Developer's Aside
Raging March

This month is almost over. This month has been very busy with visitors and business trips. However, it has been very enjoyable and encouraging to receive feedback from visitors and on-site demonstrations that they find our products "interesting. Still, it is very enjoyable and encouraging to hear the feedback from the major manufacturers for a company the size of ours.

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Developer's Aside
Illumination theory for image inspection

Maybe not all... If the purpose of imaging inspection is to "replace visual inspection," then ultimately what is most important is "correlation with visual inspection. Going back to that point of view, the general idea of current imaging illuminators is "[...]".

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Developer's Aside
Today, we go to the "field.

TODAY WE VISITED THE SITE OF A USER WHO HAS INSTALLED "STANDARD FI" IN SEVERAL OF THEIR FACILITIES TO CONFIRM THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE FUNCTIONAL IMPROVEMENTS. SINCE THE EFFECT WAS RECOGNIZED, WE WILL ORGANIZE THE PROGRAM AND INCLUDE IT IN THE NEXT VERSION OF THE UPGRADE. IT IS NOT WELL KNOWN IN THE INDUSTRY [...].

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Developer's Aside
Our Path Forward

It has been eight years since we started our company, and we are still going through a process of trial and error to survive in this industry. Recently, however, we have finally found our way forward. One is to "specialize in the development of imaging inspection software packages [...].

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Developer's Aside
Imaging tests are not difficult.

As more and more people become experienced with "imaging studies," it is becoming a common belief that "imaging studies are difficult." Is this really true? Perhaps FlexInspector users who say that "image inspection is difficult" or "troublesome" are [...].

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Developer's Aside
How to handle the gray zone

When inspecting with images, ideally the results of visual inspection and the results of image inspection should be in perfect agreement, but we have not yet technically reached that point. How should this "gray zone" be handled? This gray zone [...].

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Developer's Aside
MAHALANOBIS TAGUCHI (MT) SYSTEM

ALPS ELECTRIC'S QUALITY ENGINEERING EFFORTS WERE RECENTLY INTRODUCED IN THE NIKKAN KOGYO SHIMBUN. THE ARTICLE WAS ABOUT THE COMPANY'S EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE OUTFLOWS OF DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS BY ADOPTING THE MT SYSTEM. I KNEW LITTLE ABOUT THE "MT SYSTEM" DUE TO MY LACK OF STUDY, SO I [...]...

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Developer's Aside
Camera Selection Criteria

THERE ARE A STAR-STUDDED LIST OF MANUFACTURERS OF INDUSTRIAL CAMERAS, BUT THE TWO POINTS WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE ARE 1) TURNAROUND TIME AND 2) EASE OF USE. SINCE FI CAMERAS DO NOT REQUIRE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, THE TIME FROM BUDGETING TO OPERATION IS EXTREMELY SHORT. THEREFORE, "BUILD-TO-ORDER" AND "DELIVERY [...].

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Developer's Aside
We look forward to working with you again this year!

Happy New Year! We look forward to working with you in the new year. We will do our best to meet the expectations of users, system manufacturers, and distributors. We look forward to your guidance and encouragement.

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Developer's Aside
About "Custom

We have received inquiries from several users asking if we do not offer customization. The answer is that we do not do customization for a development fee. The reasons are as follows: 1) Even if we were to charge a development fee for development, we would not be able to offer customization services because we would have to pay for the development of the product.

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