The laser marking apparatus L includes a printing controller 100 that executes a printing process to form a predetermined printing pattern Pm within a printing area R1, and pre-post printing processes performed before and after the printing process; a storage unit 303 that stores order information Io; a workflow editor 304c that edits a workflow Wf defining a series of processes including the printing process; and an input receiver 304g that accepts selection of pre-post printing processes to be included in the workflow Wf according to user input from the pre-post printing processes. The workflow editor 304c adds the pre-post printing processes, for which selection has been accepted by the input receiver 304g, to the workflow Wf in an order according to the order information Io. The printing controller 100 executes the printing process and the pre-post printing processes in the order defined by the edited workflow Wf.
B41J 2/44 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of radiation to a printing material or impression-transfer material using single radiation source, e.g. lighting beams or shutter arrangements
B41J 3/46 - Printing mechanisms combined with apparatus providing a visual indication
B41J 11/00 - Devices or arrangements for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
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G06K 15/02 - Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data using printers
G06K 15/12 - Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data using printers by photographic printing
To prevent reading errors of codes attached to workpieces being transported in logistics. A code reader system comprises: one or more sensors that detect a workpiece and measure dimensions of the workpiece; one or more cameras that capture at least one image of the workpiece; a decoding unit that performs decoding processing on at least one image; an output unit that outputs information indicating the reading stability for each surface of the workpiece using one or more cameras, based on installation information of the one or more sensors, installation information of the one or more cameras, conveying speed, and the workpiece dimensions; and a screen generation unit that generates a screen to display on a display device the results of the decoding processing of the code attached to the workpiece and information indicating the reading stability for each surface of the workpiece.
G06K 7/14 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light
Recommended installation position and posture of a stationary code reader can be proposed to a user to facilitate installation work of the code reader by the user. An installation support device for the stationary code reader acquires camera information including a camera parameter of the code reader, code information to be read, and environment information including a conveying speed of a line, determines required field of view and depth of the code reader required to read a code under an environment specified by the environment information, and determines an installation pattern which is recommended installation position and posture of the code reader that can satisfy the required field of view and depth based on the camera information and the code information.
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A code reader includes: a plurality of illumination units that irradiate the workpiece with illumination light; an imaging unit that includes a Scheimpflug optical system and generates and outputs a code image; and a control unit that executes decoding processing on the code image. The Scheimpflug optical system is used to form a focal plane extending from a near side to a far side of the imaging unit and make light distribution angles of the plurality of illumination units different or make positions where optical axes of the plurality of illumination units intersect the focal plane different in a direction in which the focal plane extends to suppress insufficiency of illuminance on the far side with respect to the near side of the focal plane or to make illuminance on the far side equal to or higher than illuminance on the near side.
G06K 7/10 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation
G02B 27/00 - Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups ,
G06K 7/14 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light
A control unit of an image inspection apparatus executes the OCR tool as the inspection tool. When the OCR tool is executed, the control unit inputs a workpiece image including a character image region to the neural network, and acquires a character type recognition result indicating a character type of a unit character image region and a position of the unit character image region based on information related to a character type recognizable by the OCR tool. Further, the control unit calculates a quality score indicating a degree of similarity between a master image corresponding to a character type indicated in the character type recognition result and an image of the unit character image region based on the position of the unit character image region, and outputs the quality score in association with the character type indicated in the character type recognition result.
G06V 10/74 - Image or video pattern matchingProximity measures in feature spaces
G06V 10/82 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using neural networks
G06V 10/98 - Detection or correction of errors, e.g. by rescanning the pattern or by human interventionEvaluation of the quality of the acquired patterns
G06V 30/12 - Detection or correction of errors, e.g. by rescanning the pattern
It is easy for a user to grasp whether necessary three-dimensional data has been acquired when three-dimensional data is acquired by a three-dimensional scanner. A three-dimensional coordinate generation unit sequentially generates three-dimensional coordinates of a measurement workpiece based on an image including pattern light generated by a scanner imaging part. A display control part sequentially generates display data in which the three-dimensional coordinates of the measurement workpiece sequentially generated by the three-dimensional coordinate generation unit are superimposed on a three-dimensional shape based on referred three-dimensional shape data registered by a registration unit. A three-dimensional data generation unit generates three-dimensional shape data of the measurement workpiece based on the three-dimensional coordinates of the measurement workpiece. A measurement unit performs measurement based on a referred measurement element registered by the registration unit and the three-dimensional shape data of the measurement workpiece.
G01B 11/25 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures by projecting a pattern, e.g. moiré fringes, on the object
G01B 11/00 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques
An image measurement apparatus includes an epi-illumination section and a transmitted illumination section, a drawing reception section that receives drawing data, a matching section that matches a workpiece shape included in the drawing data received by the drawing reception section with a workpiece representation included in an image generated by the imaging section, a measurement setting section that receives an instruction of a measurement position or a measurement item in the workpiece shape and reflects the measurement position or the measurement item as a measurement position or a measurement item for the workpiece representation after the workpiece shape included in the drawing data and the workpiece representation included in the image are matched by the matching section, and an automatic adjustment section that automatically adjusts, for every measurement element, a measurement condition for extracting each measurement element corresponding to each measurement position or measurement item.
G01B 11/25 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures by projecting a pattern, e.g. moiré fringes, on the object
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IMAGE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND SETTING SUPPORT DEVICE FOR IMAGE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS
An image measurement apparatus includes an epi-illumination section and a transmitted illumination section, a drawing reception section that receives drawing data, a matching section that matches a workpiece shape included in the drawing data received by the drawing reception section with a workpiece representation included in an image generated by the imaging section, a measurement setting section that receives an instruction of a measurement position or a measurement item in the workpiece shape and reflects the measurement position or the measurement item as a measurement position or a measurement item for the workpiece representation after the workpiece shape included in the drawing data and the workpiece representation included in the image are matched by the matching section, and an automatic adjustment section that automatically adjusts, for every measurement element, a measurement condition for extracting each measurement element corresponding to each measurement position or measurement item.
A user can easily perform desired measurement without having specialized knowledge of CAD or a measuring instrument. An image measurement apparatus 1 includes an epi-illumination section 13a and a transmitted illumination section 13b, a drawing intake section 111 that selectively takes in drawing data in accordance with an intake instruction, a display screen generation section 115 that generates a display screen on which a workpiece shape included in the drawing data taken in by the drawing intake section 111 and a workpiece representation included in an image generated by the imaging section 15 are displayed in visual association with each other, and an associating section that associates measurement setting data or a measurement result with the workpiece representation visually associated with the workpiece shape included in the drawing data on the display screen generated by the display screen generation section 115.
To facilitate setting of measurement conditions. An image measurement apparatus includes an epi-illumination section and a transmitted illumination section, a measurement setting section that sets, as a measurement element, at least one of a plurality of measurement positions or one or more measurement items for a workpiece representation included in an image generated by the imaging section, an automatic adjustment section that automatically adjusts, for every measurement position, a plurality of types of measurement conditions including an imaging condition of the imaging section for the measurement element set by the measurement setting section, and a measurement section that extracts an edge from the image generated by the imaging section on the basis of the measurement element set by the measurement setting section and the measurement condition automatically adjusted by the automatic adjustment section, and executes measurement of the measurement element by using the edge.
High-speed scanning is implemented by a three-dimensional scanner. A three-dimensional measurement device includes: a three-dimensional scanner including a scanner image processing unit that generates first measurement information by processing a first image including pattern light; an imaging unit including a camera image processing unit that generates second measurement information by processing a second image including a self-luminous marker provided in the three-dimensional scanner; and a three-dimensional data generation mechanism. The three-dimensional data generation mechanism receives the first measurement information and the second measurement information, and generates a point cloud indicating a three-dimensional shape of a measurement target based on the received first measurement information and second measurement information, and identification information.
G06T 7/55 - Depth or shape recovery from multiple images
G01B 11/25 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures by projecting a pattern, e.g. moiré fringes, on the object
Installation of an industrial camera is simplified. An industrial camera includes an imaging unit that captures an inspection object to generate an inspection target image, a distance measurement unit that measures an installation distance that is a distance to the inspection object, a storage unit that stores a camera parameter of the imaging unit, an interface unit that is able to receive an input of a size of a field of view or a pixel resolution as a required specification from a user, and a calculation unit that automatically calculates an optical condition necessary for realizing the required specification based on the installation distance measured by the distance measurement unit, the camera parameter stored in the storage unit, and the input required specification.
