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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
May. 26, 2023
Keyence Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Atsuhito Shigiya, Osaka, JP;
KEYENCE CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
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.