Now under development
color camera

We received a request from a nearby user to inspect gold plating on SUS with a 10 mm field of view. This is a level of inspection that is difficult to see even with a microscope unless you are used to it. We started with a "monochrome camera + blue lighting" and after about 2 months of trial and error, we were able to [...].

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completion of a manuscript

I was asked by an imaging journal to write a manuscript on the topic of "Manufacturing Sites and Image Processing," and today I finally finished the manuscript. Basically, it is in line with the content of this blog. But I also had the thought, "Are you really going to put this in print?" I also have a thought. When the release date is decided [...].

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We don't want to sell a lot of...

We want to work together with the field to create interesting inspection equipment. That is why we do not easily go overseas in search of volume. I think we will only do so when we feel that we have "done it all" in Japan. But that's still a long way off.

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Study Session, Nagoya, Japan

The first study session was held in Nagoya on the 21st and 22nd. Thank you to all those who took time out of their busy schedules to attend. We were a bit nervous about how the workshop would turn out, as there have been few examples of this style of workshop in the past, but the participants [...]...

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Study Session" Afterwards

We have received an unexpectedly large number of applications for the study sessions that we have been sending out since the last announcement, and we will be closing them after 5 sessions on May 21,22 in Nagoya, May 29,30 in Osaka, and June 7 in Tokyo. We will also be holding a "Participation" workshop for 10 people [...].

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Developer's Aside
CV-X100

KEYENCE'S NEW CV-X100. I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T COMMENT...

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Developer's Aside
Late to the party...

Our company also welcomed three new hires in April. One is a mid-career hire. One is a mid-career hire, looking ahead to overseas sales. Two are new science graduates. I am having them fill in the blanks with my ideas. Today, I noticed the notebook they are using. I already [...].

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About the Image Sensing Expo 2012

We have continued to exhibit at the Sensing & Imaging Technology Expo in June and the International Technical Exhibition of Image Technology and Equipment in December, but we have decided not to participate this time due to the heavy burden of preparing to exhibit at almost the same two exhibitions twice a year. We will continue to exhibit at the International Technical Exhibition on Image Technology and Equipment in December as we have in the past.

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2012 Chubu Pack

Our distributor, Sangen Corporation, will be exhibiting at the Chubu Pack 2012 to be held at Port Messe Nagoya from April 11 to 14. I, Yamada, will be speaking at the seminar that will be held in conjunction [...].

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Study Groups" are now available.

We have sent out an e-mail today regarding the study group on automatic visual inspection that we had mentioned in a previous article. This is an unprecedented project to connect manufacturing sites, and we were not sure if there would be enough people who would raise their hands [...].

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