The CANON: LC-62, also known as the Canon Card LC62, is a Japanese pocket calculator dating from around 1981. It belongs to the generation in which calculators became much thinner, more energy-efficient, and genuinely portable. The use of an LCD was important because earlier portable calculators often used LED or fluorescent displays, which consumed considerably more power. LCD technology allowed manufacturers such as CANON to produce much thinner calculators with longer battery life. The design is typical of CANON’s Card LC series. It has a very slim, rectangular body with a simple and functional appearance. It was therefore intended as a practical everyday calculator rather than a scientific calculator. CANON had already been producing electronic calculators for many years by the time the LC62 appeared. In 1964, the company introduced the Canola 130, an important early electronic desktop calculator. CANON entered the personal-calculator market in 1970. The Card LC family came later, during the transition toward very thin LCD calculators. Models included the LC61, LC62 and LC63, among others. CANON also produced versions with additional clock functions; these can have a ‘T’ added to the model number (Time). The LC62T, therefore, should not be confused with the standard LC-62