A History of Innovation, Born from Sincerity and Creativity
1912
1915
1925
19929
1953
1960
1986
1987
Tokubijo snap buckle
requiring no fastening
holes
Hayakawa mechanical
pencil, later called the
Sharp Pencil
Japan’s first domestically
produced crystal radio
Sharp Dyne AC
vacuum-tube radio
Japan’s first mass
production of TVs
Mass production of color
TVs
3-in-1 facsimile with fax,
copier, and phone
functions
3-inch color TFT LCD TV
1963
1964
19966
World’s first
all-transistor-diode
desktop calculator
1962
Ultrasonic washer for
cleaning large clocks
Japan’s first mass
production of microwave
ovens
Mass production of
standardized solar
modules
1969
19700
1972
World’s first calculator
incorporating LSIs
1974
Double LED capable of
simultaneously emitting visible
light and near-infrared light
World’s first color TV to
display the channel
number on the screen
1976
Ogami Island Lighthouse equipped
with 225W solar cells, the world’s
largest (at the time) (photo courtesy
of Japan Coast Guard)
1989
Japan’s first home
microwave oven with a
turntable
1973
Battery-operated
compact electronic cash
register
Plain paper copier
incorporating IC control
1978
1979
Industry’s first low-power
cordless phone with an
answering machine function
1992
World’s first pocket
calculator with an LCD
Fully automatic washing
machine with a hole-less tub
to save water and detergent
19997
Industry’s first dual-swing
refrigerator with doors that
opened from both the left
and right
Electronic organizer
capable of kanji (Japanese
character) display
Word processor equipped with
an AI dictionary for converting
entire typed clauses into kanji
1990
1991
World’s thinnest (at the
time) home facsimile
The ‘dream’ wall-mount
8.6-inch LCD TV, an
industry-first
1993
World’s smallest and
lightest (at the time) MD
headphone player
19999
19888
1989
Development of a thin,
large-screen 14-inch color
TFT, a world-first
LCD projection system for
100-inch big-screen home
entertainment
1992
Notebook-PC-type
English-to-Japanese translation
system, the industry’s smallest
and lightest
1995
Zaurus personal information
tool, which combined
essential business functions in
one compact unit
Refrigerator using non-CFC
vacuum insulation
Notebook PC incorporating
a large, high-resolution
color TFT LCD
2000
LCD ViewCam, which allowed
users to shoot video while
watching an LCD viewfinder
and enabled instant playback
of just-taken footage
1996
Air conditioner with the
industry’s first humidifying
and ventilation functions
2001
20V
Success in reproducing TV
images using high-brightness,
long-life, thin-film EL elements
(product shown is from 1977)
First solar-powered
calculator
Refrigerator with the most
frequently used compartments
located at the top
1979
TV-in-TV for watching two
programs at the same time
Front-loading VCR priced
in the affordable
150,000-yen price range
1980
Portable stereo system with
dual cassettes for creating
original cassette tapes
1981
19
High-reflective Super Mobile
LCD for the outdoor display
of bright color images without
the need for a backlight
World’s first 1-bit amp
utilizing 2.8 MHz high-speed
sampling and 7th order
delta-sigma modulation
2004
Industry’s first
camera-equipped mobile
phone (for J-Phone)
2005
Plasmacluster air purification
technology, which used
positive and negative ions to
eliminate airborne mold
2006
Cyclonic vacuum cleaner,
which used centrifugal force to
separate dust and air, keeping
exhaust air clean
2008
AQUOS, the LCD TV for
the 21st century
2009
37V
Pocket electronic translator
for Japanese-English
translations
Japanese word processor
World’s first microwave
oven with a sensor for
automatic cooking
1981
Color TV with built-in VCR
Pocket computer with
BASIC programming
capability
1982
1983
World’s first stereo system
that could automatically play
both sides of a vinyl record
1984
High-definition LCD TV
boasting 3.15 million pixels
(the first Kameyama Model TV)
Superheated steam oven
for ‘roasting’ food with
water
Full-color digital MFP
employing Mycrostoner
One-Seg-compatible mobile
phone with a rotating screen
(for Vodafone)
2010
108-inch commercial-use
LCD monitor, the world’s
largest (at the time)
Energy-saving, long-life,
mercury-free environmentally
friendly LED lamps
2011
20
2012
Freestyle AQUOS, which
could be carried around
easily
80-inch professional
touchscreen LCD monitor
60V
World’s smallest and
lightest (at the time) plain
paper copier
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Personal computer
Laser diode with a
proprietary structure that
gave it long life
World’s first combination
PC and TV
Amorphous silicon solar cells
mass-produced using an
innovative roll-to-roll process
Kerosene heater with a function
for absorbing odors when the
heater was turned off
Multi-screen display system
with the world’s thinnest (at
the time) system frame
width of 6.5 mm
AQUOS Quattron 3D LCD
TV incorporating a
four-primary-color 3D LCD
GALAPAGOS media tablet
Industry’s first LED ceiling
light
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Chronology (Developments at Sharp)
Developments at Sharp (for Sharp products, see pages Chronology-01 and 02)
Developments at Sharp
World Events
1912
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