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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Information
WE RECEIVED A GOLD AWARD AT THE VIDEO INFORMATION AWARD

Last year, "FlexInspectorBasic" was awarded the Gold Prize in the "5th Imaging Information AWARD", which is selected by readers' votes among new products and technologies published in the "NEW PRODUCT" section of the Imaging Information [...]

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Regarding the email, "Business Downsizing."

We apologize for the concern caused by the "business downsizing" e-mail sent to some of our users. While it is true that we have reduced our workforce, this is not due to a downsizing of our business. We have already sent FlexInspector a [...]...

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International Technical Exhibition on Image Technology and Equipment Day 2

End of the second day. The number of visitors to the show was a complete turnaround from yesterday. Perhaps one of the keys was the one panel that listed the features of FlexInspectorBasic. That panel is not a description of "features" [...].

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Developer's Aside
Busy, stomach aching...

The exhibition is approaching. We will be exhibiting our FlexInspector "Color" as previously announced. The draft of the catalog is finally ready. As usual, I made it myself using Illustrator. This saves me one headache [...].

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FlexInspector "Color" released

FlexInspectorColor will be released at the International Technical Exhibition on Image Technology and Equipment in December. It is a color version of the "Basic" model, which is highly regarded for its easy operation and high detection capability. FlexInspecto [...].

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Developer's Aside
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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Mechatronic Japan 2nd day ends

Sungen is exhibiting FlexInspector at MECHATRONICS TECHNOLOGY JAPAN in Nagoya, Japan. This is the second day that we have been there. Because of the location, there are a lot of automotive related products. Inevitably, most of them are three-dimensional objects [...].

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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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