Companies are categorized under their principal application area, and then listed alphabetically. Companies are listed only if they have web pages giving information about their products. Please let me know of any links that are missing.

Iteris (Santa Ana, California). Lane departure warning systems for trucks and cars that monitor position on the road. Used in over 35,000 trucks (2007). Also creates traffic monitoring systems.

MobilEye (Jerusalem, Israel). Vision systems that warn automobile drivers of danger, provide adaptive cruise control, and give driver assistance.

Cloudburst Research (Vancouver, Canada). Develops fully automated image stitching for the iPhone platform (Disclosure: author of this list is a founder of the company).

Kolor (Challes les eaux, France). Develops the Autopano Pro software for automated panorama stitching of digital images. Also provides high-dynamic-range imaging by combining multiple exposures.

Smart Eye (Göteborg, Sweden). Systems to track eye and gaze position. Applications include detection of drowsiness or inattention in drivers.

SMI (Berlin, Germany). Eye and graze tracking systems, including contact-free systems.

Hawkeye (Winchester, UK). Uses multiple cameras to precisely track tennis and cricket balls for sports refereeing and commentary.

LiberoVision (Zurich, Switzerland). Software for 3D visualization of sporting events for sports broadcasting and analysis.

QuesTec (Deer Park, New York). Systems for tracking sports action to provide enhanced broadcasts.

Sport Universal (Nice, France). Systems for tracking sports players and the ball in real time, using some human assistance.

Sportvision (New York, NY). Vision systems to provide real-time graphics augmentaion for sports broadcasts.

2D3 (Oxford, UK). Systems for tracking objects in video or film and solving for 3D motion to allow for precise augmentation with 3D computer graphics.

Image Metrics (Manchester, England). A markerless tracking system for the human face that can be used to map detailed motion and facial expressions to synthetic characters.

Imagineer Systems (Guildford, UK). Computer vision software for the film and video industries.

MirriAd (London, UK). Uses computer vision methods to track consistent regions in video and insert virtual advertising.

Mova (San Francisco, California). Provides precise 3D measurement and tracking of thousands of points on the human face or other surfaces for character annimation. Uses invisible phosphorescent makeup to provide a random texture for stereo matching.

Orad (Kfar Saba, Israel). Systems for creating virtual television sets, sports analysis, and other applications of real-time augmented reality.

Ooyala (Mountain View, California). Video content management and delivery, including object identification and tracking.

PVI (Lawrenceville, New Jersey). Uses computer vision to track pan/tilt/zoom camera motion in natural scenes to insert virtual advertising or sports augmentation.

Canesta (Sunnyvale, California). Time-of-flight range sensors and software for gesture recognition.

GestureTek (Toronto, Canada). Tracks human gestures for playing grames or interacting with computers.

PrimeSense (Tel-Aviv, Israel). Real-time infrared depth sensor and software for gesture recognition.

Reactrix (Redwood City, California). Interactive advertising for projected displays that tracks human gestures.

Sony EyeToy uses computer vision to track the hand and body motions of players to control the Sony Playstation. Sales were over 10 million units by 2008. (Wikipedia)

Cognex (Natick, Massachusetts) is one of the largest machine vision companies (800 employees, 2007). Develops systems for inspection and localization tasks, people counting, and many other areas. (Hoover's)

Evolution Robotics (Pasadena, California). Vision systems for object recognition and navigation. Applications include mobile robotics, grocery retail, and recognition from cell phone cameras.

Imagemetry (Prague, Czech Republic). Image processing and computer vision for industrial inspection, image forensics and other applications.

Matrox Imaging (Dorval, Quebec, Canada). Software and hardware for machine vision applications.

National Instruments (Austin, Texas). Vision software and systems used for many applications, including inspection, biomedical, and security.

Neptec (Ottawa, Canada). Laser-based 3D vision systems for use on the space shuttles and other applications.

Newton Research Labs (Renton, Washington). Vision systems for high-speed tracking and mobile robots.

Point Grey Research (Vancouver, Canada). Real-time stereo vision systems, spherical vision systems, and imaging hardware.

Sarnoff (Princeton, New Jersey). Vision systems for tracking, registration, navigation, biometrics, and other applications.

Seeing Machines (Canberra, Australia). Systems for tracking head position and eye gaze direction.

Soliton (Bangalore, India). Smart cameras for industrial inspection and other applications.

SpikeNet (Toulouse, France). Trainable vision systems for performing recognition.

Supercomputing Systems (Zurich, Switzerland). Developed the leanXcam, a low-cost intelligent camera using open source software.

TYZX (Menlo Park, California). Produces real-time stereo vision systems that use a custom chip for fast stereo matching.

VISIONx (Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada). Vision systems for high accuracy measurement and other applications.

Vitronic (Wiesbaden, Germany). Vision systems for inspection, manufacturing, logistics, traffic management, and other applications.

Incogna (Ottawa, Canada). Develops a system for image search on the web. Uses GPUs for increased performance.

LTU Technologies (Paris, France). Image retrieval based on content.

Riya (San Mateo, California). Develops a system for visual search of products (available as Like.com)

Polar Rose (Malmo, Sweden). Image retrieval based on face recognition.

BrainTech (Vancouver, Canada). Systems for vision-guided robotics in the automotive industry and other robotics applications.

CogniTens (Ramat-Hasharon, Israel). Has developed a system for accurate scanning of 3D objects for the automotive and other industries. The system uses a 4-camera head with projection of textured illumination to enable accurate stereo matching.

