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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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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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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Developer's Aside
Can "ATOM" be created?

It is a common theory that intelligent robots like "Atom" cannot be built in the next few decades. Then, can we make an intelligent inspection device? Can we make an inspection device that can accurately recognize and judge any defects that may occur? [...].

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Developer's Aside
Image Processing Inspection Consultant

It is not uncommon for us to receive inquiries about image processing inspections at trade shows and other events, but I wonder if there is a need for a "consultant for image processing inspections" as a sign. We are often asked about image processing inspection at trade shows and other events, but I wonder if there would be a need for us if we were to advertise ourselves as "image processing inspection consultants".

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Developer's Aside
1 experiment per day

This year, I would like to try to do "one experiment a day" as much as possible. #I have accumulated that much "homework"... By doing evaluation work with various samples, I can try using them by myself and feel "something is wrong" or "it would be better to do this" [...].

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Developer's Aside
New Year's Greetings

Happy New Year! We look forward to working with you again in the New Year. At the exhibition at the end of last year, we had many visitors who said they read our blog. This type of content is difficult to open up about because it is related to our business [...].

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Developer's Aside
Even where you are putting in a lot of imaging tests.

I talk to many customers who have many imaging systems, and I often hear them say, "It's hard to maintain them because they are operated in different ways, and even a single system is troublesome. I often hear such comments. We often hear that "one-size-fits-all" is the norm, so we proceed with the introduction [...].

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