COST OF AI VISUAL INSPECTION

Various manufacturers are now offering "AI visual inspection" solutions.
The concept of "cost" is so varied among them that I would like to summarize it here.

In order to finally reach an operational state,

1. Mechanical parts such as transport section
2. Peripheral parts such as cameras, lenses, illuminators, etc.
3. Image processing controller (often a PC)
4. IMAGE PROCESSING SOFTWARE (AI PROCESSING SOFTWARE)

is required.

THE HARDWARE PORTION OF 1-3 IS A COMMON COST FOR ALL AI VISUAL INSPECTION MANUFACTURERS, AND THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE.

The question is in part 4,
Packaged software or tailor-made software?
Buy-in or subscription?
It varies in

What is our cost image for part 4?
The cost of the "buy-out" package software is about 1 million without DeepLearning, and about 2 million with DeepLearning.
In total,
In the case of "with DeepLearning," the GPU is also needed for the 3 PCs,
The total cost of "with DeepLearning" is more than 2 million more than that of "without DeepLearning".

If the cost target is "10 million in total," the increase of 2 million for "with DeepLearning" is quite severe.

Try as hard as possible without DeepLearning.
Only consider "with DeepLeaning" when the variation in products is large and necessary.
I think this is a good idea.