Prime Vision
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{{Infobox company
| name = Prime Vision B.V.
| logo = File:Logo of Prime Vision.svg
| type = Besloten vennootschap
| foundation = 1956 (origins)
| location_city = Delft
| location_country = Netherlands
| key_people = Eddy Thans (CEO) {{cite web|last=POST-EXPO|title=2008 SHOW REVIEW|url=http://www.postexpo.com/08_review.php?n=why|accessdate=10 November 2013}}
| services = Video coding (postal market) Intelligent character recognition Optical character recognition
Pattern recognition
| industry = Postal Automation and Recognition Software Development
| revenue = €5.0 million (2012) {{cite web|last=Postal Technology International|title=Record year heralds recruitment programme for Prime Vision|url=http://www.postaltechnologyinternational.com/news.php?NewsID=45902|accessdate=20 January 2014}}
| num_employees = 100 (2017) {{cite web|last=InsideView|title=Prime Vision BV|url=http://www.insideview.com/directory/prime-vision-b-v|accessdate=17 November 2013}}
| homepage = {{URL|https://primevision.com}}
| owner = {{Plain list|
- 60% PostNL
- 40% First Dutch Innovations
}}
}}
Prime Vision B.V. is a Dutch company that specializes in computer vision systems and robotics for the recognition, identification and automation of sorting processes for the postal, logistics and e-commerce markets.
Headquartered in Delft, the Netherlands, Prime Vision operates globally.{{cite web|last=PostNL|title=Annual Report 2012|url=http://www.postnl.com/Images/20130225-postnl-annual-report-2012_tcm216-666127.pdf|accessdate=5 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708175322/http://www.postnl.com/Images/20130225-postnl-annual-report-2012_tcm216-666127.pdf|archive-date=8 July 2013|url-status=dead}}
The company's shareholders include PostNL - the national mail delivery company in the Netherlands - and First Dutch Innovations (FDI).
History
In 1956 what would become Prime Vision starts life as a research department of the PTT.
A few years later, in 1961, The High Yield Character Reader (HYCR), the core technology of Prime Vision, was invented. The HYCR has been developed for capturing hand written as well as machine printed text and has found a particular niche as the basis for secondary OCR engines. In this role, Prime Vision's HYCR-based systems complement other OCRs that have been principally designed for machine printed text. With the systems working in tandem the net read rate of letters, flats and parcels is boosted significantly. HYCR is now in use throughout the world and includes various language sets, including Hebrew, Chinese and Tamil.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imveurope.com/news/handwriting-recognition-technology-acknowledged-dutch-invention-exhibition|title=Handwriting recognition technology acknowledged in Dutch invention exhibition {{!}} Imaging and Machine Vision Europe|website=www.imveurope.com|language=en|access-date=2018-01-09}}
In 2003 KPN Research (formerly known as PTT) was acquired by TNO Companies. Additional investments prepared the company for its first sales outside the Netherlands.{{Cite news|url=https://www.agconnect.nl/artikel/tno-neemt-kpn-research-over|title=TNO neemt KPN Research over|work=AG Connect|access-date=2018-01-09|language=nl-NL}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.emerce.nl/nieuws/tno-neemt-rd-kpn-over|title=TNO neemt R&D KPN over - Emerce|work=Emerce|access-date=2018-01-09|language=nl-NL}}
One year later, TNT (now known as PostNL) acquired 60% of the shares of Prime Vision from TNO. Additional investment led to an independent entity Prime Vision BV.
The majority of the TNO Companies shares are taken over in 2017 by First Dutch Innovations who became the new shareholder of Prime Vision.{{Cite web|url=https://www.consultancy.nl/nieuws/13483/tno-bedrijven-na-deal-omgedoopt-tot-first-dutch-innovations|title=TNO Bedrijven na deal omgedoopt tot First Dutch Innovations|website=www.consultancy.nl|date=4 January 2017 |language=nl|access-date=2018-01-09}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.emerce.nl/wire/tno-bedrijven-per-vandaag-verder-first-dutch-innovations|title=TNO Bedrijven per vandaag verder als First Dutch Innovations - Emerce|work=Emerce|access-date=2018-01-09|language=nl-NL}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.tno.nl/nl/over-tno/nieuws/2017/4/overdracht-meerderheid-aandelen-tno-bedrijven-aan-first-dutch-afgerond/|title=Overdracht meerderheid aandelen TNO Bedrijven aan First Dutch afgerond {{!}} TNO|work=TNO|access-date=2018-01-09|language=nl}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.computable.nl/artikel/nieuws/startups/5990987/250449/24-tno-startups-verder-onder-nieuwe-naam.html|title=24 TNO-startups verder onder nieuwe naam|website=www.computable.nl|date=3 April 2017 |language=nl|access-date=2018-01-09}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://primevision.com}}
Category:Companies based in South Holland
Category:Technology companies established in 1956
Category:Postal system of the Netherlands
Category:Optical character recognition
Category:Automatic identification and data capture
Category:1956 establishments in the Netherlands
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