Abstract: To realize both toughness and size reduction of a safety switch. A safety switch is a safety switch into and from which a bolt of an actuator is inserted and pulled out. The safety switch includes a casing having a shape elongated along a first direction, a metal head having a receiving space for receiving the bolt of the actuator and provided on a first end side of the casing in the first direction, a detector for detecting a first state in which the bolt is received in the receiving space, a lock mechanism, a switching device and a first attachment portion provided in the head and having a first attachment hole into which a first attachment member is inserted.

Abstract: A free curved surface and an analytic curved surface can be generated as intended by a user with a simple operation. A reverse engineering support apparatus includes: a shape attribute setting unit that sets a shape attribute to a polygon included in mesh data; a region specifying unit that specifies a region included in the mesh data based on a shape attribute; a data conversion unit that converts a polygon included in the specified region into surface data based on the shape attribute and converts a polygon not included in the region into surface data of a free curved surface; and an output unit that outputs pieces of the surface data created by the data conversion unit as CAD data.

Abstract: A worker is prevented from being hindered. A safety switch includes a switch body including an electromagnet and an actuator attracted to the electromagnet. The switch body includes a drive control unit and a safety control unit which control the safety switch, and the drive control unit and the safety control unit are surrounded by a housing. The housing is arranged on a back surface side of the electromagnet of the switch body, and the housing forms an accommodating portion that accommodates the drive control unit and the safety control unit.

Abstract: A safety switch that has a lock function using an electromagnet and a member to be magnetized is downsized. The safety switch includes: a detection unit that detects that a movable actuator is within a predetermined range; a safety signal output unit that outputs a safety signal based on a detection result obtained by the detection unit; an electromagnet; a lock input unit that receives a lock instruction for locking movement of the actuator; a drive control unit that drives the electromagnet based on the lock instruction received via the lock input unit; and an attachment portion which is formed on the electromagnet and fixes a switch body to an installation place of the switch body.

Abstract: Counting accuracy of colonies is improved. A colony counting device captures a test individual to generate an image of the test individual, registers the image of the test individual in an initial state as a reference image, identifies a residue included in the reference image and identifies a position of the residue in a test image corresponding to the residue included in the reference image based on a displacement of each of two or more common characteristic portions between the reference image and the test image that is an image of the test individual after culturing, and counts the number of colonies while excluding the residue from a count as a colony based on the position of the residue.

Abstract: To enable even a less experienced user to easily perform highly reproducible reverse engineering. A reverse engineering system includes a scanner module and a conversion module. The scanner module includes a measurement condition setting unit, a scanner control unit that generates image data according to a measurement condition, a mesh data creation unit that creates mesh data based on measurement data of a workpiece, and a scanner output unit that outputs the mesh data to the conversion module. The conversion module includes a CAD conversion unit that converts the mesh data into CAD data according to a processing parameter calculated based on at least one of the measurement condition or the image data.

Abstract: CAD data, which can be directly used for a design drawing, can be easily created from geometric element following mesh data. Provided is a reverse engineering support apparatus that converts mesh data obtained by measuring a three-dimensional shape of a workpiece into CAD data and outputs the CAD data. The reverse engineering support apparatus includes: a data acquisition unit that acquires mesh data; an extraction unit that extracts geometric element data from the mesh data; a rounding unit that executes rounding on a characteristic value of the geometric element data extracted by the extraction unit; a conversion unit that converts the geometric element data subjected to the rounding into CAD data; and an output unit that outputs the CAD data.

Abstract: Wiring work without requiring a safety PLC is simplified even when a plurality of safety switches having a lock function are arranged. The plurality of safety switches are cascade-connected to a wiring unit. The wiring unit supplies power received via the power input unit (a VCC terminal or a GND terminal) to the plurality of safety switches. The wiring unit performs through-output of an OSSD input received from the most downstream safety switch to the outside of the wiring unit. The wiring unit outputs upstream-facing communication data COM (a lock input or the like) based on a lock instruction (LOCK). The wiring unit receives downstream-facing communication data COM (such as bundle data of AUX outputs) and outputs the communication data COM as individual AUX outputs.

Abstract: The close contact between a surface to be attracted and an attracting surface when an openable and closable door is closed is established at a high level to form a state in which the surface to be attracted and the attracting surface overlap each other without a gap. An electromagnetic lock type safety switch includes an actuator including; a member to be magnetized on which a surface to be attracted corresponding to an attracting surface, formed on an electromagnet of a switch body, is formed; an actuator attachment portion for attaching the actuator to a movable portion (openable and closable door); and a movement mechanism supporting the member to be magnetized to be movable relative to the actuator attachment portion.

Abstract: To mitigate burden on a user regarding counting colonies. A colony counting device stores a count table including a cell to which a count result of each of a plurality of test individuals is input, displays the stored count table on a display device, identifies a target cell to which the count result is input from among a plurality of the cells included in the count table, acquires a test image that is an image of the test individual, acquires the test image according to a counting instruction, counts colonies included in the test individual based on the test image, and reflects the number of the colonies counted on the target cell.

