Developer's Aside
I have a lot on my mind.

We apologize for the infrequency of updates. We have received improvement suggestions from various users and are working on a fairly large scalpel, which we plan to release as Ver. 3.1 by the June exhibition. In the meantime, we are working on simple handling and FI [...].

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Developer's Aside
The basic principle is "general purpose.

The core idea behind FlexInspector is "general purpose". It is used for visual inspection of a wide variety of objects in a wide variety of industries. It is used in large systems of 10 cameras or more, as well as in simple hand-held inspections. Various [...].

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Developer's Aside
Please try it!

Currently, there are more than 10 demo units available, and many people have evaluated them. In many cases, we have received comments that it is "more than we expected. On the other hand, it often results in a reaffirmation of the "difficulty". The most common factor is [...].

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Developer's Aside
At a customer we visited today

Today, I visited a customer who contacted us via the Internet. During our conversation, I would like to reiterate some points that you may not have understood from this blog or other information. 1) FlexInspector is software that runs on ordinary PCs, not on [...].

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Developer's Aside
Why is visual inspection by image processing so difficult?

Here is a story we heard from a user we recently visited. The production process is automated, and as long as only the materials are input, it can be done rapidly. However, inspections are a challenge because of the cost of "how much per piece". As production volume increases... The image processing of various manufacturers [...].

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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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