1. A Brief Company Introduction

2. MVTec Software GmbH Company Portfolio Headquarters
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
Fully interactive
Based on the HALCON library
Immediate solution in Visual Basic or .NET
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
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

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

10. Distribution Channels
Selling products via established and highly trained professional distribution partners
World wide distribution network for a complete market penetration
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
Asia, Australia
Australia
China
Hong Kong
India
Japan
Korea
New Zealand
Singapore
South Korea
Taiwan

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