A Brief Company Introduction

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

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

Integrated Development Environment (IDE) HALCON library Programming interfaces HALCON Embedded

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

HALCON Embedded: Ports

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

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