Developer's Aside
IN ADDITION, KEYENCE'S VJ SERIES

Defects that do not appear in the image cannot be detected by any algorithm. Therefore, it is very important to visualize defects. Appearance defects can be divided into two main types. Shape defects, such as scratches, and dirt defects, such as [...].

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Developer's Aside
things dear to one's heart

I am organizing my home for a move. Since I started my business in 1999 in my home office, I found a lot of documents and other materials from that time. Documents from my first year of business. Documents I created when I made my first loan. The business partnership agreement with Lynx [...].

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Developer's Aside
Why automate?

Why automate? Automation is faster than a person can do it, it is cleaner than a person can do it, it can do things that a person can't do, it can work 24 hours a day (although you don't have to work 24 hours a day if you are fast), then it makes sense [...].

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Developer's Aside
Seeing the whole picture

One of the most important aspects of automating visual inspection is to look at the entire surface. In the case of visual inspection, we unconsciously look at the entire surface of the product from the moment we pick it up. If we feel any abnormality, even if it is not a priority area, we remove it. On the other hand, when inspecting with a camera, [...].

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Developer's Aside
The skills I have acquired

I WILL BE 53 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR, WHICH MEANS 23 YEARS SINCE I STARTED MY OWN BUSINESS AT THE AGE OF 30. BASICALLY, IT HAS BEEN A REPETITION OF DOING SMALL THEMES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, AND I HAVE GAINED A VARIETY OF EXPERIENCE. UNTIL MY LAST JOB MECHANICAL DESIGN WITH 2D CAD. DIGITAL I/O SYSTEM [...].

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Developer's Aside
20% increase in productivity

WHEN YOU LOOK AT INDUSTRIAL NEWSPAPERS, YOU WILL SEE ARTICLES ON AUTOMATION USING AI AND ROBOTS. IN MOST OF THOSE ARTICLES, "INVESTMENT AMOUNT IS 0 YEN" AND "PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT BY 0%" ARE WRITTEN. SUPPOSE THAT "20% PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT WITH 20 MILLION YEN INVESTMENT" IS [...].

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Recruitment activities begin

We have not been actively recruiting up to now, but will begin recruiting through job sites and other means to continue our business. We will take time to train the "next" employees while we are still healthy. The company is small and cannot do big jobs, but I [...].

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We look forward to working with you in 2021 and in the New Year!

I am sorry for the delay in wishing you a Happy New Year. While the Corona disaster has increased uncertainty, we are fortunate to be on track to achieve a new record high. We have always had more than 80% of our customers as repeat customers, and our sales activities have been restricted by restrictions on outings and travel [...].

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Now under development
Visual inspection in Python

We have now added the ability to run Python scripts on our FIS-100. Python is a programming language often used in open source AI. The story started when one of our customers said to us, "We are going to develop our own open-source A [...]".

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Developer's Aside
AI ECONOMIC IMPACT 34 TRILLION YEN

AN ARTICLE IN THE NIKKEI ON OCTOBER 22, 2020, WAS TITLED THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY, TRADE AND INDUSTRY (METI) HAS COMPILED AN ESTIMATE THAT IF THE INTRODUCTION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) ADVANCES, IT WILL HAVE AN ECONOMIC EFFECT OF 34 TRILLION YEN BY 2025. THE ARTICLE SAID. AMONG THEM, THE EFFECT OF REPLACING AI [...].

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