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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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Developer's Aside
My trauma

As I mentioned in a recent comment, I was an actual working unit of an imaging and inspection manufacturer. (1) "Sales" would take work that they could not do, saying that they could do it. The delivery schedule was particularly absurd, and there were hardly any days between the assembly and shipment of the equipment. [...].

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The idea of "sorting out the good products

Not only in image inspection, the secret of determining whether a product is acceptable or not seems to lie in the concept of "sorting out the good products. In most cases, the conventional way of thinking about inspection equipment is to "sort out defective products. In this way of thinking, it is necessary to define "defective products" [...].

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Developer's Aside
Does "Imaging Inspection" Have a Conscience?

Recently, we have been dropping a large number of demo units, and we have been receiving various evaluation results. Some of them have been evaluated in comparison with those sold with handling as "inspection equipment for XX". That one is a "finished device" and [...]...

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