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A Brief Company Introduction

A Brief Company Introduction. MVTec Software GmbH. Company Owned by the management Second largest supplier for standard-software for machine vision Portfolio Development of standard software products for machine vision Supplying customized software solutions Headquarters Munich, Germany.

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A Brief Company Introduction

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  1. A Brief Company Introduction

  2. MVTec Software GmbH • Company • Owned by the management • Second largest supplier for standard-software for machine vision • Portfolio • Development of standard software products for machine vision • Supplying customized software solutions • Headquarters • Munich, Germany

  3. Supplying Standard-Software for Machine Vision The Vision Process: Classical Illumination Optics Camera Frame Grabber Software Result Analog RS-4(6)22 CL Hole Radius Image in  memory 1 3.147 mm  2 3.052 mm  3 2.785 mm Object Analog/digital video signal Application CCD/CMOS sensor Image to main memory

  4. Integrated Development Environment (IDE) • HALCON library • Programming interfaces • HALCON Embedded

  5. Overview ActivVisionTools • Immediate solution in Visual Basic or .NET • Fully interactive • Based on the HALCON library • Programming not necessary • Basic tools for free • Open Architecture

  6. Company Profile: Strategic Aims (1996) • World-wide leadership in software technology for machine vision applications for the maximum benefit of our customers • Selling products via established and highly trained professional distribution partners • World wide distribution net for a complete market penetration • Close cooperation with companies supplying additional machine vision components to the market

  7. A Brief History 1996 – 1999 1999 1998 1997 1996 • Formation of MVTec Software GmbH • First distributors in Japan and Germany • Release of the industrial software HALCON based on extensive research • HALCON features 3D camera calibration, subpixel-accurate edge extraction, support of Windows, Linux/UNIX, interactive development tool HDevelop • HALCON introduces feature-based OCR • HALCON offers native support of UNIX 64 bit version • Relocation to new office space with 9 employees • HALCON provides bar code reader, OCV

  8. A Brief History 2000 – 2003 • New product: ActivVisionTools – fully interactive, for development without the need of programming • HALCON presents shape-based matching, Parallel HALCON initiates automatic operator parallelization • Already 31 distributors in 23 countries sell MVTec products • ActivVisionTools: easy integration into process by digital I/O • HALCON introduces component-based matching, data code reader, binocular stereo vision • ActivVisionTools supports .NET 2003 2002 2000

  9. A Brief History 2004 – 2006 • HALCON introduces gray value calibration, line scan calibration, native support of Windows 64 bit version • With HDevEngine and HDevelop, HALCON offers the first high-grade IDE for machine vision • HALCON Embedded captures the market for intelligent cameras • ActivVisionTools provides fast, reliable OCR, and many pre-trained fonts • Founding of support center in the US • ActivVisionTools introduces data code reader • Expansion in office space: MVTec‘s office and laboratory covers 3 floors for more than 45 highly qualified experts • MVTec Vision Kit – a showcase for live presentations of MVTec’s products 2006 2005

  10. Distribution Channels • Selling products via established and highly trained professional distribution partners • World wide distribution network for a complete market penetration Asia, Australia • Australia • China • Hong Kong • India • Japan • Korea • New Zealand • Singapore • South Korea • Taiwan America • Argentina • Bolivia • Brazil • Canada • Chile • Colombia • Ecuador • Mexico • Peru • USA • Venezuela Europe • Austria • Benelux • France • Germany • Italy • Ireland • Portugal • Scandinavia • Spain • Switzerland • Turkey • UK

  11. Image Acquisition Partners • Support of more than 60 different image acquisition devices from 24 manufacturers or organizations • Instant support of all commonly used cameras in machine vision

  12. The Standard Machine Vision Software for • Vision Sensors • Smart Cameras • Intelligent Cameras • Embedded Systems

  13. HALCON Embedded: Ports

  14. Company Profile: Strategic Aims (2006) • World-wide leadership in software technology for machine vision applications for the maximum benefit of our customers • Selling products via established and highly trained professional distribution partners • World wide distribution net for a complete market penetration • Close cooperation with companies supplying additional machine vision components to the market

  15. Within the Next 10 Years … • The market will see • More standards in machine vision • Digital cameras replacing analog cameras • Increasing processing time • Diversified hardware architectures • Intelligent cameras • A high demand for extracting 3D information from 2D images • MVTec Software GmbH will still be • focusing on machine vision software • internationally oriented • inventing innovative technologies

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