This is a limited-time gift campaign on the Ipros website for one month. From September 12, 2022, to October 7, 2022, we are offering a free download of the "Introduction to Image Processing (Full Page Version)" and, for those who download it, we will randomly select 10 people to receive the "Image Processing Learning Software (IP Kit 3)" for free. The application process has been simplified. Downloading the "Introduction to Image Processing (Full Page Version)" serves as your application. Please note that applications will close once the period has ended, so if you are interested, please apply early. In this introductory book, the "Image Processing Learning Software (IP Kit 3)" is used for practical exercises. Additionally, the IP Kit 3 will operate for one month even in trial version. Since the trial version has some functional limitations, the full version obtained through the free gift campaign allows for complete learning of all features. Also, once the campaign period ends, the introductory book will revert to an excerpt version. You can independently take on the same challenge with the limited-time introductory book. *News is distributed through our company newsletter.

From September 28 to 29, 2022, at the Tokyo Dome City Prism Hall, we will hold the "Techno Horizon Group Solution Fair 2022 in Tokyo." On September 28, there will be a special lecture by economic analyst Takuro Morinaga. Pre-registration is required, so if you are interested, please register early. Details can be confirmed on our website. This fair requires pre-registration (free of charge). You can pre-register from this URL: https://www.technohorizon.co.jp/thg_fair/2022_tokyo/?from= When applying, you will need to fill in the invitee from our group. Right below "3. Information of the group representative," there is a mandatory field to search for the representative. Since there are no other individuals with the surname "Ishii" in our group, it will be automatically filled in easily. Additionally, our demo will be showcased as a multi-vision solution for "FA" applications. Please be sure to stop by when you visit. *News is distributed through our company newsletter.

Officially, it is said to be Agile Software Development. Although it is a development method that is unrelated to our company, I have been calmly taught the merits of this method by clients who embrace it as part of their culture. I learned that it can yield results beyond expectations and that development can sometimes be completed in a short period, among many other advantages. This is not a message intended for those who are implementing this method as a "corporate culture." It is dangerous if it is misunderstood as simply "developing without specifications, through trial and error." There is a dangerous aura when specifications are only in one's head. This is not limited to image processing, and since our company utilizes multiple development patterns, I hope this theme serves as a trigger for investigating "development methods." *News is distributed through our company newsletter.

As an engineer, there are times when you are faced with the choice of "depth" or "breadth" in mastering technology. As an organization, a company also needs members who have a "shallow and broad" skill set. When it comes to wanting to "master" something, I believe that, except for a few geniuses, one must choose one or the other to avoid overwhelming their brain capacity. I think our engineers are faced with this choice around five years after joining the company, even for those who are quick to adapt. Choosing "depth" doesn't mean focusing on just one field. It can also involve mastering a second field, and sometimes the first field may suddenly be replaced by a different theory. The choice of programming languages and other tools is similar. Some engineers are adept at using various languages, while others may only use one language, yet for some reason, the programs they write run at high speed. Even though we refer to ourselves as a group of engineers, "ten people, ten colors" applies here. Our company motto, "One person, one skill," is also a reflection of this idea. *News is distributed through our company newsletter.

The schedule for the autumn version of the biannual free giveaway campaign for the "Image Processing Learning Set" has been decided. This is a limited one-month giveaway campaign on the Ipros website. It will run from September 12, 2022, to October 7, 2022. Please note that it will close after this period. During the campaign period, we will offer a free download of the "Introduction to Image Processing (Full Page Version)" and, for those who download it, we will randomly select 10 people to receive the "Image Processing Learning Software (IP Kit 3)" for free. Since it is an introduction to image processing, it covers the entry point of how image processing is used in various industries, the types of application fields, and topics in each field. It also includes the essential standard processes that one must know to think about processing on their own. The final section emphasizes the importance of "considering multiple means of realization" for the challenge image of "defect detection." You can undertake the same challenge through self-study with this limited-time textbook. For campaign details, please check the Ipros website during the public period. *News is distributed through our company newsletter.

