A DirectShow SDK for Image and Video Processing

MontiVision Development Kit  (Keywords: Image Processing, Machine Vision, Development)

The MontiVision Development Kit is a DirectShow®-based Development Environment for Image and Video Processing.The MontiVision Workbench is a graphical environment used to create and customize configurations. A wizard helps with the creation of basic setups.

Configurations are exportable for subsequent integration into customized applications using the MontiVision Smart Control (ActiveX®). The MontiVision Smart Control configures hardware, provides access to the Interfaces and Dialogs of the DirectShow® Filters as well as a Video Window for Video Display!

The Package includes a Comprehensive Library of Image and Video Processing Components. The MontiVision Development Kit supports Third-Party DirectShow® Filters, as well as the large number of Video Processing and Display components included with the Windows® Operating System.

Customized Modules are created using the MontiVision Filter SDK, through intuitive Visual Studio® 6 and Visual Studio®.NET wizards.

The MontiVision Development Kit acquires Data from Capture Cards, as well as Network-, FireWire- and USB- Cameras. Image and Video Files of different formats can be read and written.

Special Components enable Applications to access the Image Data of a Video Stream, allowing the user to evaluate and manipulate the Data directly.

Existing Image or Video Processing Applications can be easily extended to acquire Data from DirectShow® (DirectX) compatible Capture Sources.

Applications
The MontiVision Development Kit is suited to many different applications. The MontiVision Workbench can be used as a standalone processing tool as well as contribute it’s infinite array of capabilities to the services of a customized application.

Possible application areas:

• Machine Vision, Medical and Biological imaging
• Surveillance, Recording and Post-Processing
• Audio/Video Processing in Multimedia and Film
• Research and Education

Overview

• Graphical Development Environment (Workbench)
• Modular Real-Time Image and Video Processing
• Native DirectShow® Design, Full Third-Party Filter Support
• Vast MMX™/SSE™-optimized DirectShow Filter Library
• Creation of custom Filters with the MontiVision Filter SDK
• Support for a wide range of Acquisition Hardware, e.g. Capture Cards, Network-, FireWire- and USB-Cameras
• Processes a wide range of Image and Video File Formats
• Fast and easy Integration into Custom Applications
• Language Independent Interfaces (ActiveX®, COM) Introduction

Features

• Image Acquisition from DirectShow®-compatible Capture Cards, DV-, Network-, FireWire- and USB-Cameras
• Hardware and Software Triggering
• Reads several Image and Video File Formats, including AVI, MPEG, Bitmap, TIFF, JPEG and PNG and many more
• Still Image and Video Capture in different Formats like AVI, Bitmap, TIFF, JPEG and PNG etc.
• Image Sequence Processing for Film Applications
• Video to Image Sequence Conversion and Vice Versa
• DirectShow® Filters support ROI/COI operations, Histogram Visualization and to Load/Save Parameter Configurations
• Expandable by Third-Party DirectShow Filters®
• Easy, Language Independent Integration (ActiveX®)

Components

• Graphical environment MontiVision Workbench
• MontiVision Image and Video Processing DirectShow Filters
• MontiVision DirectShow® Filter SDK
• MontiVision Smart ActiveX® Control and its Utility Controls
• C/C++, C#, VB6, VBA, VB.NET and Delphi Samples

DirectShow® Filters

File Input:

• Still Image, Image Sequence, Audio/Video, Video Playlist for Seamless Playback of Multiple Files

File Output:

• Still Image, Image Sequence, Audio/Video File, Multi File, Writer for Seamless Long Term Recording

General I/O:

• Network Transmission, IP Camera Access, RS232, Filtering:
• Linear and Nonlinear Filter, Custom Convolution Matrices
• Morphological Filters, Histogram Modification

Color Conversion:

• Color to Gray, Gray to Color, Binarization
• Color Space Conversion and False Color Representation

Video Processing:

• Real-time Rotation, Zoom, Cropping and Inversion
• De-Interlacing, Temporal Filtering , Resizing, Mirroring
• Text, Graphic and Bitmap Overlay
• Video Mixing: Differencing, Logic/Arithmetic Operations

Machine Vision :

• Camera Calibration, Perspective Transform
• Blob Analysis, Pattern Matching, Sub-Pixel Accurate Gauge
• Segmentation, Presence Detection
• Color Filtering in RGB, HSV, HLS, YUV, YCrCb Spaces

Surveillance:

• Regional Motion Detection, Optical Flow Calculation
• Data Transmission over Network, MJPEG Codec
• Ring Buffering, Time Lapse Recording, Still Image Capture

System Requirements

• Pentium or compatible CPU (1 GHz+ recommended)
• 256 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
• Desktop Resolution 1024*768 (1280*1024 recommended)
• Windows® 2000/XP or higher Operating System
• Microsoft® DirectX® 9.x or higher
• Optionally a Video Capture Device that provides a DirectShow® (DirectX®) Driver (e.g. WDM or VfW)

• Industry (Quality Control, Automation, Machine Vision, Videoprocessing)
• Surveillance (Videoacquisition, Compression, Storage, Transmission)
  
• Multimedia and Film (Audio and Video Capture, Video Playout, Compression, Effects)

• Intergraph Corporation
  
• NXP Semiconductors GmbH
  
• National Inst. of Standards & Technology
  
• Volkswagen AG
  
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Media Labs
  
• TDF, Centre de Services Comptables
  
• Olympus, Inc.
  
