Developer's Aside
Yield in image processing inspection

WE OFTEN SEE A REQUIREMENT SPECIFICATION THAT SAYS SOMETHING LIKE "INSPECTION YIELD 99.9%". I ASSUME THAT THIS IS PROBABLY DERIVED FROM THE ACTUAL YIELD RATE OF THE PRODUCT AT THE TIME OF SHIPMENT. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS HERE IS HOW TO DEAL WITH "UNCLEAR OK/NG".

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MECHATRONICS TECHNOLOGY JAPAN Day 3

Another successful event today. We apologize for the inconvenience of running out of catalogs. One of the questions we received today was, "Can the camera track ambient light? The conclusion is that it cannot. When inspecting with image processing, the image is only captured and [...].

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Developer's Aside
Doddle! Machine Vision Basics 2005

I BOUGHT AND READ THE TITLE BOOK (IMAGE INFORMATION MOOK). AFTER READING IT, I HAD THE SAME FEELING AS AFTER SEEING THE IMAGE SENSING EXPO AND THE INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL EXHIBITION ON IMAGE TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT. PERHAPS THE CLOSER YOU ARE TO THE "FIELD" THE MORE INTENSELY UNCOMFORTABLE YOU FEEL? SO-CALLED "IMAGE SENSORS" [...].

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Developer's Aside
New concerns

This is a story about a client who built an inspection system with FlexInspector and started fully automated inspections. The client had built an inspection system with FlexInspector and started fully automated inspections. As a result of the introduction of the [...]...

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Developer's Aside
We received several ale

We have received several shout-outs from visitors, phone calls and e-mails. I am able to write what I want because of my background with FlexInspector. I am also able to write what I want to write because of my background with FlexInspector.

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Developer's Aside
sell on sale, buy on sale

In all business, be pleased with what you sell and pleased with what you buy. There is no such thing as 100 points in image processing inspection. On the contrary, a score of 70 is good. In such a situation, are you able to explain the problem to the "buyer"? Are you able to explain to them that "anything is possible" and [...]...

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Developer's Aside
Why wasn't there one before?"

When I explain FlexInspector's features in a nutshell, I am almost certain to be asked. "Why didn't we have it before?" And so they do. The idea is simple and the logic is not unreasonable. It's obvious if you ask me. But I've never seen anything like it [...].

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Developer's Aside
From a field worker's perspective

I think the important point in "image processing inspection" is whether or not it can be thought of from the "viewpoint of the on-site worker". In that light, I think that "simplicity" is more important than anything else. If it is not simple, it is impossible to understand what is going on and to make adjustments [...].

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Developer's Aside
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 [...].

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Developer's Aside
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, [...]...

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