In image processing, there are various different purposes for the "users" who will utilize it, so I would like to introduce some examples. For instance, in the case of a section developing certain materials, it involves inspections for those developing "flame-retardant materials" using various substances. This is a combustion test that measures how much the material burned and self-extinguished during combustion experiments. For this application, it is important for the user to measure the same object with a measuring tool and obtain the same values. As an example of a different application, I will introduce "mass production inspection." For instance, let's take the mass production inspection of display devices. In terms of inspection equipment, all defects are detected, but in the case of "mass production inspection," there are specifications for "mass production quality." For example, even if there are defective pixels, if they are within the smallest unit, up to five can be considered good products. If the size exceeds the specifications, even one defect is considered unacceptable. This is the kind of regulation in place. In this case, image processing detects even the smallest defects, but the judgment is made at a slightly higher level to determine pass or fail. I have introduced two extreme examples, but even under the umbrella of "image inspection," the content developed varies depending on the application. *News is distributed through our company newsletter.

A new member has joined us. The reason for this announcement is that their role is "Sales Representative." Until now, we have repeatedly informed you that we are "a company specializing in image processing development with all engineers," so we are announcing the addition of a sales representative. We have heard that some of you may have hesitated or felt reluctant to inquire because you were told that discussions would start with technical meetings and that "your requests are not yet organized." Of course, we still welcome discussions starting with "technical meetings," but if you are "not yet organized with your requests," our sales representative will reach out to you, so please feel free to contact us. You can reach us through the "Contact Us" button at the top right of our company website. If you prefer a direct URL, you can also access the same form via the link below: https://www.kitech.co.jp/company/contact_index.html It may be a new member contacting you, but we appreciate your continued support as always. *News is distributed through our company newsletter.

Those who work in FPGA circuit design are likely troubled by the "logic synthesis time" of various tools from different companies. This theme has persisted since the era when the concept of FPGA first emerged. It was not an issue during the PAL and GAL era, but it was a consideration in contemporary ASIC design. While the performance of CPUs in personal computers has dramatically improved, the logic synthesis time for FPGAs still takes an excessive amount of time. In a simulation environment, we create a "test bench," but using features that allow us to view the internal signal states during debugging on the actual chip (such as chip scopes or signal taps) further extends the logic synthesis time. This topic is often difficult for software engineers to understand. Fortunately, our company operates with a small team, and since hardware, firmware, and device driver personnel work closely together, we understand the time it takes to respond to requests like "please check this signal" from the firmware team. This time, I introduced an example where the evolution of development environment performance has not kept pace. *News is distributed through our company newsletter.

We would like to share the content that we consider to be our first challenge in advertising methods, which we believe has failed. We attempted our first challenge with "Aperza TV," a video distribution service specialized in the manufacturing industry. From the time of application, we thought that many of the companies utilizing the service were manufacturers dealing with products that could be sold through catalogs. However, since this is also true for Ipros, we decided to go ahead with the challenge. Focusing on development means organizing information in a catchball format regarding aspects that can only be obtained through "development" from specific individuals. With video distribution, we did not anticipate the degree of disadvantage that it would become a one-way distribution rather than a catchball interaction. Although we were informed that online chat was possible and received questions via chat on the day of the live broadcast, in hindsight, we realized that from the perspective of the questioners, "questions being made public" led to them becoming more general inquiries, which we did not notice. Since this was our first time with this style, there were many points of reflection, such as misalignments in our guidance method. If we are afraid of failure, we will not be able to obtain better outcomes, so we are considering challenging new things again. *News is distributed through our company newsletter.

