Developer's Aside
2011 Recruiting

I have been meeting a lot of people this past week in the hiring process. Until now, I had the feeling that I had to be an experienced person. However, I myself was not an experienced person from the beginning, and what is important is curiosity, enthusiasm, and willingness... to do our work [...].

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Developer's Aside
dark and light blob

It seems that Keyence has added a new feature called "Shading Blob" to their new models. That concept is the same as "defect intensity" in FlexInspector. It was one of the features that I wanted to keep hidden in FlexInspector, so it was a bit [...].

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Information
expressing one's sympathy after an earthquake

We would like to express our deepest sympathies to all those affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. We will do our best to be of any assistance in the recovery effort, however small it may be.

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Now under development
Modification of existing inspection equipment

Recently, we have received several projects to modify existing inspection equipment. We are now remodeling equipment that was scheduled to be scrapped into a full-scale visual inspection system. Many of the existing inspection equipment often uses stages that are more precise than necessary, and there is still a lot of [...]...

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For your consideration
Differences from conventional image sensors

We often receive phone calls inquiring about our products, and among them, we are often asked how they are different from other image sensors. To be honest, they are so different that it is difficult to explain the points, but the biggest points are ●Others Advanced image processing [...].

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For your consideration
operating cost

When considering automated visual inspections, there is considerable consideration of the cost of implementation, but I feel that not much thought is given to the cost of operation after implementation. The current "image processing" method of inspection may reduce the number of visual inspectors, but it does not reduce the number of image [...].

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Developer's Aside
Taro Balloon

Have you ever heard of a street performer called "Taro the Balloon Man? You can see some videos of him on YouTube and other sites. He was my judo buddy for 9 years in elementary, junior high and high school. # That brilliant ukemi might be natural. I saw him around the performance of drinking balloons a few years ago [...].

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2010 Seminar Questionnaire

We conducted a brief survey at the International Imaging Seminar held concurrently with the International Technical Exhibition on Image Technology and Equipment in December. Thank you very much for your cooperation. Here are the results. () is the actual number of respondents. The number of respondents who participated [...].

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Developer's Aside
2011 Happy New Year

HAPPY NEW YEAR! WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE NEW YEAR. OUR GOAL FOR THIS YEAR IS THE EARLY LAUNCH OF THE AUTOMATIC APPEARANCE SENSOR FIS. WE WOULD LIKE TO MASTER THE CONCEPT OF "ANYONE CAN USE IT (I.E., ANYONE CAN OPERATE IT AND MAKE IT EFFECTIVE).

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Now under development
AUTOMATIC APPEARANCE SENSOR FIS-100

Just before the International Technical Exhibition on Image Technology and Equipment, the "automatic appearance sensor" that I have wanted to do for some time is taking shape. Compared to FlexInspector, which is said to be easy, its ease of use is overwhelming. It will be one of the answers to realize "anyone can use" [...].

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