Perceptron (Plymouth, Michigan). Creates 3D laser scanning systems for automotive and other applications.

ICOS Vision Systems (Heverlee, Belgium). Electronics inspection systems for component assembly and semiconductor manufacturing.

KLA-Tencor (San Jose, California). Systems for inspection and process control in semiconductor manufacturing.

Orbotech (Yavne, Israel). Automated inspection systems for printed circuit boards and flat panel displays. (Hoover's)

RVSI Inspection (Hauppauge, New York). Vision systems for electronics inspection and assembly.

Dipix Technologies (Ottawa, Canada). Vision systems for the baked goods industry. Systems monitor bake color, shape, and size of bread, cookies, tortillas, etc.

Ellips (Eindhoven, The Netherlands). Vision systems for inspecting and grading fruits and vegetables.

Advanced Vision Technology (Hod Hasharon, Israel). Systems to inspect output from high-speed printing presses.

Elbit Vision Systems Ltd. (Yoqneam, Israel). Vision systems for textile inspection and other applications.

Mnemonics (Mt. Laurel, New Jersey). Vision systems for print quality inspection and other applications.

Xiris Automation (Burlington, Ontario, Canada). Inspection for the printing and packaging industries.

Adept (Livermore, California). Industrial robots with vision for part placement and inspection.

Avalon Vision Solutions (Lithia Springs, Georgia). Vision systems for the plastics industry.

Basler (Ahrensburg, Germany). Inspection systems for optical media, sealants, displays, and other industries.

Hermary Opto Electronics (Coquitlam, BC, Canada). Develops 3D scanners for sawmills and other applications.

JLI vision (Soborg, Denmark). Vision systems for industrial inspection tasks, including food processing, glassware, medical devices, and the steel industry.

LMI Technologies (Vancouver, Canada). Develops 3D vision systems using laser sensors for inspection of wood products, roads, automotive manufacturing, and other areas.

MVTec (Munich, Germany). Vision systems for inspection and other applications.

NeuroCheck GmbH (Remseck, Germany). Inspection systems for quality control.

PPT Vision (Eden Prairie, Minnesota). Vision systems for automotive, pharmaceutical, electronics, and other industries.

Seegrid (Pittsburgh, PA). Industrial mobile robots that use vision for mapping and navigation.

SICK IVP (Linköping, Sweden). Smart cameras using a custom processor for high-speed industrial applications.

SIGHTech (San Jose, California). Trainable computer vision systems for inspection and automation.

Virtek Vision International (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada). Laser-based inspection and templating systems.

Wintriss Engineering (San Diego, California). Vision systems for web inspection applications.

Claron Technology (Toronto, Canada). Uses real-time stereo vision to detect and track the pose of markers for surgical applications.

CTI Mirada Solutions (Siemens) (Oxford, UK). Systems for quantitative analysis of medical imaging, including breast cancer diagnosis.

Cynovad (Montreal, Canada). Systems for matching the color of prosthetic teeth to natural color of patient's teeth.

Noesis (St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada). Software for biomedical and other scientific image analysis.

Brickstream (Atlanta, GA). Tracking people within stores for sales, marketing, and security.

Reveal (Auckland, New Zealand). Systems for counting and tracking pedestrians using overhead cameras.

VideoMining (State College, PA). Tracking people in stores to improve marketing and service.

MG International (Boulogne, France). The Poseidon System monitors swimming pools to warn of accidents and drowning victims.

Aimetis (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada). Systems for intelligent video surveillance.

Aurora (Northampton, UK). Systems for biometric face recognition.

AuthenTec (Melbourne, Florida). Fingerprint recognition systems with a novel sensor.

Cernium (Reston, Virginia). Systems for behavior recognition in real-time video surveillance.

Digital Persona (Redwood City, California). Fingerprint recognition systems.

EVITECH (Paris, France). Smart video surveillance systems.

Equinox (New York, NY). Security systems using novel sensors, such as registered visible and thermal infrared images and use of polarized lighting.

Honeywell (Morristown, New Jersey). Range of video surveillance systems and analysis software.

IntelliVision (San Jose, California). Automated monitoring systems, including face and object recognition.

L-1 Identity Solutions (Stamford, Connecticut). Fingerprint, iris, and face recognition systems as well as other security applications. (Hoover's)

ObjectVideo (Reston, Virginia). Automated video surveillance products for tracking, classification, and activity recognition.

Vidient (Sunnyvale, California). Video surveillance systems with behavior recognition.

Vitamin D (Menlo Park, California). Detection and monitoring of people in video streams.

Vision-Box (Lisbon, Portugal). Face verification and other biometrics for passport control.

Creative Dimension Software (Guildford, UK). Creates 3D models from a set of images. Objects are imaged on a calibration mat.

Eos Systems (Vancouver, Canada). PhotoModeler software allows creation of texture-mapped 3-D models from a small number of photographs. Uses some manual user input.

Eyetronics (Leuven, Belgium). Produces a 3-D scanner for the human body using structured light.

InSpeck (Quebec City, Canada). Uses projected light to create a full 3-D textured model of the human face or body in sub-second times.

Appian Technology (Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, UK). Systems for reading automobile license plates.

Image Sensing Systems (St. Paul, Minnesota). Created the Autoscope system that uses roadside video cameras for real-time traffic management. Over 40,000 cameras are in use.

Yotta (Leamington Spa, UK). Imaging and scanning solutions for road network surveying.

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