Canon Inc.
E758144
Canon Inc. is a Japanese multinational corporation renowned for its imaging and optical products, including cameras, camcorders, printers, and related equipment.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Canon Inc. canonical | 4 |
| Canon | 3 |
| Canon Canada | 1 |
| Canon Europe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8814037 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Canon Inc. Context triple: [Canon VIXIA camcorders, manufacturer, Canon Inc.]
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A.
Ricoh
Ricoh is a Japanese multinational imaging and electronics company best known for its cameras, printers, copiers, and office equipment solutions.
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B.
Canon
Canon is a structured set of hymns or chants used in Eastern Christian liturgical services, particularly within the Orthodox tradition.
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C.
Xerox
Xerox is an American corporation best known for pioneering photocopiers and influential computing innovations, including early graphical user interfaces and office software.
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D.
Kodak Alaris
Kodak Alaris is a company that focuses on imaging and photographic products and services, including film, photo printing, and document management solutions, formed from the former consumer imaging assets of Eastman Kodak.
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E.
Epson
Epson is a Japanese electronics company best known for manufacturing printers, imaging equipment, and related information technology devices.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Canon Inc. Target entity description: Canon Inc. is a Japanese multinational corporation renowned for its imaging and optical products, including cameras, camcorders, printers, and related equipment.
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A.
Ricoh
Ricoh is a Japanese multinational imaging and electronics company best known for its cameras, printers, copiers, and office equipment solutions.
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B.
Canon
Canon is a structured set of hymns or chants used in Eastern Christian liturgical services, particularly within the Orthodox tradition.
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C.
Xerox
Xerox is an American corporation best known for pioneering photocopiers and influential computing innovations, including early graphical user interfaces and office software.
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D.
Kodak Alaris
Kodak Alaris is a company that focuses on imaging and photographic products and services, including film, photo printing, and document management solutions, formed from the former consumer imaging assets of Eastman Kodak.
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E.
Epson
Epson is a Japanese electronics company best known for manufacturing printers, imaging equipment, and related information technology devices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electronics company
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imaging company ⓘ multinational corporation ⓘ public company ⓘ |
| brand | Canon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| fiscalYearEnd | December 31 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Goro Yoshida
NERFINISHED
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Saburo Uchida NERFINISHED ⓘ Takeo Maeda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
Canon Imaging Systems
NERFINISHED
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Canon Industrial Equipment NERFINISHED ⓘ Canon Office Business Unit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
Canon (China) Co., Ltd.
NERFINISHED
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Canon Europe Ltd. NERFINISHED ⓘ Canon India Pvt. Ltd. NERFINISHED ⓘ Canon U.S.A., Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Ōta, Tokyo, Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1937 ⓘ |
| industry |
consumer electronics
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imaging and optical equipment ⓘ office equipment ⓘ |
| JapaneseName | キヤノン株式会社 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keyPerson | Fujio Mitarai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableProductLine |
Cinema EOS digital cinema cameras
NERFINISHED
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EOS digital SLR cameras ⓘ PIXMA inkjet printers NERFINISHED ⓘ PowerShot compact cameras NERFINISHED ⓘ imageRUNNER multifunction devices NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatesInRegion |
Asia
NERFINISHED
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Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Latin America NERFINISHED ⓘ North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Oceania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalName | Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| products |
CCTV lenses
NERFINISHED
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binoculars ⓘ broadcast lenses ⓘ camcorders ⓘ digital cameras ⓘ film cameras ⓘ inkjet printers ⓘ laser printers ⓘ medical imaging equipment ⓘ multifunction printers ⓘ photocopiers ⓘ projectors ⓘ scanners ⓘ semiconductor lithography equipment ⓘ |
| roleOfFujioMitarai | Chairman and CEO ⓘ |
| stockExchangeListing | Tokyo Stock Exchange NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | 7751 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Canon Inc. Description of subject: Canon Inc. is a Japanese multinational corporation renowned for its imaging and optical products, including cameras, camcorders, printers, and related equipment.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Canon Canada
this entity surface form:
Canon
subject surface form:
Amstelveen
this entity surface form:
Canon Europe
this entity surface form:
Canon
this entity surface form:
Canon