For your consideration
operating cost

When considering automated visual inspections, there is considerable consideration of the cost of implementation, but I feel that not much thought is given to the cost of operation after implementation. The current "image processing" method of inspection may reduce the number of visual inspectors, but it does not reduce the number of image [...].

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Developer's Aside
Taro Balloon

Have you ever heard of a street performer called "Taro the Balloon Man? You can see some videos of him on YouTube and other sites. He was my judo buddy for 9 years in elementary, junior high and high school. # That brilliant ukemi might be natural. I saw him around the performance of drinking balloons a few years ago [...].

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2010 Seminar Questionnaire

We conducted a brief survey at the International Imaging Seminar held concurrently with the International Technical Exhibition on Image Technology and Equipment in December. Thank you very much for your cooperation. Here are the results. () is the actual number of respondents. The number of respondents who participated [...].

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Developer's Aside
2011 Happy New Year

HAPPY NEW YEAR! WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE NEW YEAR. OUR GOAL FOR THIS YEAR IS THE EARLY LAUNCH OF THE AUTOMATIC APPEARANCE SENSOR FIS. WE WOULD LIKE TO MASTER THE CONCEPT OF "ANYONE CAN USE IT (I.E., ANYONE CAN OPERATE IT AND MAKE IT EFFECTIVE).

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Now under development
AUTOMATIC APPEARANCE SENSOR FIS-100

Just before the International Technical Exhibition on Image Technology and Equipment, the "automatic appearance sensor" that I have wanted to do for some time is taking shape. Compared to FlexInspector, which is said to be easy, its ease of use is overwhelming. It will be one of the answers to realize "anyone can use" [...].

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Developer's Aside
Machine Vision Solution Seminar 2010

Lynx Machine Vision Solution Seminar 2010 will be held in Kyoto, Nagoya and Tokyo on October 19, 20 and 21. As one of our business partners, we had been asked to participate in the seminar and exhibition, but we were unable to attend due to [...]...

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2010 Technician Wanted

We are getting extremely busy... We are looking for a technician to help us with our work. As for the conditions, 1) You are looking at "here". In other words, those who share my way of thinking. (2) Those who know the actual manufacturing site. We are looking for someone who can work on the manufacturer's side as well as the user's [...].

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Inspection Items" in Automated Visual Inspection

It seems that the number of system integrators that deal with image processing inspection equipment is increasing. I have been looking at some of their websites, and I have a thought. What are the "inspection items" in automated visual inspection? I think that the purpose of automatic visual inspection is to replace visual inspection and [...]...

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Now under development
Start of FlexInspector DLLing

For some time now, we have often been asked, "Can we incorporate FlexInspector into our own applications?" We have often been asked, "Can we incorporate FlexInspector into our own applications? However, since FlexInspector itself is a closed application, we are unable to meet such requests [...].

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FlexInspector inspection methods (1)

I would like to introduce FlexInspector's inspection method again. Basically, FlexInspector registers images of good products and detects the areas that are different from the good products. Foreign objects, dimensional differences, and scratches are all detected as "areas that differ from the good", resulting in a "good [...]".

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