H04N 23/62 - Control of parameters via user interfaces
G02B 7/36 - Systems for automatic generation of focusing signals using image sharpness techniques
G02B 15/14 - Optical objectives with means for varying the magnification by axial movement of one or more lenses or groups of lenses relative to the image plane for continuously varying the equivalent focal length of the objective
G06T 3/40 - Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting
To improve measurement accuracy of a pin even when a tip shape of the pin is different. A setting unit of a setting support device for a measurement device includes a tool for measuring a predetermined measurement object as a measurement item, receives designation of a measurement region, and sets a tool including a measurement region for measuring the measurement object and a filter parameter according to the designation of the measurement region and a size of the target region and/or a representative height in the target region. A symbol corresponding to the target region is displayed on the height image, a measurement object corresponding to the filter parameter in the measurement region is specified on the basis of the setting of the tool, and the measurement of the tool is executed based on the specified measurement value of the measurement object.
G06F 3/0484 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
G06F 3/0481 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
[Problem] To enhance the usability of a recovery container for recovering a solvent after cleaning of a print head and prevent any decrease in the reliability of detecting the solvent level after cleaning. [Solution] An inkjet recording system comprises: an inkjet recording device I that is provided with a print head 1; a cleaning placement unit 200 that is connected to a controller 100 and on which the print head 1 is placed when the print head 1 is cleaned using a solvent; a recovery container 300 that is detachably attached to the cleaning placement unit 200 and recovers the solvent after cleaning; a liquid amount sensor 240 that is provided to the cleaning placement unit 200 and detects when the solvent level has risen to a detection space within the cleaning placement unit 200; and a cleaning operation part 101a that performs an operation for cleaning the print head 1 in a state in which the recovery container 300 is attached to the cleaning placement unit 200, and stops the cleaning operation on the basis of a detection signal outputted by the liquid amount sensor 240.
The proximity sensor includes a detection coil, a head housing, and a power supply cable. The detection coil generates a magnetic field for detection. The head housing houses the detection coil and has a detection surface. The power supply cable is a cable that is connected to the head housing to supply power to the detection coil. The head housing has a connecting portion that guides the power supply cable in a direction intersecting a normal direction of the detection surface to an opposite side of a detection surface in the normal direction. The detection coil is disposed at a position separated from the connecting portion in the normal direction.
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The proximity sensor includes a detection coil, a metal head housing, and a power supply cable. The detection coil generates a detection current. The metal head housing houses the detection coil. The power supply cable has an electrical connection with the detection coil and is connected to the metal head housing. At least a part of an internal space of the metal head housing is filled with a filler so as to bury the detection coil. As the filler, an adhesive and an additive having a relative permittivity lower than that of the adhesive are mixed.
G01D 5/20 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means influencing the magnitude of a current or voltage by varying inductance, e.g. by a movable armature
The proximity sensor includes a detection coil, a metal head housing, and a power supply cable. The detection coil generates a detection current. The metal head housing houses the detection coil. The power supply cable has an electrical connection with the detection coil and is connected to the metal head housing. At least a part of an internal space of the metal head housing is filled with a filler so as to bury the detection coil. As the filler, an adhesive and an additive having a relative permittivity lower than that of the adhesive are mixed.
G01V 3/10 - Electric or magnetic prospecting or detectingMeasuring magnetic field characteristics of the earth, e.g. declination or deviation operating with magnetic or electric fields produced or modified by objects or geological structures or by detecting devices using induction coils
H03F 3/04 - Amplifiers with only discharge tubes or only semiconductor devices as amplifying elements with semiconductor devices only
A code reader includes an illumination section, an imaging unit having a Scheimpflug optical system, a control unit that executes decoding processing on the code attached to a workpiece based on an image output from the imaging unit, and a housing that stores the illumination section, the imaging unit, and the control unit and has a light receiving window. The light receiving window is provided on the first side surface of the housing, and has a short side extending in a lateral direction and a long side, longer than the short side, extending in a longitudinal direction. A plane formed by the light receiving window intersects a plane formed by the focal plane of the Scheimpflug optical system. The illumination section is disposed adjacent to the light receiving window in the lateral direction of the light receiving window.
G06K 7/14 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light
The flat-type proximity sensor detects a detection object in proximity to a plate-shaped member, and includes a head body, a cable, and an amplifier. The head body includes a case member, a coil, and a head board. The case member has a first surface and a second surface. The coil and the head board are accommodated in the case member, the first surface includes a detection surface, and the second surface is installed on the installation surface. The coil generates a magnetic field by applying a pulse-shaped excitation current. The head board includes a head circuit through which a detection current flows due to a change in a magnetic field. The cable guides the detection current from the head circuit to the amplifier. The amplifier includes a processing circuit that performs processing related to detection of the detection object based on the change in the detection current.
Drawing setting and inspection setting can be facilitated and the inspection can be easily stabilized, and thereby user convenience is enhanced. An ink jet printing apparatus includes: a drawing setting section that sets a drawing content to be drawn on an object to be drawn; a drawing data generation section that generates drawing data corresponding to the drawing content; an image inspection section that determines quality of a drawing state related to information drawn on the object; a storage section that stores information regarding inspection performance of the image inspection section; a determination section that determines whether an inspection by the image inspection section is stable based on the information regarding the inspection performance of the image inspection section stored in the storage section and the drawing content set by the drawing setting section; and a notification section that notifies a user of a determination result of the determination section.
B41J 3/28 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for printing downwardly on flat surfaces, e.g. of books, drawings, boxes
B41J 3/46 - Printing mechanisms combined with apparatus providing a visual indication
B41J 11/00 - Devices or arrangements for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
G06K 15/00 - Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data
G06K 15/02 - Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data using printers
[Problem] To make it possible to stabilize the distance between an electrode needle and a prevention member for preventing an induced voltage from being generated in a workpiece. [Solution] A static eliminator 1 makes it possible, by using an electrically conductive plate 6 (front prevention member) of each of a plurality of needle cap members 3 that are provided to the front side Df(+) (needle tip direction) of an electrode needle 33, to prevent an induced voltage from being generated in a workpiece. Moreover, by providing a plurality of electrically conductive plates 6, each electrically conductive plate 6 can be formed to be short in a width direction Dw. Therefore, bending of the electrically conductive plates 6 is suppressed, and the distance between the electrically conductive plates 6 and the electrode needle 33 can be stabilized.
Accuracy of the quality determination is improved while suppressing a wasteful spring. An ink jet printing apparatus includes: an ejection section that ejects ink toward an object to be drawn; an imaging section that captures an image of the object to be drawn and generates a captured image; a storage section that stores determination sensitivity indicating a degree of allowing disturbance in drawing; and a quality determination section that determines quality of a drawing state drawn on the object to be drawn by the captured image based on the determination sensitivity stored in the storage section.
B41J 3/28 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for printing downwardly on flat surfaces, e.g. of books, drawings, boxes
B41J 11/00 - Devices or arrangements for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
G06K 15/02 - Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data using printers
G06V 10/74 - Image or video pattern matchingProximity measures in feature spaces
G06V 10/764 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using classification, e.g. of video objects
The imaging device comprises a first fixed-focus camera, a second fixed-focus camera, and a variable focus camera. The control device reads information of the symbol based on the first image from the first fixed-focus camera, the second image from the second fixed-focus camera, and the third image from the variable focus camera. The control device controls the focal length changing device of the variable focus camera such that the focal length of the variable focus camera is longer than the first focal length of the first fixed-focus camera and shorter than the second focal length of the second fixed-focus camera. The control device reads the information of the symbol based on the third image, which is focused at a distance farther than the first image and closer than the second image, generated by the variable focus camera under the controlled focal length.
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LEVEL METER, LEVEL METER SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION ADAPTER FOR LEVEL METER SYSTEM
Provided is a level meter that facilitates communication with an external device. The level meter includes a level determination unit and a WEB server. The level determination unit determines a level of a medium in the container. The level meter includes a WEB server that provides a monitor WEB screen showing the level determined by the level determination unit.
