Milestones

• Company founded by
  Dr Hermann Tropf

• First Logo VisionTools
  Bildanalyse Software GmbH
  St. Leon-Rot

• Introduction of the
  Image processing software
  Vision-Verify

• Company in the living room
  Blumenstraße, St. Leon-Rot

• First system for embossed
  character recognition in the
  ger. automotive industry (BMW)

• Move to a former cheroot
  factory in St. Leon-Rot

• Frame grabber VT-256
  First VT image memory

• Industrial camera K100-i
  First VT camera

• Ampoule control at 
  Sandoz (today Novartis)

• First smart camera
  "SlyCam I"

• Introduction VisionTools V60
  Image analysis software
  for Windows 95

• The staff in
  St. Leon-Rot

Assembly of complete inspection
cells in confined spaces. As a
result the move to Waghäusel

• New company building
  Goethestraße 63
  in Waghäusel-Kirrlach

• Introduction VT SlyBox-I
  12'' Touch Panel PC
  with integrated V60

• Introduction VT FlexCam
  Pan-tilt colour camera
  with zoom

• Introduction Slycam II
  with integrated lighting

• First projects with XC-ST50/51,
  Number of units until now 
  approx. 12,000

• Foundation of the branch
  "VT-South" in Karlsfeld
  near Munich

• Certification according to
  DIN ISO 9001:2005

• Company premises
  expanded by new building
  Goethestraße 65

• More than 1,000 licences of
  VisionTools V60 in use

• Introduction QIS - 3D height
  images via quotient 
  image stereo method

• 3D image processing for
  Precision measuring
  Source: HMP-tec

• Introduction Cyclospotter I
  In-process adhesive bead 
  control during application

• "Bin picking" project
  Handling of roof frames 
  at Daimler AG

• Introduction Camera
  with Gig-E Vision

• CADaVision research project
  Simulation of image acquisition
  on the basis of CAD models

• Introduction Module lights
  in various lengths with 
  efficient LED technology

• Management expanded
  with Alexander Tropf

• Re-designed company logo

• Introduction TOPOchecker
  3D sensor

• Foundation of the branch 
  "VT East" in Leipzig

• Management expanded
  with Josef Djulic

• Premises expanded by
  new production hall
  Goethestraße 63

• Quality gate with mobile 
  camera on lightweight robot

• Introduction Cyclospotter II
  In-Process adhesive bead
  control during application

• Introduction VoE concept
  Vision over Ethernet -
  Decentralised hardware

• Introduction Robocam
  Zoom camera with lighting
  for robot inspection systems

• First HRC inspection stations
  Image processing with
  Human-Robot Collaboration

• First projects with thermal 
  imaging technology,
  supported by V60

• Rob-LPI research project
  CAD-based planning of robot-
  guided camera systems

• Foundation of VisionTools
  Service Corporation in
  Greenville, SC, USA

• Move to the new
  company building in
  Waghäusel-Wiesental

• Commissioning of the new,
  automated storage system

• Extension of the
  interface diversity in V60
  with OPC-UA

• 2nd generation VoE
  Completely revised
  hardware with 10 GBit

• Introduction Cyclospotter-T
  Adhesive bead control with
  thermal imaging

• Introduction VoE AI Box
  Multicore GPU Hardware 
  for AI-based evaluation

• Online service for AI-Training
  and TISAX certified storage
  of labelled image data

• 3D adhesive bead inspection /
  3D line evaluation

• Further innovative products
  for image processing
  and training with AI

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