Please check the differences in words in a dictionary. Since this is an engineer's column, I will consider the "dangers of speculation" and the "hypotheses" for making assumptions. This theme applies in various scenes, from specification decisions to debugging. To avoid divergence, I will focus on the "debugging scene." In image processing development, even if there is a lot of noise or the image is distorted, once you can obtain an "image (a collection of two-dimensional array data)," you can speculate about issues from a visual perspective. A common pitfall of speculation is the behavior of trying various things in trial and error, thinking, "Could this be the problem?" For whatever you try, if the result is A, consider that a "hypothesis," and if the result is B, treat that as another "hypothesis," also forming a hypothesis for the cause of each result obtained. You should not continue testing until you can organize these. If it becomes a habit to test without considering hypotheses, escaping that quagmire will rely on luck. As you gain experience, it becomes more common for trial and error to accidentally lead to fixing issues. This is the "danger." Since humans think and design, mistakes can occur, necessitating debugging. *News is distributed through our company's newsletter.

In June, we had the opportunity to meet with individuals facing challenges in image processing at the Image Sensing Exhibition and the Aperza TV Image Equipment LIVE 2022 seminar. Our company is a development firm comprised entirely of engineers, with no dedicated sales staff. We lack the ability to "read needs" or strong marketing skills. For those with challenges, their issues become our "specific requirements." Because of this style, we can start making concrete technical proposals from the very first business meeting. We are not magicians who can solve every problem, nor do we give up immediately. By organizing the challenges and considering their priorities together, we can provide solutions. We are sometimes referred to as a "last resort" for image processing, but these challenges are, for us, an important opportunity to enhance our business negotiation skills. *News is distributed through our company newsletter.

We develop cutting-edge technology at the request of our customers. However, if we can achieve our goals using combinations of established techniques, there are many advantages to that approach. Since these techniques are referred to as established, they have been widely used for a long time. Many of them are included in university textbooks, and if we consider "a long time ago" to be over 25 years, there are no patent restrictions. Additionally, while there are various calculation methods that can yield the same results, the techniques known as established have survived the competition with many other methods, often resulting in a streamlined process. Is it just combinations of established techniques? If it's merely a combination of publicly known technologies, it would be easily imitated, right? Unless we specifically advertise what combinations of processes we use, imitation is not so simple. I mentioned that an ideal situation would be a combination of established processes, but even if 80% or 90% can be handled with established techniques, when we hit the remaining 10% barrier, we need to develop unknown approaches. It is precisely this last 10% that leads to inquiries to our company, and we participate in exhibitions to convey this "new technology," so I may not be the most suitable person to discuss this topic. *News is distributed through our company newsletter.

We will hold our first LIVE seminar on the video streaming platform "AperzaTV," which specializes in the manufacturing industry. The seminar title is "Image Equipment LIVE 2022 Summer." The event will take place on June 22, 2022 (Wednesday), and viewing is free. On this day, four sessions will be streamed. Our company is scheduled for the last session from 13:00 to 13:30. The theme is "Learning from Case Studies! Common Challenges and Solutions in FA Image Processing." In the image processing seminar, although there is a script, I mostly speak off the cuff throughout the day. However, for this LIVE seminar, I will be speaking according to a predetermined flow, which makes me feel embarrassed as if I am a different person. While I feel shy about speaking, the content will be the genuine voice from the "development site," so please tune in if your schedule allows. Since it is live, it will be in a chat format, and I have heard that live questions will be possible. This is my first time as well, so there may be things I won't know until the actual event, but as long as it is related to "image processing," I believe I can answer questions regardless of the field. You can find it by searching for "Image Equipment LIVE 2022 Summer." *News is distributed through our company's newsletter.

Breaking news! The exhibition of AI-utilized optical flow is ready in time! The Image Sensing Exhibition is just around the corner, and we are excited to announce our highlight exhibits. The "Image Sensing Exhibition 2022" will be held from June 8 (Wednesday) to June 10 (Friday) at Pacifico Yokohama. Our booth will be No. 6. Our policy of "making core image processing technology easy to understand" remains unchanged, and since it's been a while since we had a square booth, we are preparing an interesting demo using moving toys as shooting targets. There will be three demo exhibits: 1) The highlight of this event, AI-utilized optical flow. A real-time demo of camera footage where AI recognizes objects captured by the camera and uses optical flow to analyze their movement. 2) High-speed QR code reading. This new technology can quickly read codes that are deformed into convex or concave shapes. 3) Image stitching. In response to the question "What is this used for?", we will composite N-gauge train models into a wide-format video, recreating a scene of "a person inspecting a door." We look forward to seeing you at the venue! *This news is distributed through our company newsletter.

