Developer's Aside
Supported by enthusiastic customers

Recently, I feel that the enthusiasm of the customers we receive inquiries from has gone up a notch. More and more of them are very enthusiastic in their "own" evaluations. I am learning a lot because of this. I think that the "voice of the field" is the most important thing for those who are in the field to [...].

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Developer's Aside
I have a shiver...

The booth allocation for the International Technical Exhibition on Image Technology and Equipment in December has been decided. This time, we will be an independent exhibitor (Mr. Ryowa moved to ELECTROTEST), and we will have only one booth, No. 107. And we will be two booths away from "Company C," the biggest and most powerful company in the industry.... Will it turn out to be a good thing or a bad thing? # Seminar [...].

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Now under development
TOSHIBA TELI CSB4000F

This camera is a CMOS 4-megapixel (2000 x 2000) camera with an IEEE1394 connection. The large 12 x 12 mm image pickup surface makes many 1/2-inch (6.4 x 4.8 mm) CCD-compatible lenses unusable. [...].

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Information
24th ELECTROTEST JAPAN Exhibition Information

We will exhibit at the 24th ELECTROTEST JAPAN to be held at Tokyo Big Sight from January 17 to 19, 2012. Ltd. and Lingwa Electronics Co., Ltd. will jointly exhibit three types of general-purpose inspection systems equipped with FlexInspector [...].

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Developer's Aside
Excerpt from "Inspection Technology" magazine

I HAVE FINISHED WRITING A MANUSCRIPT DUE AT THE END OF MARCH. I WROTE A PAPER ON THE THEME OF "NEW METHODS OF IMAGE PROCESSING INSPECTION," BUT I WAS TROUBLED BY THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS: 1) I COULD NOT WRITE A DIFFICULT-LOOKING CONTENT BECAUSE THERE IS NO GRAND LOGIC IN FI ITSELF. 2) WHEN I STARTED WRITING "FEATURES," THERE WERE MANY [... 2) WHEN I STARTED WRITING "FEATURES," THERE WERE MANY [...].

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Developer's Aside
What determines the cost of an "imaging test."

In masa's comment the other day, >I have conducted tests at various companies using the same defect sample, >and I have found again that the high price is not proportional to the detection capability. We have received the following. Sys in #FI [...].

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Developer's Aside
General-purpose visual inspection machine concept

 FlexInspector has succeeded in achieving versatility in visual inspection that is independent of the object, which is conventionally referred to as "one-product cuisine". In fact, FlexInspector is used "as standard" in a variety of fields, from precision parts to 3D molded products, printed letters, etc. [...].

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Developer's Aside
For the development of the industry

WHEN I SPOKE WITH SOMEONE FROM AN INDUSTRY NEWSPAPER ONCE, I HEARD HIM SAY THAT WE NEED TO FOSTER SI (SYSTEM INTEGRATORS) FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDUSTRY. I AGREE WITH HIM. HOWEVER, I DON'T THINK THE ENVIRONMENT IS CONDUCIVE TO FOSTERING SI. IF THINGS CONTINUE AS THEY ARE [...].

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Developer's Aside
Request to Lighting Manufacturers

Then there are the lighting manufacturers. With the variety of evaluation requests we receive from FlexInspector, our work is becoming primarily "lighting selection". Many manufacturers are competing to offer the best selection, but there are "really" very few lights that are actually useful. The reason [...].

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Developer's Aside
Request to camera manufacturers

Until now, the customer for a "camera manufacturer" may have been the equipment manufacturer. However, in "our way of doing things," the customer is the end user. We are having trouble because of the large discrepancy here. Basically, a camera interface can be anything [...].

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