• Fraunhofer IPT
  
• MySpace.com
  
• Medizinische Universität Wien
  
• OMRON Corporation
  
• Basler AG
  
• Sharp Corporation
  
• a-on AG
  
• Mazda Motor Corp.
  
• KADI AG
  
• Amtex, Inc.
  
• Konan Medical, Inc.
  
• WECO Optik GmbH
  
• ITE Smartcard Solutions, Ltd.
  
• Enprotech Corporation
  
• IWS Messtechnik GmbH
  
• Tokyo Denki University
  
• HIRATA Corporation
  
• Computer Films Limited
  
• Steribar Systems Llimited
  
• Steiner Film GmbH
  
• LENZ IT & Networking Solutions, Ing.
  
• A.C.T. Kern GmbH & Co. KG
  
• Aberdeen Test Center
  
• Kowa Corporation
  
• Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
  
• L-Ray, Inc.
  
• CSIRO Mminerals
  
• Gebr. Schmid GmbH & Co.
  
• KIR MEDIA GmbH
  
• IG-Development
  
• FUJITSU TEN, Inc.
  
• BIOREM S.r.l.
  
• Image Works
  
• NEUSTA GmbH
  
• MOG Solutions
  
• DESY
  
• Software Design S.p.a.
  
• Mitsutec Corp.
  
• Palomar Medical Products, Inc.
  
• WellCraft Corporation
  
• Root6 Limited
  
• LiveWave, Inc.
  
• i2dm Consulting & Development GmbH
  
• Satelli-LINE Infodienste GmbH
  
• China Resources Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
  
• Kula Media Group
  
• Gramm Oberflächentechnik GmbH
  
• gofish
  
• Advanced Digital Vision, Inc.
  
• Aesculap AG & Co. KG
  
• GEDIS GmbH
  
• Transoma Medical, Inc.
  
• Funworld AG
  
• ELIOS Informatique
  
• SIA INTERACTIVE
  
• Multipolaris Trading and Manufacturing Ltd. Co.
  
• Brainsalt.NET
  
• Werner Turck GmbH & Co. KG
  
• Sanyo Video Vertriebs AG
  
• University of Calgary
  
• Fraunhofer IITB
  
• Siemens Business Service GmbH & Co. OHG
  
• InViWa-Security
  
• General Dynamics Canada
  
• mediatron GmbH
  
• Inlink Technologies
  
• Quicklink
  
• Buchmann Deutschland GmbH
  
• A NOVO UK, Ltd.
  
• MIMOS Berhad
  
• RST Rostock System-Technik GmbH
  
• Centro de Investigaciones en Optica, A. C.
  
• National Health Research Institute
  
• ...

System requirements:

Based on PC	Win Vista	Win XP	Win 2000	Win NT
	Win ME	Win 9x	Netware	MAC OS
	OS/2	DOS
Based on Unix	Unix	Linux	SCO	AIX
	HP-UX	Reliant	Sinix	Irix
	Solaris	True64	OpenBSD
Based on Mainframe	Open/VMS	OS 400	BS2000	MVS
Based on Handheld / Mobile	Palm OS	Windows Mobile	Symbian	Blackberry
Based on Online-Appl.	ASP / SaaS (web based application)

Memory requirements:	RAM: 512, Hard Disk: 150
Network-compatible:	no

Medium:

Floppy disk

CD-ROM

DVD

Tape/Band

Online

System Language:	English
Documentation:	Online Help, Demo Version, Technical Dokumentation
Training:	for value
Hotline:	included in price
First installation (year):	2003
Worldwide number of installations:	300
Price:	3.558,10 EUR (2.990 EUR plus 19% VAT) Professional Edition - Einzelplatzlizenz
	7.128,10 EUR (5.990 EUR plus 19% VAT) Professional Edition - Teamlizenz für bis zu vier Entwickler
	1.178,10 EUR (990 EUR plus 19% VAT) Education Edition für Forschung und Ausbildung
	1.773,10 EUR (1.490 EUR plus 19% VAT) Standard Edition - Einzelplatzlizenz
	3.558,10 EUR (2.990 EUR plus 19% VAT) Standard Edition - Teamlizenz für bis zu vier Entwickler
Manufacturer based in:	Germany

Manufacturer:	MontiVision Imaging Technologies Ingenieurbüro Cymontkowski
Contact:	Mr. Marc Cymontkowski Tel.: +49 (4332) 9914-25

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