The capacity of the human brain does not seem to be increasing like the evolution of semiconductors. While reminiscing about the past is a step towards decline, please allow me to do so for the sake of discussing the evolution of semiconductors. The evolution of semiconductors has often been said to have reached its limits in terms of gate scale due to various reasons, such as "the limits of (exposure) light wavelengths," yet we have overcome these challenges time and again. Human wisdom knows no bounds, and I reflect on this. When I first designed an ASIC, the maximum scale was around 3,000 gates. In the design rooms of semiconductor manufacturers, we couldn't proceed with the drawings until we achieved a circuit operation verification rate (the ratio of places that changed between Hi and Lo to those that never changed) of 95% using "test patterns." Now, even FPGAs are said to have "50 million ASIC gates," which is on a completely different scale. Even though the capacity of the human brain has increased, it is not possible for one person to design such large-scale systems alone. The increase in scale has benefited from the incorporation of dedicated circuits, embedded memory, hard-core CPUs, and so on. Using IP provided by device manufacturers becomes, in a sense, a black box. This has turned into a discussion of difficult challenges. *News is distributed through our company newsletter.

It’s that time of year again. Our company will be exhibiting at the "Image Sensing Exhibition 2022" held at Pacifico Yokohama from June 8 (Wednesday) to June 10 (Friday), as we do every year. The event is described as an exhibition where imaging equipment and sensing technologies from both domestic and international sources come together. Our booth will be No. 6. Our policy of "making core imaging technology easy to understand" remains unchanged, and since we have a square booth for the first time in a while, we are preparing an interesting demo using moving toys as shooting targets. There will be three demonstration exhibits. For image stitching, we are creatively presenting the composite images to help visualize practical applications. For high-speed QR code reading, we have improved the demo to show the robustness of the target codes by making them three-dimensional with indentations and protrusions. The last one will be a surprise until the day of the event. It is still under development, so I can’t provide detailed explanations until it’s completed—that’s the honest truth. I look forward to seeing you at the venue. *News is distributed through our company newsletter.

I used to believe that in order to develop something, it was ideal to firmly establish the "specifications" before the design phase. However, I learned from a client company that passionately advocates the policy of "not strictly defining specifications leads to better outcomes." Let me introduce the pros and cons of each approach. The advantage of "defining specifications" is that during the process of setting specifications, trade-offs are made, allowing for an optimal approach to the objectives. There may be moments of uncertainty during design or debugging, but if the initial specifications are clearly defined, there will be no deviations. The advantage of "not defining specifications" is that if new ideas emerge during development, the specifications can be flexibly adjusted, leading to the creation of "better products." Until I understood this, I thought, "Doesn't that lead to unnecessary costs?" I used to think, "If you try to define the specifications in detail, won't that delay the start?" However, after the completion of that project, a new product was developed that incorporated convenient features that were not recognized at the start. This became an episode that prompted me to always want to remain flexible. *News is distributed through our company newsletter.

I reflected on the initial demonstration of the "QR Code Multi-Focus Reading" and considered improvements for the next exhibition. One point of reflection is that we displayed three demos at the venue, but we received feedback that this particular demo was "not immediately recognizable as an image processing demo." We wanted to showcase that we developed technology to read QR codes placed on boxes at different distances using a webcam. However, no one who only saw the demo understood this without verbal explanation, which meant we couldn't convey our valuable technology. However, there were also reactions that made me think, "I don't want to stop this demo." After the explanation, there were discussions like, "We are an optical system manufacturer and have prototyped something that can change focus quickly, but we are considering what to use it for. How about collaborating for a display?" and suggestions like, "What if we place a toy forklift at the exhibition and attach a camera to it to move it?" Since it is an exhibition, if attendees don't take a glance and wonder, "What is that?" they won't stop by. We also learned that if the technology is communicated effectively, people might say, "I wanted that." *News is distributed through our company newsletter.