The optical information reading device includes an imaging unit, a reading unit, a housing, a grip portion, a push button, a first light-emitting unit, and a control unit. The imaging unit captures images in a predetermined direction, and the reading unit reads information from the images generated by imaging. The housing has the imaging unit and the reading unit arranged inside, and has a first main surface and a second main surface. The first main surface has a display unit. The second main surface is the opposite surface of the first main surface. The grip portion extends from the end on the opposite side of the predetermined direction on the display unit. The push button is pressed in the pressing direction to start imaging. The first light-emitting unit is provided on at least one of the side surfaces and the second main surface.
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OPTICAL INFORMATION READING TERMINAL AND A DATA AGGREGATION SYSTEM
The optical information reading terminal includes an imaging unit, a reading unit, a storage unit that stores a work selection application and identification information, a display unit that displays display information, a control unit, and a communication unit. The imaging unit captures an image of a symbol to generate an input image. The reading unit reads symbol information based on the input image. The work selection application allows a user to select an execution work item. The identification information identifies the optical information reading terminal or the user. The communication unit communicates with an external information processing device. The control unit transmits terminal data in which the symbol information and the execution work item are associated with the identification information via the communication unit.
G06K 7/10 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation
An optical displacement meter controls an image sensor to sequentially acquire a plurality of light reception images along with the relative movement of the workpiece, detects a peak position candidate in a V direction for each position in the U direction based on a light receiving amount distribution of the light reception image, and, for each position in the U direction, generates one or more clusters including a plurality of peak position candidates selected such that a distance between a peak position candidate of any one light reception image and a peak position candidate of another light reception image is equal to or less than a certain value, determines whether noise is included in the cluster based on an inclination of the cluster with respect to a direction of the relative movement, and generates profile data of the workpiece based on a result of the determination.
An optical displacement measurement system controls a light projecting/receiving module so as to sequentially acquire a plurality of light reception images of a workpiece based on each of a plurality of exposure times while causing a moving mechanism to relatively move the light projecting/receiving module and the workpiece within each of measurement ranges including at least a common range, acquires XYZ coordinate information indicating a shape of the workpiece for each of the plurality of exposure times to generate a workpiece image, and generates a setting screen for displaying a plurality of the workpiece images respectively corresponding to the plurality of exposure times. The setting device is configured to be capable of receiving selection of one exposure time from the plurality of exposure times via the setting screen, and then receiving adjustment of an image processing parameter to be executed for the plurality of light reception images.
Information regarding a measurement result of a three-dimensional scanner can be easily confirmed on a three-dimensional scanner. A three-dimensional measurement device includes a three-dimensional scanner 2, a position and posture specifying unit that specifies a position and a posture of the three-dimensional scanner 2, and a three-dimensional data generation mechanism that generates display data indicating a three-dimensional shape of a measurement target based on an image including pattern light and the position and posture of the three-dimensional scanner 2 and transmits the generated display data. The three-dimensional scanner 2 receives the display data from the three-dimensional data generation mechanism. A scanner display unit 113 displays a display screen generated based on the display data received by the three-dimensional scanner.
G06T 17/20 - Wire-frame description, e.g. polygonalisation or tessellation
G01B 11/25 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures by projecting a pattern, e.g. moiré fringes, on the object
G06T 7/73 - Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras using feature-based methods
[Problem] To enable a user to perform desired measurements easily, even if the user does not have specialist knowledge of CAD or measuring instruments. [Solution] An image measuring device 1 comprises: an epi-illumination unit 13a and a transillumination unit 13b; a drawing accepting unit 112 that accepts drawing data; a matching unit 114 that matches a workpiece shape included in the drawing data accepted by the drawing accepting unit 112 with a workpiece image included in an image generated by an imaging unit 15; a measurement setting unit 113 that accepts instructions of measurement positions or measurement items of the workpiece shape after the workpiece shape included in the drawing data and the workpiece image included in the image have been matched by the matching unit 114, and that reflects the instruction as a measurement position or a measurement item for the workpiece image; and an automatic adjusting unit 117 that, for each measurement element corresponding to each measurement position or measurement item for which an instruction was accepted by the measurement setting unit 113, automatically adjusts a measurement condition for extracting the measurement element.
G01B 11/02 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring length, width, or thickness
G01B 11/26 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring angles or tapersMeasuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for testing the alignment of axes
High-speed scanning is implemented while securing convenience of wireless communication. A three-dimensional measurement device 1 includes: a three-dimensional scanner 2 that processes a first image including pattern light to generate first measurement information; an imaging unit 3 that moves a field of view to make the three-dimensional scanner 2 be within the field of view and includes a first wireless communication unit that transmits second measurement information generated by processing a second image including a marker of the three-dimensional scanner 2; and a three-dimensional data generation unit 4 that includes a second wireless communication unit configured to receive the second measurement information transmitted via the first wireless communication unit and generates a point cloud indicating a three-dimensional shape of a measurement target based on the first measurement information generated by the scanner image processing unit and the second measurement information received via the second wireless communication unit.
G01B 11/25 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures by projecting a pattern, e.g. moiré fringes, on the object
To appropriately control both long-term ion balance and short-term ion balance. A current flowing between an earth and a static eliminator via a ground electrode is detected, and feedback control is executed on a negative polarity high voltage power supply such that the current becomes a target current. Furthermore, a front wire mesh functioning as a detection electrode different from the ground electrode is arranged at a position where positive ions and negative ions generated by an electrode needle and an electrode needle arrive. Then, a current generated by the positive ions and the negative ions arriving at the front wire mesh is detected, and feedback control is executed on the negative polarity high voltage power supply such that the current becomes a target current.
[Problem] To easily perform a desired measurement even if a user does not have expert knowledge of CAD or a measurement apparatus. [Solution] This image measurement device 1 comprises: an epi-illumination unit 13a and a transmission illumination unit 13b; a drawing acquisition unit 111 for selectively acquiring drawing data in response to an acquisition instruction; a display screen generation unit 115 for generating a display screen on which a workpiece shape included in the drawing data acquired by the drawing acquisition unit 111 and a workpiece image included in the image generated by an imaging unit 15 are visually associated with each other and displayed; and an association unit for associating measurement setting data or a measurement result with the workpiece image visually associated with the workpiece shape included in the drawing data in the display screen generated by the display screen generation unit 115.
[Problem] To facilitate setting of measurement conditions. [Solution] An image measuring device 1 comprises: an epi-illumination unit 13a and a transillumination unit 13b; a measurement setting unit 113 that sets, as measurement elements, at least one of a plurality of measurement positions or one or more measurement items for a workpiece image included in an image generated by an imaging unit 15; an automatic adjusting unit 117 that automatically adjusts, for each measurement position, a plurality of types of measurement conditions including an imaging condition of the imaging unit 15 with respect to the measurement elements set by the measurement setting unit 113; and a measuring unit 110A that extracts edges from the image generated by the imaging unit 15 on the basis of the measurement elements set by the measurement setting unit 113 and the measurement condition automatically adjusted by the automatic adjusting unit 117, and performs measurement of the measurement elements using the edges.
[Problem] To make it easy to perform a desired measurement even if a user does not have expert knowledge of CAD or a measuring instrument. [Solution] An image measurement device 1 comprising: an epi-illumination unit 13a and a transillumination unit 13b; a diagram reception unit 112 that receives diagram data; a matching unit 114 that matches a work shape included in the diagram data received by the diagram reception unit 112 and a work image included in an image generated by an imaging unit 15; a measurement setting unit 113 that, after the work shape included in the diagram data and the work image included in the image are matched by the matching unit 114, receives an instruction of a measurement position or a measurement item in the work shape, and reflects the same as a measurement position or a measurement item with respect to the work image; and an automatic adjustment unit 117 that, per each among measurement elements corresponding to each measurement position or measurement item for which an instruction was received by the measurement setting unit 113, automatically adjusts measurement conditions for extracting said measurement element.
G01B 11/02 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring length, width, or thickness
G01B 11/26 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring angles or tapersMeasuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for testing the alignment of axes
An image inspection apparatus includes a control unit configured to execute a model which is a segmentation model. The model includes an encoder part configured to extract a first feature from the inspection image data, a connection part configured to receive a second feature different from the first feature from at least one of layers in the encoder part, convert the second feature into a third feature, and supply the third feature, and a decoder part configured to upsample the first feature using the third feature. The control unit updates the parameters of the connection part and the parameters of the decoder part when executing machine learning of the model based on the training image data.
