Automation of subjectivity
Automation of visual inspection is automation of subjectivity, of the senses. In the same way, even if image processing is used, positioning, measuring, and text reading are objective automation. If it is objective automation, its goodness or badness is clear, but subjective automation fits the sense of the on-site worker [...].
I tried two-dimensional picking.
We tested position detection for picking with a robot. It is two-dimensional, not three-dimensional. First, a positioning model is created with 1 piece, and up to 10 pieces are detected. Detection with 1 piece Detection with 6 pieces Detection with 20 pieces Detection with a box of screws "Three-dimensional [...].
People are inspected on their emotions.
Visual inspection is said to be difficult to automate because of its sensory nature. To put it another way, visual inspection is emotional. Visual inspectors do not want to "spill the beans," so they try to change angles by hand to make things visible, look at things they do not need to look at, and even [...].
FIS-100" AUTOMATIC APPEARANCE SENSOR THAT INSPECTS "ALMOST THE SAME AS GOOD PRODUCTS
ALTHOUGH "VISUAL INSPECTION EQUIVALENCE" IS OFTEN REQUIRED WHEN CONSIDERING AUTOMATION OF VISUAL INSPECTION, IT IS NOT EASY TO ACHIEVE. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE GLOBAL MARKET DOES NOT DEMAND HIGH-COST PRODUCTS WITH STRICTLY INSPECTED APPEARANCE. AUTOMATIC APPEARANCE SENSOR "FIS-100" [...].
Imaging Information Industrial(2013/1)
This is an article that was published in a professional journal with the title about two years ago, and I think it's so snappy and interesting to read it again now. Since I have the opportunity, I would like to post it in its entirety.
Sorry [Forbidden to Exhibit at the 2014 International Technical Exhibition on Image Technology and Equipment].
We decided not to exhibit at the recent International Technical Exhibition on Image Technology and Equipment. Not because I "lost my energy," but because I was "too busy." "Graduation?" I am sorry for those who were looking forward to seeing us. We apologize to those who were looking forward to seeing the exhibition. Instead, we will be back next year at 1 [...].
Appearance Inspection Consulting
At the recent Kansai Mechanical Components and Materials Technology Expo, we distributed a condensed version of the January 2003 issue of Image Information Industrial. Even after reading it over myself, I still find it to be an article with a sharp and snappy content. One of the manufacturers who saw the material said to me, "We are facing [...]...
Why can't a camera see the defect?
When defects are imaged by an image sensor or other means, are there many cases in which defects are clearly visible visually but not well captured in the image? Do you feel something different when you try different illuminators? A difference between the camera and the eye? [...].
Appearance Inspection Methods
The method of visual inspection is easy to understand if we consider whether the object is 1) stable or not, and 2) simple or not. If the object is stable, it can be inspected based on "whether it is the same as other objects. If the object is simple, it can be inspected "whether it is the same as it should be" which can be inferred from its appearance [...].
Crisis of "Japanese Quality
We need to rethink the way visual inspections are conducted in manufacturing. After investing resources and working hard to make a product, a trained visual inspector inspects it hard, finds minor flaws, and discards it as defective. Many of them have no functional problems.