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An explanatory article will be published in the June 2026 issue of "Press Technology"

An article by our CEO, Hirokazu Yamada, will be featured in the June 2026 issue of "Press Technology," published by the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun. ■ Featured Article: "An Approach to Smoothly Implementing Automated Visual Inspection: A Field-Level Perspective on Balancing Productivity and Quality Assurance [...]

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Announcement of Presentation at Image Sensing Expo 2026 — Why Do Visual Inspections Fail? —

We will be presenting a seminar at Image Sensing Expo 2026 ovit Co., ovit. ■ Presentation Details Presentation ID: I-261 Presentation Title: Why Does Automated Visual Inspection Fail? – Key Points for Designing Inspection Systems That Work in the Field – Presenter: ovit Co., Ltd. […]

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Organize my thoughts
If it’s faster for a person to do it, let a person do it — Approaching visual inspection through the lens of “optimizing the roles of people and machines”

“We want to automate our visual inspections.” This is a question we’ve been hearing a lot lately. They understand the need for automation. The president has even given the go-ahead. But they don’t know where to start. They want us to take a look at their processes and advise them on what’s feasible. Actual cases […]

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Managerial asides
Winter bonus

Winter bonuses have been distributed. It has been one year since we declared at the beginning of this year that "bonuses will serve as incentives." To be precise: 1) Individual sales figures were tallied, and each employee's share was determined proportionally. 2) From that total, monthly salaries were paid out [...]

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Hosting the Kyoto Industrial Association Small and Medium Enterprise Tour

At the Kyoto Industrial Association SME Tour, we welcomed SME owners and executives to our company and presented our company overview, technologies, and business model. This tour by the Kyoto Industrial Association follows last year's Technical Executives Exchange and AI Research Group [...]

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Managerial asides
Published in Nikkei Trendy January 2026 issue

An advertorial for " Glamichan " will appear in the January issue of Nikkei Trendy, released on December 4, 2025, under the feature "Major Predictions for 2030-2050." This marks Glamichan's major debut. The interview content was skillfully summarized from a third-party perspective. Please pick up a copy and read it [...]

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Developer's Aside
finally, next week

The International Technical Exhibition on Image Technology and Equipment (December 3-5) coincided with the pre-shipment inspection of the " Glamichan " to Taiwan. While we were trying to concentrate on preparations for the exhibition, we were suddenly asked to add a new deep learning function to stabilize the inspection process... [...]...

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Managerial asides
Cost of Automated Visual Inspection

Visual inspection does not add value. We cannot spend much on its automation. I am considering how to proceed with "automation of visual inspection" based on this premise. Although it depends on the specifications, the approximate cost is 15 million yen including automatic supply and discharge. Supply, [...].

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Now under development
3D shape comparison inspection

At the Image Sensing Expo in June, we gave a demonstration of 3D shape imaging using structured light, saying "We have started 3D visual inspection. As expected, in December, we will be at the same level... and we are working on implementation so that we can demonstrate 3D shape comparison inspection. For now, a sample [...].

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Developer's Aside
Blackwell support for HALCON

As GPUs continue to evolve, we are concerned about delays in software support. In this context, HALCON will soon release 25.11, which will "support Blackwell". On the other hand, GPU suppliers have been saying, "Ada generation [...].

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