G06V 10/22 - Image preprocessing by selection of a specific region containing or referencing a patternLocating or processing of specific regions to guide the detection or recognition
G06V 10/82 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using neural networks
An image inspection apparatus includes an inspection execution unit and a setting reception unit for accepting a setting related to inspection. When the setting reception unit accepts the setting for a first tool and a second tool, the setting reception unit displays a first image area a second image area, each of which corresponding to the first tool and the second tool with a single image. The setting reception unit accepts a designation of a first label and a second label, and learns a first model related to the first tool with a first dataset including a combination of the single image and the first label, and learns a second model related to the second tool with a second dataset including a combination of the single image and the second label.
Provided is an image sensor that suppresses an increase in size and a rise of a sensible temperature of a user. The image sensor includes a cover member that covers at least a part of each of a pair of side surfaces that are not adjacent to each other but is adjacent to a front surface including an imaging hole configured to guide light outside an image sensor housing to the image sensor. The cover member is made of a material having a lower thermal conductivity than that of the image sensor housing. The image sensor housing includes a contact portion integrally formed with the image sensor housing. The contact portion comes into contact with a prop when the image sensor housing is attached to the prop.
H04N 23/52 - Elements optimising image sensor operation, e.g. for electromagnetic interference [EMI] protection or temperature control by heat transfer or cooling elements
An inspection device extracts, from a learning image, a first feature amount that reflects an angle of a window and a position specified by the window, and a second feature amount corresponding to a position specified by the window. The inspection execution section extracts a third feature map from the captured image, determines a candidate region based on the third feature map and the first feature amount, extracts a fourth feature map from the captured image, and makes a classification based on the fourth feature map, the candidate region, and the second feature amount, and outputs the inspection result in which the candidate region is set as a detection region of the object in a case where a fourth feature amount corresponding to the candidate region is classified as belonging to the same class as the second feature amount.
G06V 10/764 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using classification, e.g. of video objects
An image inspection device includes an image capturing section that generates a plurality of frame images aligned in time series, an inspection execution section that executes inspection processing of an object appearing in the plurality of frame images by a machine learning model to output an inspection result, and an inspection setting section that performs setting of the inspection execution section. The machine learning model includes a feature extraction section, and a determination section that outputs the inspection result from the feature amount. The inspection setting section receives selection of a first image, and determines a threshold. The inspection execution section outputs an inspection trigger when it is determined that the threshold is present between a first score based on a feature amount extracted from the first frame image and a second score based on a feature amount extracted from the second frame image.
G06V 10/764 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using classification, e.g. of video objects
An image inspection device includes an image capturing section that generate a plurality of frame images aligned in time series, an inspection execution section that outputs an inspection result, and an inspection setting section that performs setting of the inspection execution section. The inspection setting section receives setting of a window for a learning image on which the object appears The inspection execution section detects target regions from a first frame image and a second image based on the learning image and the window set for the learning image, performs matching processing of the target region between the first frame image and the second frame image based on the detected target regions from the first image frame and the second image frame, and an overall moving direction of the object, and counts the object based on a result of the matching processing.
To suppress an increase in processing time due to a load of inference processing while improving reading accuracy by the inference processing of machine learning. An optical information reading device includes a processor including: an inference processing part that inputs a code image to a neural network and executes inference processing of generating an ideal image corresponding to the code image; and a decoding processing part that executes first decoding processing of decoding the code image and second decoding processing of decoding the ideal image generated by the inference processing part. The processor executes the inference processing and the first decoding processing in parallel, and executes the second decoding processing after completion of the inference processing.
G06K 7/14 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light
G06K 7/10 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation
The problem is to prevent external leakage of images captured by a camera when using a camera mounted on a portable information terminal for imaging of image processing targets. The solution means that the security mode deletes the code image Ic generated by the rear camera 33 from the volatile memory 61 without storing it in the non-volatile memory 62 (step S604 in FIG. 6D). In the security mode, instead of this operation, a step of forcibly deleting the code image Ic stored in the non-volatile memory 62 from the non-volatile memory 62 may be executed. With this configuration, by selecting the security mode, the code image Ic generated by the rear camera 33 is deleted, so there is no leakage to the outside.
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H04M 1/72463 - User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions to restrict the functionality of the device
Provided are a code generation support device and a code generation support program that enable easy and appropriate measurement setting work on shape data obtained from a measurement head for performing a desired measurement on a measurement object. Shape data representing a three-dimensional shape is captured. A measurement screen including an image of a workpiece is displayed on a display device. On a measurement screen, designation of a geometric element and designation of a measurement item are received as designation information. An index indicating the received designation information is displayed on the measurement screen. Furthermore, a value of the measurement item in the workpiece is calculated based on the received designation information. A text code is generated together with the calculation of the value of the measurement item. The text code includes information for calling a processing program necessary for the calculation, and the designation information necessary for the calculation.
Provided is a highly convenient observation apparatus. An observation apparatus includes an observation unit that generates an observation image of an observation target, an analysis unit that analyzes the observation target, and an information processing unit that communicates with the observation unit and the analysis unit. The analysis unit includes an analysis beam device that emits an analysis beam to the observation target. The information processing unit includes a cluster region specification unit, a sequence determination unit, and an analysis execution unit. The cluster region specification unit specifies a plurality of cluster regions included in the observation image. The sequence determination unit determines a sequence of analyzing the cluster regions. The analysis execution unit causes the analysis beam device of the analysis unit to sequentially irradiate the cluster regions with the analysis beam according to the analysis sequence determined by the sequence determination unit.
To facilitate management of execution of a user program such as a ladder program and motion control. A processor includes a first core that executes a control logic operation based on a user program and a second core that executes motion control based on the user program. A memory stores a first variable group accessed when the control logic operation is executed by the first core and a second variable group accessed when the motion control is executed by the second core. A management unit performs management such that the control logic operation executed by the first core and refresh processing of the first variable group stored in the memory are sequentially executed. A synchronization control unit synchronizes a variable related to the motion control in the first variable group with a corresponding variable in the second variable group through the refresh processing.
A user program is efficiently switched while operating a PLC. The PLC may include a processor repeatedly executing a logic operation based on the user program, and a memory storing values of variables accessed according to the user program executed by the processor. An instruction is issued to switch to a second user program, which is an updated version of a first user program, while the processor is executing the first user program. Variable information for identifying a variable to be maintained and a variable to be changed by an update from the first user program to the second user program is created. An address in which a value of the variable to be maintained is stored is maintained, and an address in which a value of the variable to be changed is stored is assigned at a break of the logic operation with the logic operation being stopped.
Provided is a proximity sensor capable of sufficiently extending a detection distance by suppressing an influence of embedded metal. The proximity sensor includes a coil, a transmission circuit, a ferrite core, a reception circuit, and a control circuit. The transmission circuit periodically applies a pulsed excitation current to the coil. The coil includes a first coil and a second coil disposed concentrically with the first coil. The transmission circuit applies an excitation current to one of the first coil and the second coil. The reception circuit detects a voltage or a current generated in each of the first coil and the second coil by the magnetic field. The control circuit detects the detection object based on the change in the voltage or the current generated in each of the first coil and the second coil detected by the reception circuit.
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Provided is a proximity sensor capable of sufficiently extending a detection distance by suppressing an influence of embedded metal. A coil of a proximity sensor includes a first coil and a second coil. The second coil is disposed concentrically with the first coil. The proximity sensor detects a detection object on the basis of a change in voltage or current generated in each of the first coil and the second coil. The coil wire of the first coil is electrically connected to the in-head substrate through direct bonding.
