Almost the same as usual or not?
ovitFlexInspector is software that inspects whether the image seen by the camera is "almost the same as usual".
If you inspect whether the image is "almost the same as usual" as a good product, you can use it as an automatic visual inspection device.
Furthermore, if you inspect whether the image is "almost the same as usual" as a good product from any direction, you can use it as an automatic visual inspection system for three-dimensional objects.
If the image taken at a certain timing is "almost the same as usual," it can be used as a monitoring device.
Even objects that cannot be expressed in words or numerical values can be used for sensory inspections if they are inspected to see if they are "almost the same as usual.
This extremely simple idea opens up a new field of image processing inspection.
One person pointed out that the expression "almost" could be taken to mean that we may consider items that differ from good items to be OK.
For our part, good products also have variations. If we simply assume that they are the same as good products, the variation would make them unusable. The function is to absorb this variation. I was aware that "almost" was the key to this.
However, I received the comment that "this is only applicable to those who know image processing and understand the importance of variation in good products," and I regret that this expression was made from the perspective of an "image processor" and not from the perspective of a user. We would like to consider another "catch" again.