[70 Years in Business, KIMOTO Creates Excitement] KOO, a partner in SPLAT TWIN joint research, wins both the "Minister of Digital Affairs Award" and the "NIKKEI THE PITCH Award"

KIMOTO Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Inabe City, Mie Prefecture, President: Shoichi Kobayashi) offers a new service called "SPLAT TWIN" that utilizes the cutting-edge technology "Gaussian Splatting" to generate high-definition 3D spatial data from multiple images, in collaboration with KOO Inc. (Headquarters: Otaru City, Hokkaido, President: Tomo Nakamura).

KOO Inc., our joint research partner, applied to the "10th Value Design Contest" hosted by the Public Interest Incorporated Association Japan Junior Chamber, with the theme "A service that converts real spaces and objects into realistic 3D data and creates digital archive data." KOO Inc. won both the "Minister of Digital Affairs Award" and the "NIKKEI THE PITCH Award."

The application included initiatives using SPLAT TWIN, and its technology and applicability were highly praised.

Mr. Tomo Nakamura, President of KOO Inc. (at the awards ceremony)

"SPLAT TWIN": Reproducing realistic 3D spaces from photos and videos

SPLAT TWIN is a KIMOTO service that reproduces real spaces as high-definition 3D data from photos and videos.

By utilizing Gaussian Splatting technology, it reproduces even textures and colors that are difficult to express with laser measurement, creating photo-realistic 3D spaces. Furthermore, it creates high-quality 3D models while keeping data capacity down, making it easy to view and share without specialized equipment.

It is being used in various fields, including digital archiving of cultural properties and buildings, as well as facility management and infrastructure inspection.

SPLAT TWIN x Crawler Robot

Visualizing underground waterways inaccessible to humans as realistic 3D spaces

SPLAT TWIN is already being used in actual field applications.

In narrow, dark underground waterways where human access is difficult, safely and accurately grasping the internal conditions is a major challenge.

By combining SPLAT TWIN with a crawler robot developed by EIGHT JAPAN ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS Co., Ltd. FANNOVATE LAB, we photographed the interior of an underground waterway and visualized it as high-definition 3D spatial data.

By generating 3D spatial data from the images captured by the crawler robot, the current state and positional relationships inside the waterway are reproduced as a realistic space, similar to a photograph. This is expected to be used for understanding conditions such as collapsed sections and for the maintenance and inspection of underground structures.

The Future SPLAT TWIN Aims For

KIMOTO is collaborating with KOO Inc. and EIGHT JAPAN ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS Co., Ltd. FANNOVATE LAB to advance the technological development and expand the application areas of SPLAT TWIN.

Taking this award as an opportunity, we will further promote its use as a digital twin technology that contributes to solving social issues, in addition to digital archiving of cultural properties and buildings, infrastructure inspection, facility management, and disaster prevention fields.

Infrastructure inspection and facility management Preserving historical buildings and cultural properties in 3D

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About Related Companies

KOO Inc.

We are researching and providing the 3D spatial data creation service "SPLAT TWIN" in collaboration with KIMOTO.

KOO Inc. applied to the "10th Value Design Contest" with the theme "A service that converts real spaces and objects into realistic 3D data and creates digital archive data," and won the "Minister of Digital Affairs Award" and the "NIKKEI THE PITCH Award."

URL: https://koo-inc.jp/

EIGHT JAPAN ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS Co., Ltd. FANNOVATE LAB

Develops crawler robots for surveys in locations difficult for humans to access, such as underground waterways and sewer pipes. In this case, by combining this crawler robot with SPLAT TWIN, the current state of the underground waterway was visualized as high-definition 3D space. EIGHT JAPAN ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS Co., Ltd. FANNOVATE LAB is also promoting the use of crawler robots for infrastructure inspection and surveys during disasters.

URL: https://funnovatelab.com/

Company Overview

Company Name: KIMOTO Co., Ltd.

Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market (Securities Code: 7908)

Location: 450 Kyogano Shinden, Hokusei-cho, Inabe City, Mie Prefecture

Representative: Shoichi Kobayashi, President and Representative Director

Founded: April 11, 1949

Established: July 2, 1952

URL: https://www.kimoto.co.jp/

Business Activities: Development, production, and sales of high-performance material products utilizing various materials

Creation and sales of high-precision data related to digital twin construction, consulting for work style reform and manufacturing DX

Production and sales of agricultural products for the purpose of regenerating fallow land in Inabe City, Mie Prefecture

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