G01V 3/10 - Electric or magnetic prospecting or detectingMeasuring magnetic field characteristics of the earth, e.g. declination or deviation operating with magnetic or electric fields produced or modified by objects or geological structures or by detecting devices using induction coils
H05K 9/00 - Screening of apparatus or components against electric or magnetic fields
Provided is a proximity sensor capable of sufficiently extending a detection distance by suppressing an influence of embedded metal. The proximity sensor includes a first coil, a second coil, a transmission circuit, a ferrite core, a reception circuit, a control circuit, and an electric shield. The second coil disposed radially outside the first coil. The transmission circuit periodically applies a pulsed excitation current to at least one of the coils. The control circuit detects the detection object D based on the change in the detected voltage or current generated in at least one of the coils by the magnetic field. The electric shield is a press-molded product having a bottomed tubular shape disposed outside the second coil in the radial direction and having a peripheral portion and a detection surface portion in which a cut crossing a direction around an axis is formed.
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SETTING SUPPORT APPARATUS, PLC SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCTS
A burden on a user regarding a trial operation or tuning when a plurality of motor drivers whose manufacturers are different from each other are connected to a PLC is mitigated. Regarding motor control of each of a plurality of motor driving apparatuses, a storage unit stores setting information associated with a combination of vendor specifying information and product specifying information. A setting support apparatus selects any motor driving apparatus from among the plurality of motor driving apparatuses specified by pieces of the vendor specifying information and pieces of the product specifying information, respectively, reads setting information corresponding to a combination of the vendor specifying information and the product specifying information associated with the selected motor driving apparatus from the storage unit, generates an interface screen for a trial operation or tuning of the motor driving apparatus based on the setting information.
An image inspection device includes a control unit configured to execute a pre-trained character recognition model and functions as a learning execution unit and a learning data generation unit. The learning data generation unit generates learning data that includes character type information, and size information. The learning execution unit updates the pre-trained character recognition model so as to classify an image area into added character type classes corresponding to the combination of the character type and the size.
An image inspection device includes control unit configured to execute a pre-trained model to detect a target object in an input image data. The control unit is configured to function as a learning data setting unit configured to set learning data for on-site learning of the pre-trained model and a learning data generation unit configured to generate the learning data based on settings. The learning data setting unit is configured to estimate a first candidate region in a setting image and display the first candidate region, to receive a re-estimation instruction, to estimate, upon the re-estimation instruction, a second candidate region which position is different from the position of the first candidate region. The learning data generation unit generates the learning data based on the first candidate region and the second candidate region.
G06V 10/764 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using classification, e.g. of video objects
G06V 10/25 - Determination of region of interest [ROI] or a volume of interest [VOI]
G06V 10/774 - Generating sets of training patternsBootstrap methods, e.g. bagging or boosting
Occurrence of a reading error is suppressed even in a case where a conveyance state of a workpiece changes during operation. The controller includes an acquisition unit that acquires a detection signal of the workpiece, a conveyance speed of a conveyor, and installation information indicating relative position and posture of each camera with respect to the conveyor, a recognition unit that recognizes a conveyance state of the workpiece based on the detection signal and the conveyance speed, a processing determination unit that determines a control parameter corresponding to a conveyance position of the workpiece on the conveyor for each camera based on the conveyance state and the installation information of each camera, and a communication unit that transmits the control parameter determined by the processing determination unit to each corresponding camera.
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H04N 23/61 - Control of cameras or camera modules based on recognised objects
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Burden on a user regarding counting colonies is mitigated. A colony counting device includes an acquisition section that acquires an image of colonies generated in a test individual, and an execution section that executes first software, the execution section executing processing of counting the number of the colonies from the image of the colonies. The execution section reads a user file that holds information in a matrix format is created by second software different from the first software in order to count the colonies generated in the test individual or to manage a count result of the colonies. Moreover, the execution section creates a count table to be used to count the colonies based on the user file.
A stationary code reader includes a housing that is long along a first direction and has a light receiving window that transmits light laterally intersecting the first direction, an illumination section that is stored in the housing and forms an irradiation surface arranged side by side with a light receiving window along the first direction, an imaging unit having an image sensor installed toward the first direction, a mirror that turns back an optical path corresponding to a visual field of the imaging unit toward the light receiving window in the housing, and an attachment portion that is provided on a side of the housing and configured to attach the housing to an external frame.
G06K 7/14 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light
An analysis and observation device includes: an electromagnetic wave emitter that emits a primary electromagnetic wave; a reflective object lens having a primary mirror provided with a primary reflection surface reflecting a secondary electromagnetic wave and a secondary mirror provided with a secondary reflection surface receiving and further reflecting the secondary electromagnetic wave; first and second detectors that receive the secondary electromagnetic wave and generate an intensity distribution spectrum; and a controller that performs component analysis of a sample based on the intensity distribution spectrum. A transmissive region through which the primary electromagnetic wave is transmitted is provided at a center of the secondary mirror. The transmissive region transmits the primary electromagnetic wave, which has been emitted from the electromagnetic wave emitter and passed through an opening of the primary mirror, thereby emitting the primary electromagnetic wave along an analysis optical axis of the reflective object lens.
G01N 21/25 - ColourSpectral properties, i.e. comparison of effect of material on the light at two or more different wavelengths or wavelength bands
G01N 21/31 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry
[Problem] To enable a user who creates a control program used in a programmable logic controller to enjoy the benefit of an LLM. [Solution] First information pertaining to an input/output apparatus connected to a PLC, second information pertaining to at least one of a command or a program module for controlling the input/output apparatus, and third information indicating control content implemented in combination with the command or the program module are received in a natural language. On the basis of same, a natural language prompt for generating a text code corresponding to a ladder diagram is generated. The prompt is transmitted to the LLM and an answer sentence is received from the LLM. A text code included in the answer sentence is converted into a ladder diagram. In addition, the prompt includes fourth information that constrains the text code included in the answer sentence to be suitable for the conversion into the ladder diagram.
[Problem] To facilitate the work of giving a comment to a user program such as a ladder program. [Solution] This program creation support device receives selection of a range to be converted of a program code using a general-purpose program language in a ladder program displayed on a first display portion, converts the received range into a program code using the general-purpose program language, generates the program code and a prompt of a natural language for obtaining summary of control contents of the program code, transmits the prompt to a large-scale language model (LLM), receives the answer sentence, displays the text included in the answer sentence, and gives at least a portion of the text as a comment to the ladder program.
An appropriate prompt for a purpose of scenario generation can be input to a machine learning model in a mode easy for a user. A user instruction in a natural language format by the user is input to an LLM 12 (machine learning model) that has learned natural language processing. Accordingly, the LLM 12 can grasp the meaning of the user instruction. Further, rule information for describing a scenario in a general-purpose programming language is input to the LLM 12. Accordingly, the source code corresponding to the meaning of the user instruction can be appropriately generated based on the rule information. That is, it is possible to input the appropriate prompt for the purpose of the scenario generation to the LLM 12 in the mode easy for the user.
An inkjet recording device (I) comprises a print head (1), a controller (100), and a connection cable (107) that connects the print head (1) and the controller (100) and supplies ink from the controller (100) to the print head (1). The print head (1) has: a head body (1A) to which a connection cable (107) is connected and which supplies ink to a nozzle (12); and a head module (1B) that can be attached to and detached from the head body (1A), the head module (1B) housing the nozzle (12), a charge electrode (13), a deflection electrode (15), and a gutter (16). The connection cable (107) or the head body (1A) is provided with a valve (a fourteenth valve (V14)) that opens and closes an ink supply path to the nozzle (12), and the head module (1B) is provided with a high voltage generation unit (18) that generates a high voltage to be applied to the deflection electrode (15).
In this inkjet recording device of a continuous type, solvent consumption in head cleaning is reduced, and convenience of the inkjet recording device is improved. An inkjet recording device (I) of a continuous type is provided with: a printing head (1) that accommodates therein a nozzle (12), a charging electrode (13), a deflection electrode (15), and a gutter (16); an ink supply unit (104) that supplies ink to the printing head (1); a solvent supply unit (105) that supplies a solvent to the printing head (1); and a control unit (101) that controls the supply of the ink from the ink supply unit (104) to the printing head (1) and controls the supply of the solvent from the solvent supply unit (105) to the printing head (1). The printing head (1) has an assist unit (18) that assists cleaning when cleaning the components accommodated in the printing head (1) by using the solvent supplied from the solvent supply unit (105).
