Abstract
“Preservation and Open to public” is required for the valuable cultural heritages.
To meet this conflicting demand, more advanced digitization technology is needed, however, high-definition digitization of cultural assets takes time and effort, and there has been no remarkable progress in this area so far.
This paper shows the general techniques of high-definition digitization of large two-dimensional cultural heritage in recent years, and explains the background, aim and method of Hitachi, Ltd.' s digitization system which is based on the conventional digital camera to reproduce exact color and shape of the originals.
As a case of the practical use of high-definition digital data of cultural assets, digital museum which has been developed aiming to let many people enjoy the digital data of cultural assets is explained in the paper.
In conclusion, future issues and measures of high-definition digitization and its applications are mentioned.
