Logic & Design

What Logic & Design does

Logic & Design (株式会社ロジック・アンド・デザイン) is a Tokyo-headquartered, privately held Japanese technology company founded in March 2018 that develops proprietary image processing algorithms for two core functions: LISr® image clarification (dynamic-range expansion that reveals detail in dark, backlit, foggy, or low-contrast imagery) and Re:Na® resolution restoration (frequency-domain deblurring and super-resolution). The technology is delivered in five product formats — dedicated hardware (LISr-101, nano LISr, LISr-IPC1/2 network cameras), PC software (LISr-Capture, Soft Re:Na, Soft LISr Vision), cloud and API services (LISr-CIS, LISr-API), certified medical devices (MIEr® series including integrations with BeelineMED, NAVIS, Claio, ImageFS), and a fourth-generation ASIC chip (LISr ISP SoC) for OEM embedded deployment. Real-time processing at approximately 4ms latency with fully automatic operation (no manual parameter tuning) is the core technical claim.

The company sells across four primary verticals: medical/healthcare (ophthalmology and radiology, where MIEr is registered as a Class II Japanese medical device and distributed via Senju Pharmaceutical), security and infrastructure surveillance (network cameras, river/coast monitoring, defense-adjacent deployments via 20+ Japanese distributors), industrial inspection, and aerospace/advanced imaging (JAXA rocket testing, underwater drones). GTM is a hybrid of direct enterprise sales, a Japanese distributor network (Aitec, NEC Networks & System Integration, Tokyo Keiki, Yuasa, Senju Pharmaceutical, etc.), self-serve software trial downloads, and co-development partnerships (Mitsubishi UFJ Trust, Sanwa Technos, Tokyo Keiki, LivsMed Korea, KDDI/Nippon Television MUGENLABO). Revenue is not publicly disclosed; the company has raised capital via crowdfunding (2018–2019) and multiple third-party share allocations, including with Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking (March 2024) and Tokyo Keiki (April 2026), with ~¥712M total equity capital and 1–10 employees.

Recent strategic emphasis is on three fronts: completing the LISr ISP SoC ASIC for chip-level licensing (LISr-RISA evaluation module publicly released April 2026), international expansion via CE marking for the EU (LISr-400, March 2025) and a capital-and-business alliance with South Korea's LivsMed Inc. in laparoscopic surgery (April 2026), and ecosystem partnerships integrating the technology with AI (TOKYO ART WORKS, Asilla) and security/privacy (ZenmuTech) platforms to extend beyond standalone image clarification into multi-technology solutions.

Name

Logic & Design

Legal name

株式会社ロジック・アンド・デザイン

Website

https://lad.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Computer Vision Software

NAICS

Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451), Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (33441)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Optical Instruments & Lenses (3827)

akta.pro primary industry

Standards Conversion & Restoration (Frame Rate, Deinterlacing, Upscale) (MPAHAHAG)

Keywords

• Image enhancement algorithms
• Medical imaging software
• Video surveillance systems
• Resolution restoration software
• Image processing ASIC

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Hardware Products: Sale of image clarification hardware devices including LISr-101, nano LISr, LISr-IPC1, LISr-IPC2, and medical device MIEr. These are real-time processing units sold as standalone equipment. Hardware formats include standard units, compact units, and network cameras with built-in clarification.
2. Software Licenses: Sale of software products including LISr-Capture (PC-based image capture and clarification), Soft Re:Na (resolution restoration), Soft LISr Vision (desktop video/image clarification), LISr-API (Web API service), and medical software (MIEr for BeelineMED, MIEr for ImageFS, MIEr for NAVIS, etc.). Sold as one-time licenses or subscriptions.
3. Cloud Services (LISr-CIS / MIEr-CIS): Cloud-based image processing services accessed via Web API or WebGUI. Cloud demo service LISr-CIS was ended in April 2026 and replaced with trial downloadable software. Medical cloud imaging service MIEr-CIS continues.
4. Chip / LSI Products: Sale of image clarification chips (LISr ISP SoC / ASIC) and chip-integrated products for embedding in third-party cameras and devices. Represents future product line targeting mass-market adoption.
5. SDK / API Licensing: Providing SDK (Software Development Kit) and API access for system integrators and partners to embed LISr technology into their own products and platforms.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Logic & Design develops proprietary real-time image clarification (LISr®) and resolution restoration (Re:Na®) algorithms that expand dynamic range and recover detail from images degraded by low light, backlight, fog, rain, snow, blur, and motion. The technology is delivered through multiple product formats including hardware devices, PC software, cloud services, SDK/API, network cameras, ASIC chips, and certified medical devices, serving security, infrastructure, medical, and industrial inspection sectors.

Product overview

Logic & Design offers a comprehensive portfolio of image and video enhancement products under two core proprietary algorithms: LISr® (Image Distillation/Clarification) for real-time image/video enhancement and Re:Na® (Resolution Restoration) for deblurring and upscaling. The product lineup spans hardware devices (LISr-101, nano LISr, LISr-IPC1/2 network cameras), software solutions (LISr-Capture, Soft Re:Na, Soft LISr Vision), cloud/API services (LISr-CIS, LISr-API), and medical devices (MIEr® series including MIEr-HS2K, Smart MIEr, MIEr-Blue/Red, and MIEr for various medical system integrations). The company also develops the LISr ISP SoC chip for embedded applications. Products serve security/surveillance, infrastructure inspection, medical imaging, and industrial inspection sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LISr: Image enhancement technology brand for real-time image clarity improvement
• Re:Na
• MIEr
• LISr-IPC
• LISr-101
• nano LISr
• LISr-CIS
• LISr-Capture