An ink jet printer 1 includes: a storage unit that stores drawing data specifying an ejection timing, which corresponds to drawing information, of a nozzle at each of a plurality of offset positions in a conveyance direction; an optical movement measurement sensor that includes an imaging device and generates a measurement value related to movement of a drawing target object based on a measurement image; a fixing portion for positioning and fixing the optical movement measurement sensor with respect to the nozzle such that a depth of field of the imaging device includes the drawing distance range of the nozzle with respect to a distance direction from the nozzle; and a drawing control unit that controls ink ejection from the nozzle based on a current offset position based on the measurement value and the drawing data.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
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Occurrence of a drawing failure is suppressed. An ink jet printer includes: a nozzle configured to eject ink toward a drawing target object; a storage unit that stores drawing data specifying an ejection timing of the nozzle at each of a plurality of offset positions in a conveyance direction, the ejection timing corresponding to drawing information; an optical movement measurement sensor that receives light from the drawing target object and generates a measurement value related to movement of the drawing target object in the conveyance direction based on the received light; and a drawing control unit that controls ink ejection from the nozzle based on reference position information indicating that a reference position of the drawing target object is at a predetermined position, a current offset position with respect to the reference position based on the measurement value generated by the optical movement measurement sensor, and the drawing data.
G01B 11/25 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures by projecting a pattern, e.g. moiré fringes, on the object
An inspection apparatus includes: a storage unit that stores an inspection parameter for determining pass or fail of a drawing state related to information drawn on an object; a pass/fail determination unit that determines the pass or the fail of the drawing state related to the information drawn on the object based on an inspection image and the inspection parameter; an optical measurement sensor that receives light from the object and generates a measurement value related to a position or movement of the object based on the received light; and a determining unit that determines whether the position or the movement of the object does not correspond to an inspection target based on the measurement value. The pass/fail determination unit determines the drawing state as the fail when the determining unit determines that the position or the movement of the object does not correspond to the inspection target.
G01N 21/89 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination in moving material, e.g. paper, textiles
B41J 11/00 - Devices or arrangements for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
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B65B 61/02 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for perforating, scoring, or applying code or date marks on material prior to packaging
An ink jet printer includes: a nozzle configured to eject ink toward a drawing target object; a storage unit that stores drawing data specifying an ejection timing of the nozzle at each of a plurality of offset positions, the ejection timing corresponding to drawing information; an optical movement measurement sensor that receives light from the drawing target object and generates a measurement value related to movement of the drawing target object in the conveyance direction based on the received light; a drawing control unit that controls ink ejection from the nozzle based on a current offset position based on the measurement value, and the drawing data; an evaluation unit that evaluates reliability of measurement by the optical movement measurement sensor; and an abnormality processing unit that executes an abnormality process when the reliability evaluated by the evaluation unit does not satisfy a predetermined criterion.
B41J 11/00 - Devices or arrangements for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
B41J 29/46 - Applications of alarms, e.g. responsive to approach of end of line
B65B 61/02 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for perforating, scoring, or applying code or date marks on material prior to packaging
G01B 11/25 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures by projecting a pattern, e.g. moiré fringes, on the object
An ink jet printer includes: a nozzle configured to eject the ink toward a drawing target object; a storage unit that stores drawing data specifying an ejection timing of the nozzle at each of a plurality of offset positions in a conveyance direction, the ejection timing corresponding to drawing information; a distance sensor that measures a distance to the drawing target object in an ejection direction of the nozzle; and a drawing control unit that controls ink ejection from the nozzle based on the drawing data and a current relative position from the nozzle to each of a plurality of offset positions of the drawing data. The drawing control unit controls the ink ejection based on a determination result as to whether the distance to the drawing target object in the ejection direction of the nozzle measured by the distance sensor satisfies the predetermined criterion.
B41J 11/00 - Devices or arrangements for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
B65B 61/02 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for perforating, scoring, or applying code or date marks on material prior to packaging
G01S 17/50 - Systems of measurement based on relative movement of target
An ink jet printer includes: an optical measurement sensor that receives light from a drawing target object and generates a measurement value related to a position or movement of the drawing target object based on the received light; a drawing control unit that controls ink ejection from a nozzle based on a current movement position and drawing data stored in a storage unit; an event detection unit that detects an event related to a drawing state based on the optical measurement sensor; and a storage processing unit that stores information regarding the measurement value generated by the optical measurement sensor and information regarding the event in association with at least a part of the drawing data in response to detection of the event by the event detection unit.
B65B 57/02 - Automatic control, checking, warning or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages
B65B 61/02 - Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for perforating, scoring, or applying code or date marks on material prior to packaging
G01B 11/14 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring distance or clearance between spaced objects or spaced apertures
G01B 11/25 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures by projecting a pattern, e.g. moiré fringes, on the object
To improve convenience in use of a laser marking apparatus that performs marking on a workpiece to which an alignment mark is affixed. The laser marking apparatus includes a setting section, a second IF section, a movement amount monitoring section, and a marking control section, and the setting section causes a display section to display a setting-assist image, which visually indicates the alignment mark on the flexible workpiece and a trigger delay, and receives a user input for setting the trigger delay in a state where the setting-assist image is displayed.
B41J 2/44 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of radiation to a printing material or impression-transfer material using single radiation source, e.g. lighting beams or shutter arrangements
B41J 11/46 - Controlling by marks or formations on the paper being fed
Adjustment of test parameters in a colony counting device is facilitated. A colony counting device displays a plurality of colony detection results, obtained by applying different colony detection parameters to an image of a test individual, in a comparable manner on a display section, selects one colony detection result from among the plurality of colony detection results according to an operation of a user, and applies the colony detection parameter used to obtain the selected one colony detection result to the image of the test individual to count the number of colonies included in the image of the test individual.
Provided is a level meter capable of correctly measuring a level of an object stored in a container. The level meter includes a distribution determination unit, an extraction unit, a candidate determination unit, and a display portion. The distribution determination unit determines the reception intensity distribution of the reflection signal with respect to the distance from the level meter based on the reception intensity of the reflection signal due to reflection of the measurement signal. The candidate determination unit extracts a plurality of combinations of the peak position and the peak intensity from the reception intensity distribution by the extraction unit, and determines the combinations as a plurality of peak candidates. The display portion displays a candidate confirmation screen including the measurement value corresponding to each of the plurality of peak candidates and the reception intensity scale related to the reception intensity.
G01F 25/20 - Testing or calibration of apparatus for measuring volume, volume flow or liquid level or for metering by volume of apparatus for measuring liquid level
Provided is a level meter that allows a user to easily visually grasp a relative position of a threshold with respect to a container when the user sets a threshold of a level. The display portion of the level meter displays a bar display whose length expands and contracts according to the value of the level of the object stored in the container. In addition, the display portion displays a relative position of the plurality of level setting values related to the level with respect to the container together with the bar display.
G01F 25/20 - Testing or calibration of apparatus for measuring volume, volume flow or liquid level or for metering by volume of apparatus for measuring liquid level
To reduce a reflection wave that causes a stray signal wave in a level meter. The level meter includes a sensor substrate, a radio wave shaping member, a dielectric lens, and a radio wave absorbing member. The radio wave shaping member includes an element case covering an internal space including a transmitting unit and a receiving unit mounted on a sensor substrate, a waveguide having one end in electromagnetic communication with the element case, and a horn having a radio wave path gradually expanding from the other end of the waveguide toward a traveling direction of a transmitted radio wave. The dielectric lens is provided at the leading end of the horn, and deflects the radio wave from the transmitter through the radio wave shaping member to the object. The radio wave absorbing member is provided along the inner wall of the element case and absorbs radio waves.
Provided is an intrinsically safe explosion-proof level meter that can be simplified in design. An intrinsically safe explosion-proof level meter includes a level meter main body and a power supply path to measure a level of an object stored in a container. The level meter main body includes a transmission circuit, a reception circuit, a level determination unit, an operation switch, and a display. The transmission circuit transmits the measurement signal. The level determination unit determines the level based on the measurement signal received by the reception circuit and the information on the container. The display displays the determined level. The power supply path has an intrinsically safe explosion-proof barrier that prevents the level meter main body from becoming an ignition source, and a pressure-resistant explosion-proof box that accommodates the intrinsically safe explosion-proof barrier.
