Developer's Aside
This could be reality.

We received an inquiry from an electronic board mounting manufacturer, who was referred to us by a competitor who had evaluated our FlexInspector. As you can see, we are receiving more and more inquiries related to electronic circuit boards these days. However, we have to be calm and [...]...

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Developer's Aside
Fee-for-service imaging consultants

Our sales method for FlexInspector is 1) We will introduce "this kind of thing" but we will not sell it to you. (2) We lend out demo units for users to evaluate, and if they like it, they buy it. (3) We will ask users to evaluate [...].

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Developer's Aside
Image Recognition and Image Inspection

Image recognition is a technology to "extract information from an image". Character recognition, face recognition... If we extend the concept, it also includes dimensional and area measurement from images. It is achieved by setting where, how, and what information is to be extracted from an image [...].

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Developer's Aside
Standard experimental environment

Recently, one experiment and report per day is becoming our quota. We receive a wide variety of samples. If we had to select lighting for each sample, we would never make it in time. We have naturally developed a "pattern" for our experimental environment. We have had users check the [...]...

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Developer's Aside
Idle" inspection equipment

Every day we receive inquiries from a variety of sources, and surprisingly, many of them want to do something about idle inspection equipment. We can see that many companies are struggling with image inspections. The response we get is, "Handling is not a problem, but we need to do something about [...].

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Developer's Aside
"Good/good judgment on the measured value."

The concept is simple and straightforward. By sampling multiple normal values, a "normal range" is statistically determined. If it is within that range, it is normal; otherwise, it is abnormal. If it is within that range, it is normal; if not, it is abnormal. FlexInspector processes on a two-dimensional array, but [...].

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Developer's Aside
Significance of FlexInspector in the Imaging and Inspection Industry

We believe that FlexInspector's inspection method will bring about a major revolution in the image inspection industry. 1) "Binarization Level per Pixel" Each of the 300,000 pixels in a low-resolution camera has an upper and lower brightness limit (binarization level) [...].

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Developer's Aside
Inexpensive experimental environment

MY THEORY IS THAT THE SECRET TO SUCCESS IN "IMAGING" IS TO TRY IT YOURSELF, BUT IN REALITY, SETTING UP THE CAMERA AND PREPARING THE ILLUMINATOR CAN BE QUITE A CHALLENGE. I AM LOOKING FOR A GOOD INEXPENSIVE ENVIRONMENT, AND I FOUND A GOOD ONE. WITH A COPY STAND FROM LPL CORPORATION [...].

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Developer's Aside
Fear of preconceived notions

Today, we received a report from a Sangen representative on the Mechanical Components & Materials Technology Expo. As usual, there were many people who said, "I've never seen such a method before. The interesting thing about FlexInspector's inspection method is that "the logic is so simple [...].

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Developer's Aside
Review of inspection facilities

Recently, we have been receiving requests from customers asking if we can consult with them to review their inspection equipment. It is true that most of the people we talk to at exhibitions and other events say that they are not working. Those that are "working" the most are [...].

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