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Image Control

In order to fully utilize the camera's capabilities, the image controller should even handle the workpiece in the imaging section. Only by doing so, it is possible to capture and inspect images at more than 20 frames per second, which is close to the limit of the camera's performance. The normal inspection su [...].

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Developer's Aside
Disappearance of the superiority of Japanese quality

When I look at inspection equipment in operation in the field, I think, "Automatic visual inspection is not difficult. There are already visual inspection systems that can reliably inspect with simple settings. The methodology that makes this possible exists in reality. That is why such inspections are being done overseas [...].

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Developer's Aside
Write all over!

I believe that one of the reasons for this "no time for poverty" situation is that I have not been able to summarize and document the knowledge I have gained from my experience. I have already spoken at more than 10 seminars, but all of them were only general discussions within the constraints of an hour or so, and they were supported [...].

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Developer's Aside
renovation

The end of a very busy period that has been going on since last November is in sight. Three custom projects and one rework of a job I had been entrusted with in the meantime. In the meantime, there were exhibitions, seminars, and follow-ups. However, for all the flurry of activity, the company did not achieve much in the way of results [...].

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Developer's Aside
Difficulties with PC-based image processing inspection equipment

WHEN BUILDING AN IMAGE PROCESSING INSPECTION SYSTEM ON A PC, VARIOUS HARDWARE IS INVOLVED, INCLUDING THE PC, CAMERA, IMAGE INPUT BOARD, AND DIO BOARD. WHEN TROUBLE OCCURS, CONSIDERABLE SKILL IS REQUIRED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG. EACH [...].

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Mechatronic Japan 2011

WE WILL BE EXHIBITING OUR PRODUCTS AT THE BOOTH (1D26) OF OUR DISTRIBUTOR, SANGEN CORPORATION, AT MECHATRONICS TECHNOLOGY JAPAN 2011 (MECT2011), WHICH WILL BE HELD AT PORT MESSE NAGOYA FROM TOMORROW, 2011/09/29 TO 2011/10/2.

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INTRODUCED IN "VENTURE GOGO" ON THE KYOTO SHIMBUN'S MONDAY ECONOMIC PAGE

OUR COMPANY'S ARTICLE APPEARED IN THE KYOTO SHIMBUN'S "VENTURE GOGO" ON SEPTEMBER 5. IT TOOK UP MORE SPACE (ALMOST 1/4 OF THE PAPER) THAN IS POSSIBLE IN A NATIONAL NEWSPAPER. IN A SENSE, IT WAS A "BEHIND-THE-SCENES" JOB, AND EVEN OUR NEIGHBORS ASKED US, "WHAT KIND OF WORK DO YOU DO? I WAS ASKED BY SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS, "WHAT KIND OF WORK DO YOU DO?

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Developer's Aside
character reader

We recently visited a customer who had delivered a version of FlexInspector with an additional character reading function and performed a flow check. The film was wavy due to the heat treatment after printing, and the camera [...]...

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Developer's Aside
I found this column

While browsing the Internet at search, I came across this column. I have never met the author of this column, but I felt the same scent. I have never met the person who wrote this column, but I felt the same smell.

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Developer's Aside
How to Generate Profits with Automated Inspection Equipment

We heard from one of our inspection system users that "the end user is supposed to be visually inspecting the product..." We have often heard of attempts to guarantee the reliability of inspections by installing automatic inspection systems. We often hear of attempts to guarantee the reliability of inspections by introducing automatic inspection equipment, but this time [...]...

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