The popular image processing learning set will offer a chance to win "learning software (IP Kit 3)" to 10 lucky winners selected by lottery from all those who downloaded the "beginner's guide" during the limited period from March 2 to April 3, 2022. Now that the lottery has concluded, we will announce the winners. (Past winners are excluded from this lottery as well.) (The announcement of winners will list the company name and the initials of the last name in no particular order.) Mr. S from Company S, Mr. M from Company R, Mr. S from Company S, Mr. K from Company H, Mr. N from Company N, Mr. F from Company D, Mr. M from Company F, Mr. I from Company Y, Mr. G from Company S, Mr. F from Company T. The above 10 individuals will receive their prizes sent to the company name and section registered with Ipros. They are expected to arrive by mid-May. We hope you find it useful for learning and practical applications in image processing. The standard processing methods in the downloaded "Image Processing Beginner's Guide" are structured for you to learn while trying them out with this software. Since we manage each product with a serial number, if you return the "user registration form" with the serial number via fax, we will be able to accept "questions" regarding the product. *News is distributed through our company newsletter.

On April 26th and 27th, we will hold a private show at the Nagoya City Fukiage Hall. We kindly invite everyone to come together and attend. Admission is free! All attendees will receive a commemorative gift! Participate in surveys and quizzes for a chance to win luxurious prizes! https://www.technohorizon.co.jp/thg_fair/2022_nagoya/ In the center of the page, there is a button that says "Click here to apply." Clicking it will take you to the application form. If you register yourself, next, 2. Group representative Search for the representative by pressing the magnifying glass button with "Ishii." Our company will be automatically filled in. When you come to the event, 1. Please download the admission ticket from "Applicant My Page." 2. Print the admission ticket and bring it to the venue on the day. If you register in advance and your plans change, no special cancellation procedure is required. We look forward to your visit. We will also have new technologies that will be unveiled for the first time this time. K.I. Technology Co., Ltd. is in the "Machine Vision" zone.

From April 26 to 27, 2022, the "Techno Horizon Group Solution Fair 2022 in Nagoya" will be held at the Nagoya City Small and Medium Enterprise Promotion Hall (Suiyake Hall). Our company will also be exhibiting. Our location will be Machine Vision Solutions 7. Since it is a "private show," only pre-registered attendees will be allowed entry. Additionally, since it is a private show: - All attendees will receive a commemorative gift! - Participate in surveys and quizzes for a chance to win luxurious prizes! https://www.technohorizon.co.jp/thg_fair/2022_nagoya/ There is a button in the center of the page that says "Register here." Clicking it will take you to the registration form. If you register yourself, next, search for our group representative by entering "Ishii" and clicking the magnifying glass button. Our company will be automatically filled in. If you pre-register and later find you cannot attend, there is no need for a cancellation procedure. We look forward to your visit. We will also have new technologies being unveiled for the first time. *News is distributed through our company newsletter.

KIT does not have a dedicated sales representative, so "advertising" serves as our salesperson. We must always consider cost-effectiveness. The web advertisements we are using are: 1. Google Ads These are advertisements based on "search keywords" from the well-known search engine, which we have been utilizing since the days when advertising was primarily focused on print media. Since we do not have a dedicated advertising professional in public relations, "search keywords" can be challenging. Many companies want to emphasize "image processing" like we do. However, since the bidding price varies by keyword, we have no chance of competing with large companies that have different objectives for such keywords. We set keywords that come up in conversations to the point where potential clients say, "I didn't know there was a development company like this" at the start of business discussions as very important "search keys." 2. Ipros This site, which has spun off from the search strategy department of a well-known company that anyone would recognize, is highly regarded in the "manufacturing" sector, not just limited to the image processing industry. We are utilizing multiple functions of this site to conduct campaigns such as newsletters and giveaways of image processing learning sets. *News is distributed through our company newsletter.