Recommended installation position and posture of a stationary code reader can be proposed to a user to facilitate installation work of the code reader by the user. An installation support device for the stationary code reader acquires camera information including a camera parameter of the code reader, code information to be read, and environment information including a conveying speed of a line, determines required field of view and depth of the code reader required to read a code under an environment specified by the environment information, and determines an installation pattern which is recommended installation position and posture of the code reader that can satisfy the required field of view and depth based on the camera information and the code information.
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A code reader includes an illumination section, an imaging unit having a Scheimpflug optical system, a control unit that executes decoding processing on the code attached to a workpiece based on an image output from the imaging unit, and a housing that stores the illumination section, the imaging unit, and the control unit and has a light receiving window. The light receiving window is provided on the first side surface of the housing, and has a short side extending in a lateral direction and a long side, longer than the short side, extending in a longitudinal direction. A plane formed by the light receiving window intersects a plane formed by the focal plane of the Scheimpflug optical system. The illumination section is disposed adjacent to the light receiving window in the lateral direction of the light receiving window.
G06K 7/14 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensingMethods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light
An optical displacement meter includes a light projecting unit that emits slit light extending in an X direction, an image sensor that receives light collected by a light receiving lens, a light projecting and receiving module that integrally holds the light projecting unit, the light receiving lens, and the image sensor, a motor that rotates the light projecting and receiving module, a control unit that controls the motor and rotates the light projecting and receiving module to scan the slit light in a direction orthogonal to the X direction, and a calculation unit that generates a sectional profile at each of different positions in a scanning direction. The calculation unit is configured to be able to change a partial region of the image sensor from which the pixel signal is to be read out in accordance with the rotation angle.
An optical displacement meter includes a light projecting unit that irradiates a workpiece with slit light, an image sensor that outputs a light receiving amount distribution of reflected light from the workpiece, a motor, a control unit that controls the motor, causes the slit light to scan, and exposes the image sensor while rotating the image sensor, and a rotation angle acquisition unit that acquires a reference angle corresponding to an exposure period of the image sensor. The control unit acquires a peak position in a V direction of the light receiving amount distribution during the exposure period, and estimates a representative angle at which the peak position is acquired based on the reference angle corresponding to the exposure period and a control condition of the image sensor or the motor, and calculates a height of the workpiece at the representative angle from the peak position.
G01B 11/25 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures by projecting a pattern, e.g. moiré fringes, on the object
G01B 11/02 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring length, width, or thickness
An optical displacement meter that measures a cross-sectional profile of a workpiece, and includes: a light projecting/receiving module including a light projecting unit that emits slit light extending in an X direction, a light receiving lens that collects reflected light of the slit light reflected by the workpiece, and an imaging unit that receives light collected by the light receiving lens; a motor that integrally rotates the light projecting/receiving module; and a control unit that controls the motor to scan the slit light in a direction orthogonal to the X direction. A rotation angle is limited to prevent specularly reflected light reflected from a specular reflection surface from being captured by the imaging unit when the light projecting unit irradiates the workpiece having the specular reflection surface parallel to an X-Y plane extending in the X direction and a Y direction with the slit light.
G01B 11/25 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures by projecting a pattern, e.g. moiré fringes, on the object
An influence of fretting wear is suppressed. An optical displacement meter includes: a light projecting/receiving module including a light projecting unit that emits slit light extending in an X direction, a light receiving lens that collects reflected light from a workpiece, and an imaging unit that receives light collected by the light receiving lens; a motor integrally rotating the light projecting/receiving module; a bearing supporting a rotation shaft of the light projecting/receiving module; and a control unit controlling the motor to rotate the light projecting/receiving module within a first angle range to be measured to scan the slit light in a direction orthogonal to the X direction. The bearing is rotated together with the light projecting/receiving module by the rotation of the motor to a second angle range not to be measured on the outer side of the first angle range.
Provided is an optical displacement meter capable of solving problems such as dustproof and safety at the time of an operation and acquiring profiles of a plurality of positions of a workpiece with high accuracy without providing a conveyor or a linear motion mechanism. An optical displacement meter includes a light projecting and receiving module that integrally holds a light projecting unit, a light collecting unit, and a capturing unit to have a Scheimpflug relationship, a motor that integrally rotates the light projecting and receiving module, a housing that stores the light projecting and receiving module, and a control unit that controls the motor, and rotates the light projecting and receiving module in a state where the Scheimpflug relationship is maintained inside the housing to scan the slit light in a direction orthogonal to an X direction.
G01B 11/25 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures by projecting a pattern, e.g. moiré fringes, on the object
In a case where displacement is measured by swinging a light projecting and receiving system, a height image and a received light image can be output. An optical displacement meter includes a light projecting and receiving module, a motor that swings the light projecting and receiving module, a motor control unit that controls the motor, and swings the light projecting and receiving module to scan slit light, a rotation angle acquisition unit that acquires a rotation angle by the motor, a signal processing unit that calculates UV coordinates based on a light reception amount distribution output by an image sensor and converts the UV coordinates and the rotation angle into XYZ coordinates based on a predetermined conversion condition, and a height image output unit that outputs a height image indicating a height of a workpiece on an XY plane based on the XYZ coordinates.
G01B 11/25 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring contours or curvatures by projecting a pattern, e.g. moiré fringes, on the object
A laser printing apparatus includes: an input interface for setting a printing pattern on a setting plane; a first selection unit that displays a plurality of different types of materials on a display unit and selects one thereof; a second selection unit that displays a plurality of different types of laser printing methods corresponding to a workpiece of a type on the display unit based on the type of a material selected by the first selection unit, and selects any one thereof; and a printing condition setting unit that sets a printing condition for printing the printing pattern on the workpiece of the material type by a laser printing method based on the printing pattern set by the input interface, the type of the material selected by the first selection unit, and a type of the laser printing method selected by the second selection unit.
B41J 2/47 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of radiation to a printing material or impression-transfer material using the combination of scanning and modulation of light
A first contact target position, a second contact target position, and a characteristic pattern for specifying a position and a posture of the workpiece are set in association with each other. First and second contact target positions for measurement are specified from a workpiece image newly generated during the execution of measurement such that a driving section is controlled to bring the touch probe into contact with the side surface of the workpiece with the specified first contact target position for measurement as a reference, and the driving section is controlled to bring the touch probe into contact with the upper surface of the workpiece with the specified second contact target position for measurement as a reference. Three-dimensional coordinates of a contact point are measured based on a contact signal output when the touch probe comes into contact with the workpiece.
G01B 11/02 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring length, width, or thickness
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CLASSIFICATION EVALUATION SUPPORT APPARATUS, CLASSIFICATION EVALUATION SUPPORT METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CLASSIFICATION EVALUATION SUPPORT PROGRAM
An apparatus includes a calculation unit that calculates a matching degree of each class of multiple classes for each verification image of a plurality of verification images with which a ground truth class is associated by using the machine learning model, a classification unit that classifies the each verification image into any one of the multiple classes based on the matching degree of the each class calculated for the each verification image, and a display processing unit that displays, on a predetermined display device, a separation degree between a statistic of matching degrees of the ground truth class and a statistic of matching degrees of other class that is a class different from the ground truth class, among the matching degrees of the each class calculated for a verification image group associated with a predetermined ground truth class.
G06V 10/74 - Image or video pattern matchingProximity measures in feature spaces
G06V 10/764 - Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding using pattern recognition or machine learning using classification, e.g. of video objects
G06V 10/98 - Detection or correction of errors, e.g. by rescanning the pattern or by human interventionEvaluation of the quality of the acquired patterns
Provided is a measurement head and a confocal displacement sensor which are capable of suppressing a decrease in reliability of measurement in a high-temperature environment of the confocal displacement sensor. The measurement head is a measurement head for a confocal displacement sensor having a white light source. The measurement head has a configuration in which a plurality of glass lenses are accommodated in a head metal housing. A metal spring member biases the plurality of glass lenses including the lens toward the +x direction in a state where the lens abuts on the ring screw is provided in the head metal housing. Or a thermal expansion polyimide member provided inside the metal housing.
An industrial device that collects data on other industrial devices can also collect state information on a wireless network. A first industrial device collects data such as an operation history from a second industrial device via a wireless network constructed by a root node and a peripheral wireless node. The root node collects state information related to its own wireless communication and state information related to the wireless communication measured in the peripheral wireless node. The root node has a memory accessible from the first industrial device, and stores these pieces of state information in the memory. As a result, the first industrial device can collect state information on the wireless network from the memory of the root node while collecting data from the second industrial device.
