a world that does nothave to worry about battery running out even when IoT is overflowing.

Outline of Required Support⚫ Financial support：Seeking funding from participating
support organizations⚫ Seeking mentoring support⚫ Support for regulations/standardization, etc.
Product recognition and technical certification labelingin Battery Association of Japan.
Handling of medical equipment.

Future Vision
Every year, 54 billion batteries are shipped worldwide. We aim to transform all of these batteries
into batteries that can communicate with each other and transform various battery-operated
products into IoT devices and battery transformers. Furthermore, in a wireless charged world, we
hope that the applications of these batteries will increase even more.

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Z-Works Inc.
- “Ganbaranai Kaigo” QoL maintenance and enhancement support system Outline of Project
Z-Work’s care support system aims to provide bedsore care by installing sensors under themattress which can capture fine vibrations on the bed and analyzing the obtained data on body
positions on the bed, large body movements (turning over, change of body posture by staff), small
body movements (twist and twist movements) using AI. The system contributes to theimprovement of the quality of nursing services and productivity by minimizing the workload andstress of staff by outsourcing the burden of staff having to constantly pay attention to minorchanges in bedridden elderly persons, and by automatically detecting bedsore care work using
sensors to store history of assessment data of bedsore management, and at the same time
prevent pain and aggravation of bedsores.

Outline of Required Support⚫ Seeking financial support for system development
and mass sensor production costs.
⚫ Seeking mentoring support⚫ Consultations related to medical regulations

Future Vision
In the future, by introducing the system to the homes of elderly people, and by creating anenvironment where it is possible to monitor physical condition and life rhythm remotely, we aim toconstruct a regional comprehensive care medical care system by multi-professional cooperationsuch as visiting nursing, visiting care, remote medical care, etc.

3Singular Perturbations- World’s highest precision crime prediction system Crime Nabi:
Aim to be control tower of IoT terminals Outline of Project
Using the world's most accurate crime prediction system “Crime Nabi” to predict when,
where, and what crimes will occur, we hope to provide services that aid security
activities by the police, etc. (e.g. patrol route optimization, anti-terrorism, patrol ofports and factories) and propose strategy formulation tools that can contribute tosecurity measures and national defense and security more efficiently. We will develop
our technologies in Japan and internationally as well contribute to the creation of
innovation adapted to increasingly diversifying and globalizing crimes.
Outline of Required Support⚫ Mentoring support⚫ Provision of research data and deregulation⚫ Deregulation of bidding eligibility
Future Vision
Expect to work with drone companies, etc. to provide real-time optimum patrol routes
based on data for efficient patrol by drones, as a fundamental technology leading
Society 5.0.

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Hachi Tama Inc.
- Cat toilet supporting early discovery of urinary diseases Outline of Project
The IoT cat toilet "toletta®" acquires data such as the weight and urine volume of cats and is able
to identify which cat used the toilet by image recognition. The toilet enables to accumulate data ofmany cats as big data which has been difficult to acquire before. By linking this data with various
data such as food, insurance and electronic medical records, higher added values can be provided.
It also has an AI function which detects abnormal changes in the cat's conditions and sounds thealarm for such cats to encourage to visit to the hospital.

Outline of Required Support⚫ Seeking funding from participating support
organizations.
⚫ Seeking mentoring support

Future Vision
In the future, toletta® will detect changes in the physical conditions of cats and AI will recommend
the best action for eliminating the asymmetry of information between owners and vets. In addition,
we are partnering with leading Japanese and foreign companies to combine IoT and insurance
services. Furthermore, we will develop businesses that maximize the potentials of the platform,
such as the development of consumables like cat litter and toilet seats, and the joint developmentof services combining AI and pet food.

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NTT East Corporation

Regional Revitalization
Award

Agri Innovation Lab @Yamanashi City
- Revitalization of regional industry by implementing IoT society Outline of Project
A public-private partnership organization has been launched comprised of Yamanashi City, JA FruitYamanashi, Synaptech, and NTT East as the main members. The aim is to form an infrastructure
for realizing "sustainable society" and "profitable agriculture" to support this by installing IoT
sensors etc. in the fields in Yamanashi City, whose main industry is agriculture, “reduce or savelabor”, “simplify technology succession”, and “realize uniform quality”.
Appeal points to Regional Revitalization Award

Participated in Yamanashi Prefecture IoT Promotion
Lab. This project is based on a public-private
partnership whose members have their own fields ofexpertise, aiming to realize regional revitalization bydiscovering regional issues and solving them.
Through the project, an IoT infrastructure centeredon agriculture and disaster prevention in the target
areas has been constructed, and the government has
also been able to smoothly promote the creation ofsmart cities.

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Intrapreneur Award- conect+ project Outline of Project
Approved as a startup by Softbank Group's in-house entrepreneurship system "Softbank
Innoventure", which promotes the excavation and development of in-house entrepreneurs. The
program works with diverse companies to promote developments and projects that are speedy in a
way that differs from that of a large company even though Softbank is a major company.
Developed the "conect+" app & cloud service that enables anyone who wants to start IoT to easily
create IoT apps. Provides a service allowing planning developers who want to enrich the society
with IoT to develop functional and beautiful IoT applications without programming and design skills.

Appeal Points to Intrapreneur Award
Softbank Innoventure, Softbank Group's in-houseentrepreneurship system implemented since 2011,
invites a wide range of creative ideas and innovativeideas and new businesses from inside and outside
the company, to promote the excavation anddevelopment of internal entrepreneurs. This conect+
project is a project that has passed this system andhas been approved for commercialization (approvalrate 0.2%).

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