Having broad knowledge and deep knowledge is the ideal for engineers. Except for special geniuses, humans are given the same amount of time each day. Therefore, a choice between "broad knowledge" and "deep knowledge" is necessary. The solution to this choice, as well as the desire for both, is "organization" and teamwork. At KIT, the company acts as a single team, engaging in problem-solving through information exchange between those responsible for deep knowledge and those responsible for broad knowledge. Humans cannot "copy and hand over the contents of their brains," so "skillfully copying and handing over" becomes the communication ability. Within the information being conveyed, there are parts that one unconsciously assumes "the other person already knows," which can lead to incomplete information transmission. To prevent this, "observing the other person's reaction" is a communication technique. Before the regular weekly meetings, we create a time called "communication time" to practice. Like a cleaning duty in elementary school, each week, a "theme presenter" takes turns using that time to decide what kind of "communication time" it will be. This column has turned into a casual chat, so I will stop here. *News is distributed through our company newsletter.

I received an automatic notification that our catalog is ranked number one. Being first out of 370,000 items is indeed exciting. I understand that since this is a limited-time catalog during the campaign, there will be concentrated access when we announce it, but I am still happy. Although it is referred to as a catalog, this material is actually a "textbook" consisting of 57 pages that we use to conduct paid seminars up to twice a year. Ranking [Aggregation Period] (Last Week) March 16, 2022 - March 22, 2022 Ranking [Aggregation Period] (This Week) March 23, 2022 - March 29, 2022 ★ Catalog Ranking (Out of 232,932 items) ────────────────────────────── 1st Place: Introduction to Image Processing (Not for Sale) By the way, the product ranking for accessing the above catalog is ★ Product Ranking (Out of 377,201 items) ────────────────────────────── 25th Place: Free gift of the Introduction to Image Processing book & a chance to win learning software.

I received an automatic notification that our catalog is ranked number one. Being first out of 370,000 items is certainly exciting. I understand that since this is a limited-time catalog available for one month during the campaign, there will be a concentrated access when we announce it, but I am still happy about it. Although it's referred to as a catalog, this material is essentially a "textbook" used to conduct paid seminars up to twice a year. Next week, the free download will end, so if you're interested, now is your chance. Ranking [Aggregation Period] March 16, 2022 - March 22, 2022 ★ Catalog Ranking (out of 232,932 items) ￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣ 1st Place: Introduction to Image Processing (not for sale) For details, click here http://www.ipros.jp/ranking/catalog/general By the way, the product ranking for access to the above catalog is: ★ Product Ranking (out of 377,201 items) ￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣ 25th Place: Free gift of the Introduction to Image Processing book and a chance to win learning software.

The twice-a-year "Image Processing Learning Set" giveaway campaign has started accepting applications. This is a one-month limited giveaway campaign on the Ipros website. https://www.ipros.jp/product/detail/2000497063 During the campaign period, we are offering a free download of the "Introduction to Image Processing" book, and those who download it will be entered into a lottery to win a free copy of the image processing learning software "IP Kit 3" for 10 people. As this is an introductory book on image processing, it covers the basics of how image processing is used in various industries, the types of application fields, and topics in each field. It also includes essential standard processing techniques that one must know to think about processing on their own. The final section emphasizes the importance of "considering multiple implementation methods" for the challenge image of "defect detection." In the "Image Processing Seminar" hosted by the Japan Tech Center, we conduct practical exercises using this "Introduction to Image Processing" book and "IP Kit 3" to think about defect detection algorithms. The seminar also focuses on the hardening (for the purpose of speeding up) of the processing that participants have devised themselves. *News is distributed through our company newsletter.

