Developer's Aside
Read camera industry trends on your own.

Having actually used a variety of cameras, I can say that whether a change in camera or connection method makes a big difference in inspection results is a negative. I think it must be difficult for camera manufacturers to differentiate their products. I always think that in [...].

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Developer's Aside
Dimensional Measurement

Occasionally we are asked the question, "Can I take dimensional measurements with FlexInspector?" We have a simple feature, but in most cases the answer is "No". In most cases, the answer is "No", although it has a simple function. This may be a matter of philosophy.

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Developer's Aside
I WENT TO A 3D CAD HANDS-ON SEMINAR.

I WENT TO A HANDS-ON SEMINAR ON 3D CAD SOLIDWORKS. SOME OF YOU MAY BE ASKING, "IS OVITDIFFERENT FROM A SOFTWARE COMPANY?" I KNOW SOME OF YOU MAY BE ASKING YOURSELF, "WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SOFTWARE COMPANY AND A 3D CAD COMPANY? WE WERE ORIGINALLY AN "EQUIPMENT ORIENTED" COMPANY, BUT DUE TO A LACK OF MANPOWER AND WEAK FINANCIAL RESOURCES, WE WERE FORCED TO CHANGE OUR BUSINESS MODEL TO A "SOFTWARE COMPANY".

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Developer's Aside
Is machine vision an attractive business or not?

Some time ago, several machine vision-related companies were discussed in the newspapers. It is true that the need for machine vision is very high, and many companies are considering entering the market in that while the market is forming, there are no absolute winners. However, [...]...

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Developer's Aside
We've got projects that other companies couldn't do...

Recently, we have been receiving a series of "projects that could not be done by other companies". I don't know the details, but it seems that many of them were attempted with "image sensors". However, it seems to be easy for what we have been working on with FlexInspector [...].

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Developer's Aside
I WENT TO THE SEMINAR INTRODUCING NEW FEATURES OF HALCON 8.0

I WENT TO THE HALCON 8.0 NEW FEATURES INTRODUCTION SEMINAR IN KYOTO. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, I HAD ALREADY INTRODUCED HALCON 8.0 AND HAD DONE SOME PRELIMINARY STUDY, BUT I WAS FULL OF HUNGER. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME IN A WHILE THAT I FELT THE IMPORTANCE OF "PREPARATION" FOR THE SEMINAR. IN [...].

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Developer's Aside
Struggling with Vista

It seems that gradually we can only buy PCs with Vista. Finally, we have started to check out "FlexInspector on Vista". To be honest, we had a hard time installing Vista on the PC for verification. [...].

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Developer's Aside
Now that we have a "standard product."

We released FlexInspector as a standard software package. In the area of visual inspection, where customization was the norm, we were able to show that we could go quite far with a "standard" product. The result is a very large number of [...].

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Developer's Aside
Think about a device called an image sensor.

This month's issue of Imaging Information Industrial, a trade publication, contains an article on image sensors as shown in the title. The article covers image processing equipment from the perspective of image sensor manufacturers and image sensors from the perspective of image processing equipment manufacturers. Although the applications are similar [...].

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Developer's Aside
INTRODUCTION OF HALCON 8.0

I have installed the new HALCON version 8.0. And I tried to see if the FlexInspector source code (VC++) would pass. It seems that the specifications of some operators have changed. Compilation errors here and there. But a little [...].

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