Abstract: A reverse engineering support apparatus, includes: a data acquisition unit that acquires the mesh data; a reception unit that receives an input of a designated point on the mesh data; an extraction unit that extracts a plane candidate based on the designated point from the mesh data; a plane determination unit that creates a plane constituting a polyhedron based on the plane candidate; and a polyhedron creation unit that creates the polyhedron including the plane created by the plane determination unit. The reception unit can further receive designation of a constraint condition indicating a position and an attitude with respect to another surface or a position and an attitude in a predetermined coordinate system for each surface of the polyhedron, and the plane determination unit creates the plane constituting the polyhedron based on the plane candidate and the constraint condition.

Abstract: Read data of a plurality of optical information reading devices can be compared on a spatial axis. A setting device includes: a communication part for communicating with each of the optical information reading devices; a display part that displays a list of pieces of read data, conveyor, of any one of a plurality of optical information reading devices; an input part that receives an input for selection of any one piece of read data from the list of pieces of read data displayed on the display part; and a control part that acquires a code image having the read data selected by the input part from another optical information reading device connected to the network, and performs comparison display, on the display part, of a plurality of the code images respectively acquired by different ones of the plurality of optical information reading devices.

Abstract: Provided is an optical displacement sensor that allows a housing serving as a head to be downsized. A relay cable extending from the head is integrated with a body. The head is primarily responsible for projecting and receiving light to and from a to-be-detected object, while the body is made up of a power supply circuit, a display, and an operation part. The head includes a green laser light source and emits the green laser light to form a spot on a surface of the to-be-detected object.

Abstract: Provided is a controller capable of cooperating with a smart camera. The controller to which the smart camera is connectable includes a setting unit that receives a setting of one of a first mode in which the smart camera alone executes generation processing of an inspection target image and inspection processing on the inspection target image, and a second mode in which the smart camera executes generation processing of the inspection target image and transfer processing of the inspection target image to the controller, and the controller executes inspection processing on the transferred inspection target image. When the setting of the second mode is received, the inspection unit of the controller executes inspection processing.

Abstract: A user can easily execute image processing from setting to data utilization without acquiring programming skills. An inspection setting device includes: a screen generation unit that generates a display screen displaying a palette region in which a plurality of tools including an imaging setting tool, a positioning setting tool, an inspection setting tool, and an output tool can be arranged and a work sheet region in which data related to the plurality of tools is referred to and calculated; and an input unit that receives selection of a tool arranged on the palette region and receives a setting related to input, reference, or calculation of data related to the selected tool via the work sheet region.

Abstract: To improve reading accuracy by enabling a read image to be restored by machine learning while reducing a calculation load in an optical information reading device. An optical information reading device includes: a storage part that stores a structure and a parameter of a neural network generated in advance by machine learning of a plurality of defective images and a plurality of ideal images; a processor that attempts restoration by inputting a read image to the neural network configured using the structure and parameter stored in the storage part and executes decoding processing on the restored read image; and a housing that accommodates a camera, the storage part, and the processor.

Abstract: A laser processing apparatus includes a laser light output section, a laser light scanning section, a distance measurement light emitting section which emits distance measurement light, a pair of light receiving elements which receives the distance measurement light emitted from the distance measurement light emitting section and reflected by the workpiece, optical axes of the pair of light receiving elements being arranged inside the housing so as to sandwich an optical axis of the distance measurement light emitting section, a distance measuring section which measures a distance to the surface of the workpiece, and a light receiving lens which is arranged such that each of the optical axes of the pair of light receiving elements passes through the light receiving lens, and condenses the distance measurement light that has been reflected by the workpiece on respective light receiving surfaces of the pair of light receiving elements.

Abstract: An image processing device includes an imaging unit generating an inspection target image, a storage unit storing a reference image obtained by capturing an inspection object in advance, and a calculation unit specifying a positional relationship between an inspection object included in the inspection target image generated during operation and the inspection object included in the reference image, and calculates a generation condition of the inspection target image during operation such that the inspection object included in the inspection target image generated during operation and the inspection object included in the reference image are at substantially the same position. The generation condition includes positional information of an output region in which the inspection object is able to be output at substantially the same position as the reference image. The imaging unit generates an inspection target image corresponding to the output region of the positional information during operation.

Abstract: An industrial camera includes an imaging unit generating a captured image with a number of pixels larger than a number of pixels of the inspection target image, an image generation unit downscaling a first captured image corresponding to an output region which is a region of a field of view range (FOV) of the imaging unit in whole or part at a first scaling magnification to generate an inspection target image with a first number of pixels smaller than a number of pixels of the first captured image, an interface unit receiving a first zoom instruction to change the output region to a relatively small region, and a calculation unit calculating a second scaling magnification. The image generation unit generates an inspection target image with the first number of pixels by downscaling the second captured image at the second scaling magnification.

Abstract: 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.