Market Research for High-speed Video Cameras

In 1993, a simple questionnaire was distributed to one thousand scientists/engineers in Japan, who were potential users of high-speed imaging technologies for development of video cameras with higher frame rate. They were (1) university researchers, and (2) researchers and engineers of research institutes of central and local governments and private companies. Three thousand similar questionnaires were distributed in early 2000. In this paper, users' requirements for high-speed video cameras based on the answers of this questionnaire are presented. Based on the requirements, expected performance indices of high-speed video cameras are estimated.