Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

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: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: The present disclosure is to allow both a rule-based tool and a machine learning tool to be set on a common interface, thereby reducing the time and effort of the user. An image processing device 1: generates a user interface screen for displaying a setting window; receives an input for arranging a machine learning tool and a rule-based tool in the setting window of the user interface screen, and an input of a common data set including a plurality of images to be referred to by the machine learning tool and the rule-based tool; and executes one of the image processing by the machine learning tool or the image processing by the rule-based tool on the data set, and executes the other image processing on the data set after the one image processing is executed.

Abstract: A processor: executes classification of classifying a plurality of validation images into a plurality of classes with a machine learning model trained with a plurality of training images; obtains a degree of separation between the plurality of classes by the classification of the plurality of validation images and evaluates accuracy of the classification of the plurality of validation images based on the obtained degree of separation between the plurality of classes; and evaluates whether re-training of the machine learning model is necessary based on an evaluation result of the accuracy of classification of the plurality of validation images, extracts an validation image whose classification result has a relatively high possibility to be erroneous from among the plurality of validation images to automatically re-train the machine learning model if it is evaluated that the re-training of the machine learning model is necessary.

Abstract: Provided is an ultrasonic flow sensor with improved practicality. An ultrasonic wave is transmitted and received by an ultrasonic element. A first flow rate value of a fluid in a pipe is calculated based on a propagation time difference of an ultrasonic signal, a measurement value corresponding to an ultrasonic velocity, and a parameter for identifying an inner diameter of the pipe. A second flow rate value of the fluid in the pipe is calculated based on a frequency shift of the ultrasonic signal and the parameter. The first flow rate value is calculated using a propagation time of the ultrasonic signal as the measurement value in accordance with a correspondence relationship among a distance of a path through which the ultrasonic wave propagates through the fluid in the pipe, a time for which the ultrasonic signal propagates in the path, and the ultrasonic velocity.

Abstract: A failure of a pneumatic device is prevented in advance by making it possible to determine whether or not compressed air supplied to the pneumatic device is sufficiently dried on the pneumatic device side. A process quantity measurement device includes: a pressure sensor generating a pressure signal corresponding to a pressure of a compressed gas passing through a pipe; a thermo-hygrometer measuring a temperature and a humidity of the compressed gas passing through the pipe; a user interface receiving an input of a pressure of the compressed gas in the supply source; and a dew point estimation unit that estimates a dew point in the supply source based on the pressure signal generated by the pressure measuring element, the temperature and the humidity measured by the thermo-hygrometer, and the pressure of the compressed gas in the supply source received via the user interface.

Abstract: It is possible to perform prompt and accurate diagnosis of a pneumatic device while mitigating a burden on a user at the time of introduction. A flow sensor includes: a flow rate measuring element for measuring a flow rate of a working gas in a pipe; a pressure measuring element for measuring a pressure of the working gas in the pipe; and an evaluation unit that determines a characteristic amount indicating an operation of the pneumatic device based on a combination of the flow rate measured by the flow rate measuring element and the pressure measured by the pressure measuring element, and evaluates the operation of the pneumatic device based on the determined characteristic amount.

Abstract: Achieved are both high speed in decoding a simple code and stability of decoding of a difficult code. A code image, generated by high-speed imaging control (first imaging control) for causing an imaging unit to generate the code image while causing an illumination unit to execute one type (N1=1) of illumination mode (a polarized illumination mode) among four types of illumination, is decoded by a core (high-speed decoding). On the other hand, a code image, generated by difficult-to-read imaging control (second imaging control) for causing the imaging unit to generate the code image while causing the illumination unit to execute all the four types (N2=4) of illumination modes among the four types of illumination modes, is decoded by a core (difficult-to-read decoding).