H04L 67/12 - Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
H04B 3/54 - Systems for transmission via power distribution lines
Provided is a magnifying observation device capable of magnifying and observing a large object while having resistance to vibration. The magnifying observation device includes: a support column extending in a vertical direction; a movable stage including a rail and a holder; and an observation head. The rail is supported to be rotatable about a first rotation axis parallel to a horizontal direction such that the first rotation axis across the movable stage. The magnifying observation device further includes a block detachably attached to the horizontal upper surface of a placement table and locates a surface for an object to be observed closer to the observation head along the vertical direction. A position of the block is changeable in the horizontal direction by moving the placement table. An adjustable angular position includes an angular position such that a moving direction of the holder is orthogonal to the horizontal upper surface.
An industrial wireless system includes a primary wireless node wire-connected to a first industrial device and a secondary wireless node wirelessly connected to the primary wireless node, and mediates data communication between a second industrial device and the first industrial device. The primary wireless node has a communication port that is wire-connected to the first industrial device, a communication port that wirelessly communicates with the mobile device, and a communication port that wirelessly communicates with the secondary wireless node. A first wireless network is constructed for wireless communication between the mobile device and the primary wireless node. A second wireless network is constructed for wireless communication between the secondary wireless node and the primary wireless node. The first wireless network uses a first radio frequency band. The second wireless network uses a higher second radio frequency band.
G05B 19/418 - Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM]
When an addition instruction for adding a new wireless node to a wireless network is input, the master device sets a plurality of wireless nodes to a slave device addition mode, acquires unique identification information of the new wireless node from a wireless node that has found the new wireless node among the plurality of wireless nodes, and when an approval instruction is input for the new wireless node, causes the new wireless node to join the wireless network. An indicator lamp of the new wireless node lights up in different lighting types in a state in which the new wireless node is not connected to any wireless network, a state in which the new wireless node is wirelessly connected to another auxiliary wireless network for acquiring the configuration information, and a state of being connected to the wireless network according to the configuration information.
A reverse engineering support apparatus includes: an extraction unit that extracts a geometric element from mesh data; a reception unit that receives selection of one geometric element from among a plurality of the geometric elements extracted by the extraction unit and selection of a type of a logical operation; a registration unit that registers a plurality of records in which types of logical operations received by the reception unit are associated with the geometric elements, respectively, in a synthesis processing table; a computing unit that executes a logical operation of a geometric element for each of the registered records based on a type of the logical operation associated with each of the records to create a synthetic element; and a display control unit that displays the synthetic element on the display unit.
G06F 30/12 - Geometric CAD characterised by design entry means specially adapted for CAD, e.g. graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for CAD
G06T 19/20 - Editing of 3D images, e.g. changing shapes or colours, aligning objects or positioning parts
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SETTING SUPPORT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM
A PLC and a motor driver can be set more easily as compared with the related art. A setting support apparatus sets mapping of a data object transferred by a master through cyclic communication based on mapping information included in assignment information corresponding to a combination of vendor specifying information and product specifying information of a motor driving apparatus set for a programmable logic controller. Furthermore, the setting support apparatus causes the master to write a recommended value of a setting parameter, included in the assignment information for the motor driving apparatus, to the motor driving apparatus through message communication.
G05B 19/05 - Programmable logic controllers, e.g. simulating logic interconnections of signals according to ladder diagrams or function charts
H04L 67/12 - Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
Provided is a level meter with which a user can easily visually grasp a state of a level of an object to be measured. The level meter includes a sensor unit, a housing, and a display unit. The sensor unit is disposed on one end side along the measurement axis and measures a level along the measurement axis. The housing is disposed on the other end side different from the one end side of the measurement axis. The display unit is provided in the housing, and displays the level measured by the sensor unit with respect to the color graph together with the color graph having a plurality of level ranges color-coded with different colors.
Provided is a level meter having a high degree of freedom in an installation place. The level meter includes a sensor unit and a controller that communicates with the sensor unit and supplies power. The sensor unit includes a signal generation unit that generates a transmission signal, a transmission unit that transmits a radio wave according to the generated transmission signal, a reception unit that receives the radio wave reflected by the object and generates a reception signal according to the received radio wave, and a sensor processing unit that measures a level of the object based on at least the reception signal. The controller includes a display unit that performs display according to the measured level and an operation unit for setting a parameter related to measurement of the level.
Provided is a level meter with which a user can easily visually grasp a state of a level of an object from a long distance. The level meter includes a transmission unit that transmits a transmission wave toward an object to one end side in a longitudinal direction, a reception unit that receives a reflected wave of the transmission wave reflected by the object, and a state lamp having a plurality of state LEDs as light sources. A plurality of level ranges is set for the level of the object, and the lighting state of the state lamp changes according to the level range to which the level measured based on the transmission wave and the reflected wave belongs. The state lamp has a transmission window that diffuses the light emitted by the state LED in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction.
Internal data contributing to trouble resolving is easily acquired, and usability is improved. An inkjet recording device includes an operating state acquisition unit that acquires parameter values indicating an operating state of the inkjet recording device, which includes at least one a pressurization state, a charge state, a deflection state, and a recovery state, a display unit that displays a reception screen for receiving a command to generate a two-dimensional code from a user, and a code generation unit that generates the two-dimensional code by encoding a parameter value constituting a parameter set of a predefined type among the parameter values acquired by the operating state acquisition unit when the generation command is received via the reception screen of the display unit. The display unit is configured to display the two-dimensional code generated by the code generation unit.
B41J 2/045 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand by pressure, e.g. electromechanical transducers
An industrial camera 2 includes an interface unit 27 capable of supplying power to an external illuminator, a PoE power supply input unit 24 to which a PoE voltage is input from a PoE power supply 6B, a step-down circuit 25 that steps down the PoE voltage input to the PoE power supply input unit 24, a power supply selector 26 for supplying one of a voltage generated by the step-down circuit 25 and the PoE voltage to the external illuminator, and a processor 22 that transmits a light emission instruction to the external illuminator. The processor 22 controls the power supply selector 26 to supply the PoE voltage to the external illuminator when the external illuminator is identified as PoE compatible, and to supply the voltage generated by the step-down circuit 25 to the external illuminator when the external illuminator is identified as PoE incompatible.
To speed up an entire inspection by preventing display processing from delaying execution of inspection processing. An image inspection system includes an imaging unit, a first control unit configured to generate a setting screen on which a formula setting of an imaging parameter of the imaging unit, a formula setting of an inspection parameter of a workpiece image, and a display setting of an inspection result can be set in a cell of a worksheet, and display the inspection result on a display unit according to the display setting set in the cell of the worksheet, and a second control unit configured to cause the imaging unit to execute imaging processing, execute inspection processing on the workpiece image, and execute a formula calculation related to the imaging parameter and the inspection parameter set in the worksheet.
In a use mode in which a smart camera having an illumination control function is connected to an image processing controller, illumination control of the smart camera and illumination control of the image processing controller do not compete with each other. In a master mode, a smart camera turns on an external illuminator by an illumination control function of the smart camera, images light reflected by a workpiece, among beams of light of the external illuminator, by an imaging unit to generate a workpiece image, and executes an inspection process on the workpiece image. In a slave mode, the smart camera images light reflected by a workpiece, among beams of light of an illuminator turned on under control of an image processing controller, by the imaging unit to generate a workpiece image, and transfers the workpiece image to the image processing controller.
An image processing apparatus includes: an imaging unit which generates workpiece images obtained by imaging a workpiece; and an image generation unit which generates an output image having a gradation value in a predetermined gradation range by converting the workpiece images sequentially input from the imaging unit. The image generation unit generates, for each of the input workpiece images, a gradation conversion condition for converting a first gradation value in the input workpiece image into a minimum gradation value in the predetermined gradation range and converting a second gradation value in the workpiece image into a maximum gradation value in the predetermined gradation range, and generates, for each of the input workpiece images, the output image having the gradation value in the predetermined gradation range by performing gradation conversion on each of the gradation values of the workpiece image using the gradation conversion condition corresponding to the workpiece image.
