Developer's Aside
Manufacturing and Image Processing

Today's Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun editorial states, "Customer complaints and defective products have been increasing at certain factories. Frankly speaking, I feel that one of the factors contributing to this is the "spread of image processing inspections. As you know, the current level of image processing inspection is in terms of "judgment [...].

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Information
We have changed our company name to Kabushiki Kaisha, Ltd.

On November 17, we have completed the registration procedures to change our company name to " ovit". Since the trade name change is only from a special limited liability company to a stock company, there are no changes to the address, telephone number, etc. Thank you for your continued support.

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Now under development
Analog camera cables prone to breakage

We received the equipment from the system manufacturer for investigation of an "operation abnormality. We checked the system with our equipment, and found that a time-out error occurs after a while during continuous image capturing. When the camera is shaken, the image is abnormally distorted. [...].

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Developer's Aside
Surprisingly much-needed "hand-mounted" inspection equipment

Recently, we have been receiving inquiries about "hand-placement" inspections, in which the inspection system is set up by hand and inspected with a camera. Perhaps the image of ordinary image processing inspection equipment is "not worth the cost and effort. However, the system is highly versatile and can be set up and adjusted [...].

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For your consideration
Inspection equipment with 93% yield

A recently delivered inspection system equipped with FlexInspector had a problem with "93% yield rate in actual operation". The situation was as follows: ・Items that were determined to be OK were visually confirmed to be all good products. When the items that were determined to be NG were visually checked, they were all good.

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Developer's Aside
Camera mounting surface

I always thought it would be more convenient to mount the camera on the top surface. In most cases, the imaging surface is on a horizontal plane and the camera is mounted vertically. If the monitor is on the control surface of the device, in order to eliminate the discomfort of the image, the camera [...].

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Developer's Aside
Supplemental information on general-purpose visual inspection equipment

The other day, I wrote about general-purpose visual inspection systems. It is true that it has been taken for granted that each and every visual inspection system is unique, so it may be difficult for you to get a clear image [...]...

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Server Migration

The server has been having problems the other day, causing frequent errors when posting Blogs. Therefore, we are moving to a hosting service that officially supports MovableType. Please click here to use this service until the DNS settings are completed.

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Developer's Aside
MISUMI's marketing manager and...

I recently purchased a certain component from MISUMI and received a phone call from a marketing representative asking why I purchased it from MISUMI. As you may #know, MISUMI has started handling imaging equipment. The current [...].

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Developer's Aside
Why we are a "one-man company

Currently, I am the only one registered in our company. I do most of the user support, FlexInspector development, and administrative work by myself. I have been getting a lot of help from our distributors for sales activities. So, why "a one-man company [...]"?

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