Developer's Aside
Programming? Days of

Since around November last year, I have been involved in many sales activities and have not written many programs. However, I have received an order for an English version of a system that includes simple handling, and I have been working on a project that I have not been able to follow up for a while.

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Developer's Aside
Even if you shout "quality" at the top of your lungs...

I often see top executives of manufacturing companies writing in newspapers and other media that "quality is the key point of focus. What I wonder is, "How are they thinking about specific measures? There are various measures for quality that are built into the design [...].

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Developer's Aside
Acceleration is coming.

I am not sure what it is, but it seems to be accelerating here and there. We have had users introduce other users to us, we have been informed that a big project is about to start, and we have had handling companies cooperate with us one after another. We have received a call from a user who introduced us to another user, we have received a call that a big project is about to start, and we have received a number of handling manufacturers who are cooperating with us [...].

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Developer's Aside
Actual operational status in the field

We have a bit of spare time, so we are going to a nearby user for maintenance. This user has two inspection systems that were set up at the beginning of the business (I even drew the drawings at the time) and are running 24 hours a day. Recently, the software for one of the units [...].

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Developer's Aside
Image Identity

I have seen many different things with various illuminators and have found that. The areas that appear bright are those that reflect (scatter) the illuminator's light and have a large amount of light that enters the camera well. The color is only on the scattering surface. There is no color on the specular surface. Increasing the contrast of defects [...].

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Information
WE WERE NOMINATED FOR THE VISUAL INFORMATION AWARD AGAIN THIS YEAR!

Last year we received a Gold Award in the Video Information AWARD for FlexInspectorBasic, and this year FlexInspectorColor has been nominated again. Please feel free to vote for us if you like. However, our feelings are mixed, and to be honest, C [...].

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Developer's Aside
HALCON 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

I WENT TO THE HALCON 10TH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL IN YOKOHAMA ON THE 30TH. QUITE A FEW PEOPLE ATTENDED THE FESTIVAL, AND I WAS HONESTLY SURPRISED TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN HALCON. THE CONTENTS WERE ALSO VERY INTERESTING, DEPENDING ON WHO YOU ASK [...].

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Developer's Aside
Prices for "Imaging Inspection

THE OTHER DAY, I HAD A TALK WITH A DEALER OF A CERTAIN MANUFACTURER'S IMAGE PROCESSING EQUIPMENT. IN THE COURSE OF THE CONVERSATION, I WAS TOLD THAT IN SOME CASES, THE COMPANY SELLS ITS PRODUCTS FOR ABOUT 500,000 YEN. I WAS ABSOLUTELY ASTONISHED. ONE USER TOLD ME, "IT IS EXPENSIVE TO BUILD A SYSTEM WITH FI [...].

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Information
Enthusiastic personnel

Electrotest Japan is over. Thank you to everyone who visited our booth. Including this exhibition, I had more opportunities to talk with people from various industries, and I could see many things. One of them is that "the success or failure of the image theme is [...].

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Developer's Aside
Electrotest Japan starts tomorrow!

I am in Tokyo to attend Electrotest Japan. I was at Tokyo Big Sight to prepare for the event, and when I saw the booths of other companies preparing for the event, I was struck by the number of PCB inspection systems. I have seen a lot of samples, but the samples were large [...].

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