Support for HT-Penitum4
FlexInspector's support for HT (HyperThreading)-Pentium4 is now available. FlexInspector is based on Parallel-HALCON technology for multi-CPU support, and the board [...].
Akitsugu Maebayashi
I saw "More Darwin", a performance by Tadasu Takamine with the participation of Akitsugu Maebayashi. Mr. Akitsugu Maebayashi was in charge of the "interactive sound system" for this piece. In fact, this is the fourth time I have assisted him in the "image sensing" part of his work. This time [...].
The problems facing the industry."
The other day, I received a document from a technical information magazine that listed five problems facing the machine vision industry in Japan. One of them was that "there are not enough opportunities to hear the real voices of users. To be honest, [...]...
Why is a "defect" a "defect"?
Why is a "defect" determined to be a "defect" in visual inspection? How can a defect be determined to be "defective" even if neither the binarization level nor the dimensional tolerance is known? One reason is "because it is different from usual. It looks the same as other good products [...].
Make what you want to use yourself.
In a sense, the development of FlexInspector is a hobby. If I find it difficult to use, I immediately revise the GUI. If I hear from users that they want a feature like this, I add it. We experiment and [...].
All on-site visual inspection equipment...
One of our sales representatives was asked by a customer, "What is the difference between AG50V2 and FlexInspectorBasic? What is the difference between "AG50V2" and "FlexInspectorBasic"? Incidentally, the AG50V2 is Matsushita's top-of-the-line imaging equipment. The decisive difference is that the "AG50 [...]...
Unconventional selection criteria
FlexInspector differs from conventional selection criteria in that it differs from the common binarization image processing method in that 1) there is no need to forcefully increase the contrast of defects, and 2) there are no problems with uneven illumination. The important points are 1) the same [...].
Continuous improvement with real voices from the field
The original FlexInspector was created by "one image inspection software developer's idea" and has continued to progress thanks to the valuable feedback from users who have agreed with it. We are a small company, so the voices of our users have been especially [...].
We will exhibit at '05 International Technical Exhibition on Image Technology and Equipment
FlexInspector will be exhibited at the '05 International Technical Exhibition on Image Technology and Equipment at Pacifico Yokohama from December 7 (Wed.) to 9 (Fri.), 2005. We are planning to expand our booth to showcase our "new products" to be announced in the near future. Please look forward to [...].
THE ABSOLUTE CLASSIC "GALAXY++M2".
FlexInspector can be configured to work with any image input board that runs HALCON. However, in terms of proven performance, the absolute standard is the "Galaxy++M2" (Lynx). It is not a standard board, because of its uncommon connector specifications and its [...].