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What Design Driven Innovation Co., Ltd. covers, where they operate, and what they have built with Di1. Use it to check the fit before you get in touch.
Design Driven Innovation Co., Ltd.
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ringing Ideas to Life. Faster.From Concept to Prototype to Production.
At Design Driven Innovation (DDI), we help innovators, startups, and manufacturers transform ideas into real-world products.
Combining engineering expertise, rapid prototyping, and manufacturing support, we shorten the distance between imagination and reality.
Whether you are developing a breakthrough concept, refining an existing design, or preparing for production, DDI provides the technical expertise and practical guidance needed to bring your vision to life.
Design Driven. Innovation Delivered.
What We Do
Product Development
Turning ideas into viable products through a structured and efficient development process.
Engineering & Design
Providing practical engineering solutions that balance functionality, manufacturability, and cost.
Rapid Prototyping
Creating physical prototypes quickly to validate concepts and accelerate decision-making.
Manufacturing Support
Helping customers transition smoothly from development to production.
Why DDI?
Faster Development
Speed is critical in today’s competitive market. We help accelerate development without compromising quality.
Practical Engineering
We focus on real-world solutions that are reliable, manufacturable, and ready for production.
Flexible Collaboration
Every project is unique. Our support is tailored to your goals, schedule, and budget.
Japanese Quality
Precision, reliability, and attention to detail are at the core of everything we do.
Let’s Bring Your Idea to Life.
Have a concept, challenge, or new product opportunity?
Let’s discuss how DDI can help turn your idea into reality.
BUSINESS INTRODUCTION
From Ideas to Market-Ready Products
Innovation begins with an idea, but success requires execution.
DDI supports clients throughout the product development journey, helping transform concepts into functional, manufacturable, and commercially viable products.
- Address
- Le Graciel BLDG.80 8F 4-27-1 Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0004, Japan
- Phone
- +81-3-5425-1277
- ddi-info@ddi-tec.jp
- Region
- Japan
- Partner category
- ODM
Design, mass production, and supply of Di1-equipped edge AI cameras, with end-to-end support from evaluation boards to mass production. Di1-equipped edge AI cameras address challenges associated with conventional systems that send camera footage to the cloud for analysis, including communication latency, network costs, privacy concerns, and the need for real-time decision-making at the site. A Di1-equipped edge AI camera performs AI-based image recognition and inference directly on the camera. Instead of transmitting raw video footage to the cloud, the camera analyzes the footage locally and sends only the necessary information—such as detected abnormalities or the status of a target object—to higher-level systems. This enables rapid anomaly detection with reduced communication latency, supporting early responses to equipment failures and quality issues. At the same time, reducing the amount of data transmitted to the cloud can help lower network traffic and operating costs. Processing video locally rather than sending it externally can also reduce the security and privacy burden associated with handling on-site footage. In short, Di1-equipped edge AI cameras transform cameras from devices that simply capture images into intelligent devices that can make decisions at the site and transmit only the information that is needed. By improving real-time responsiveness, communication efficiency, and security simultaneously, they can help address a wide range of challenges in smart factories, retail stores, infrastructure monitoring, and other real-world environments.
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CMOS camera development
We provide end-to-end contract development services for CMOS cameras, from planning and specification development to circuit and PCB design, prototyping, and evaluation. Firmware development is also supported. We optimize CMOS image sensors, optical systems, image processing, and communication interfaces according to your application and requirements, delivering high image quality, high-speed imaging, and low power consumption. We also support performance enhancement, miniaturization, and custom design of existing products. We also propose camera module lenses suited to your specifications and application. Before developing a new lens, we first consider suitable options from existing products. Please share details of your intended application so we can recommend the optimal lens.
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Circuit Design
We consider the best way to realize the functions and requirements requested by our customers, making proposals as needed while incorporating new technologies as well as the technologies and expertise we have accumulated over the years into the circuit design. We turn the circuit design into a finished product through a comprehensive process that includes PCB design, PCB manufacturing, component procurement, and component assembly. Our mission is to verify and evaluate whether the completed product operates according to the customer’s requirements, including the specified functions and specifications, and to deliver a fully completed product.
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Printed Circuit Board Design (PCB Layout Design)
As electronic devices become increasingly faster, there are more cases where simply connecting components is no longer sufficient to ensure proper operation. By understanding the purpose and function of components such as capacitors and placing them appropriately, as well as designing PCB patterns with careful consideration of electrical characteristics, we provide highly reliable PCB designs. Drawing on our extensive experience, we can accommodate a wide range of designs, including analog and digital circuits, single-sided and high-layer-count PCBs, large-scale designs, and high-density designs. We specialize particularly in high-density and high-frequency signal designs. We also accept PCB design work based on hand-drawn circuit diagrams and other forms of documentation.
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Prototyping and Mass Production at Group Companies
By working together as three group companies, we meet a wide range of customer needs in module assembly, from design and prototyping to mass production. One of our group companies, Kunimi Media Device Co., Ltd. (KMD), specializes in prototyping and process development. Another group company, Mizusawa Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (MSC), specializes in equipment development and cost reduction for mass production. As an independent company with approximately 250 employees, we are committed to delivering Japanese quality while staying close to our customers and understanding their needs. Design Driven Innovation (DDI), Kunimi Media Device (KMD), and Mizusawa Semiconductor (MSC) work together as an integrated group to provide solutions tailored to each customer’s specific needs.