It may sound self-serving, but I appreciate being called as the title suggests and receiving feedback that I have a lot of ideas. Although it's not synchronized swimming, I put in invisible efforts for that purpose. This is the "preparation of core technology." Continuing from the last time, to be honest, what becomes "core technology" comes from the results. Even if aimed for, some things may not become core technology and end up being discarded. When budgeting for preparation, I consider it as "customer attraction costs during exhibitions" and secure time for it. Since development is my main job, the change of periods is an opportunity for "preparation." The next preparation topic will be the "reflection meeting after the exhibition," where we will evaluate the demonstrations. Evaluations will be conducted based on categories such as "Did they notice it instantly?" "Visual novelty," and "Novelty in technical explanations." At the same time, I will also provide evaluations for the "next" aspects, such as "Would they be surprised if realized?" and "Would they be surprised by the technical explanation?" There have been instances where I worked hard on development, but it ended with just one exhibition. When I grow and receive feedback that something was "wonderful" when used in specific projects, it is a moment when I feel glad I chose the profession of an engineer. *News is distributed through our company newsletter.

Unlike what one might imagine, this is not a story to be proud of. I present this as "a raw column from the development field." When accelerating the processing speed of image processing, a little technique is to use continuous address access. This is coding that takes into account the fact that the access speed of DRAM differs depending on changes in Row Address and Column Address. In a certain image processing task (for the sake of simplicity), a less experienced team member was developing a process that involved performing horizontal integration followed immediately by vertical integration. Since the reported processing time was slow, I asked whether they were aware of the processing order mentioned above, and what would happen to the processing time if they deliberately reversed the order. The result was that the processing time was the same for both orders. However, when I asked them to report the individual processing times, it was reported that the processing done later was twice as fast. By this point, you may have seen the "punchline." It became clear that coding with an awareness of addresses was less important than the fact that, regardless of the order, the later processing hit the cache, resulting in faster execution. This is a real case. *News is distributed through our company newsletter.

The exhibitions that our company considers most important are the Image Sensing Exhibition in June and the International Image Equipment Exhibition in December. For our company, which specializes in "image processing development," these are significant events. Additionally, we will also be exhibiting at the "Techno Horizon Group Solution Fair" open house events in Nagoya and Tokyo, which our group belongs to. Our exhibition policy is to present "core image processing technologies in an easy-to-understand manner," and this year we are also focusing on making "more specific applications easier to visualize," and we are currently preparing demonstrations. While it is undecided which demonstrations will be presented where, here is a brief overview: 1) QR Code Reading: Until now, we have highlighted robustness in response to angles and brightness variations. We are preparing a demonstration that further enhances robustness with "focus" as the key. 2) Optical Flow: We have showcased demonstrations that extract motion vectors at high speed (camera frame rates). Furthermore, some processing utilizing those motion vectors is necessary. We are currently preparing that processing as a demonstration. At the actual exhibition, we are always conscious of what will be "new this time," so please wait until the day of the event. *News is distributed through our company newsletter.

The "online seminar?" that we informed you about in previous news has become a reality. Since this is our first time using an online format, we are currently practicing how to proceed, but there were some unexpected issues that we learned from the organizers. 1) Participants may not be able to install the software. 2) Some participants may not be able to turn on their cameras. These are the two points. In a seminar held in person, there are "practical exercises," but in an online format, we cannot allocate time for participants to think. We anticipated this and were preparing to implement the new items we added this time. In the first half, the "explanation of image processing principles" involves participants performing the explained operations on the venue's PC, but those who cannot install the software will only be able to watch the instructor's screen, raising concerns about how much they will actually learn. Furthermore, not being able to use cameras makes it difficult to gauge whether the participants are understanding the material. When we can see participants' faces in person, we can adjust our explanations if something seems unclear. We will share the results if there is an opportunity to do so in the future. *The news is distributed via our company newsletter.