Products and services

• LISr-101 Real-time image enhancement device for surveillance applications. Processes unclear images caused by bad weather, low light, and backlight through automatic dynamic range improvement. Supports 3G-SDI/HD-SDI/SD-SDI and HDMI output with approximately 4ms latency. Registered in NETIS (KT-220008-A) for infrastructure inspection.
• nano LISr Compact analog-only image enhancement device designed for rivers, coastal areas, and construction sites. Optimized for near-infrared (thermal) cameras and other analog-dominant monitoring environments with power interruption passthrough functionality.
• LISr-IPC1

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability3 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• LivsMed Inc. (Korea)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 April 2026Capital and business alliance for international strategic partnership in laparoscopic surgery. Logic & Design and LivsMed Inc. (CEO: Jung Joo Lee, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) agreed to build a technology cooperation relationship aimed at international expansion in the laparoscopic surgery field, leveraging each company's respective technologies.
• 株式会社アジラcoreTechnology or Integration · 19 November 2025Three-way technology partnership with Asilla Inc. and ZenmuTech to build a next-generation data platform combining AI, image clarification, and secret dispersion technologies. Aims to solve social issues and create new value through integration of three distinct technology domains.
• 株式会社ZenmuTechcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 April 2025Technology partnership for joint development of innovative security solutions. ZenmuTech (CEO: Taguchi Yoshikazu, Chuo-ku, Tokyo) and Logic & Design agreed to combine their technologies to explore new possibilities for 'high-definition and secure image data utilization.' PoC for real-time image clarification × secret dispersion technology completed September 2025.
• TOKYO ART WORKS株式会社coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 March 2025Strategic partnership contract signed March 31, 2025 for joint development of next-generation AI image inspection solutions. Logic & Design (CEO: Sato Kimaki) and TOKYO ART WORKS (CEO: Ueda Wataru, Shibuya, Tokyo) agreed to co-develop solutions combining their respective technologies.
• サンワテクノス株式会社flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 October 2024Capital and business partnership for accelerating ASIC chip development (LISr-ISP SoC) and expanding into new technology areas. Sanwan Techno (CEO: Matsuo Akihiro, Chuo-ku, Tokyo) invested in Logic & Design to accelerate the LISr chip project and co-develop resolution restoration technology implementations.
• KDDI株式会社coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 28 March 2024Selected for KDDI's 'MUGENLABO UNIVERSE' space co-creation program in collaboration with Nippon Television. Project aims to develop satellite image processing software to expand satellite image utilization for TV broadcasting, leveraging Logic & Design's proprietary image processing algorithms.
• 千寿製薬株式会社flagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 12 April 2022Comprehensive business alliance including joint development agreement for LISr IPC ASIC chip ('共同開発契約') and product distribution agreement ('売買契約'). Senju Pharmaceutical (Osaka) distributes MIEr medical image clarification devices and software. Partnership has produced multiple co-sponsored medical seminars and joint product launches (MIEr for BeelineMED, MIEr for NAVIS, etc.).

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Keyence Corporation: Japan-based global leader in industrial sensors, measurement, and machine vision systems. Comparable as a major industrial inspection and image-based measurement vendor that competes for the same factory automation and surface inspection customers Logic & Design targets with MIEr/Re:Na technologies.
• Axis Communications: Sweden-based global leader in network cameras and video surveillance for security, infrastructure, and industrial monitoring. Comparable as a major network camera vendor with image processing capabilities competing in the same surveillance/infrastructure verticals.
• Sony Semiconductor Solutions: Japan-based division of Sony specializing in image sensors (CMOS) and image processing SoCs. Comparable as the dominant Japanese image sensor and processing chip vendor that both competes with and could integrate Logic & Design's LISr ISP SoC as complementary IP.
• Hikvision: China-based global leader in surveillance cameras and video surveillance infrastructure. Comparable as the dominant incumbent in the security and infrastructure monitoring segment where Logic & Design deploys its LISr network cameras and clarification devices.
• Cognex Corporation: US-based global leader in machine vision and industrial image-based inspection. Comparable as a vendor of image processing/analysis technology for manufacturing QC, surface defect detection, and factory automation — overlapping with Logic & Design's industrial inspection segment.
• Olympus Corporation: Japan-based global leader in medical and surgical imaging equipment, particularly in endoscopy and minimally invasive surgery. Comparable as a major surgical imaging vendor whose laparoscopic visualization overlaps with the LivsMed partnership application space.

Emerging players

• Basler AG: Germany-based manufacturer of industrial cameras and computer vision components. Comparable as a vendor of vision hardware with embedded image processing for industrial inspection, factory automation, and surveillance — directly adjacent to Logic & Design's LISr-IPC product line.
• Ambarella: US-based fabless semiconductor company specializing in low-power AI vision processors and SoCs for video security, automotive, and edge AI. Comparable as a chip-level image/video processing vendor targeting embedded camera markets — directly relevant to Logic & Design's LISr ISP SoC chip strategy.

Direct peers

• NIDEK: Japan-based manufacturer of ophthalmic and medical imaging equipment whose NAVIS-AZU and NAVIS-CL systems integrate with Logic & Design's MIEr for NAVIS. Highly comparable as a strategic medical device partner/peer in ophthalmology imaging.
• Morpho: Japanese image processing technology company (subsidiary of Paltek Holdings) specializing in computational photography, image enhancement, and AI-based super-resolution for smartphones, automotive, and surveillance. Highly comparable as a Japan-headquartered image processing IP/software vendor with similar product positioning across consumer and industrial imaging.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance9 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors2 records

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M&A

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