Company Profile
MOBOTIX AG
Headquarters:
MOBOTIX AG
Kaiserstrasse
67722 Langmeil, Germany
Phone: +49-6302-9816-111
Fax: +49-6302-9816-190
Internet: www.mobotix.com
Subsidiaries:
New York (USA), Sydney (AUS)
CEO:
Dr. Ralf Hinkel, Founder and CEO
Lutz Coelen, Director of Finance and Sales
Employees:
250 employees (as of March 2010)
Sales Development:
In the 2008/2009 financial year (ended June 30, 2009),
MOBOTIX AG generated sales of EUR 45 million. This represents growth
of 27 percent in comparison with the same period last year. The export quota is
currently around 70 percent.
Installations:
There are hundreds of thousands of MOBOTIX cameras in use
around the world.
Sales:
Indirect sales via qualified distributors and commercial
business partners in over 70 countries.
Press Relations:
Dr. Ralf Hinkel, Founder and CEO
Contact via Simone Herold, Assistant to the CEO
Phone: +49-6302-9816-0
Fax: +49-6302-9816-190
E-mail: simone.herold@mobotix.com
HiRes Video Innovations
MOBOTIX AG sees itself as a software company with in-house
hardware development in the area of digital, high-resolution and network-based
video security solutions. The company focuses on the development of
user-friendly complete system solutions from a single source. The publicly-traded
company with headquarters in Langmeil, Germany, is known as the leading pioneer
in network camera technology since its founding in 1999 and its decentralized
concept has also made high-resolution video systems cost-efficient. From 2010
onwards, MOBOTIX will extend its product range to include intelligent home
automation products that are developed in-house. Whether in embassies,
airports, railway stations, ports, gas stations, hotels or highways, hundreds
of thousands of MOBOTIX video systems have been in operation on every continent
for years.
Results Of IMS Research Study
According to a study conducted by the market research
institute IMS Research, MOBOTIX has quickly managed to become the fourth
largest company in terms of its international market share. In the EMEA region
(Europe, Middle East, Africa), MOBOTIX was able to increase its market share by
3.8 percent in 2009. MOBOTIX now has the second largest market share in
this region. In North and South America, the company is one of the top ten providers
of network cameras in terms of sales. In the megapixel camera market, MOBOTIX
has the world's largest market share with nearly 40 percent..
Why High-Resolution Systems?
The higher the resolution, the more accurate the detail in
the image. With the old analog video surveillance technology, a live image has
no more than 0.4 megapixels, and a recorded image generally has 0.1 megapixels
(CIF format). In comparison, one MOBOTIX camera with 3.1 megapixels records
around 30 times more detail. This means that greater image areas, including
360° panoramas, are possible, while reducing the number of cameras, and thereby
also the costs. For example, four lanes of a gas station can be recorded with
one single MOBOTIX camera, instead of the four conventional cameras normally
necessary for such a task.
Disadvantages Of The Old Centralized Solution
Usually cameras only supply images, while processing and
recording take place later on a central PC using video management software.
Contrary to the high-resolution video systems, this traditional centralized
structure has many limitations, since it requires high network bandwidth
and the PC processing power is insufficient when using several cameras. An
HDTV-MPEG4 film already places heavy load on a PC, so how can it be expected to
keep up with a dozen high-resolution live cameras? Due to the high number of
PCs required for these systems, traditional centralized systems are therefore
becoming less and less suitable or cost-effective.
The Decentralized MOBOTIX Concept
As part of the decentralized system architecture developed by
MOBOTIX, the images are no longer analyzed on a central PC, but in the cameras
themselves. They independently detect movement in the image, save the images in
a database and inform about the event via e-mail or VoIP telephone call. This
decentralized structure relieves both the network and the central video
management system, enables higher frame rates and significantly reduces the
number of storage systems required when recording high-resolution video
sequences.
The Benefits
MOBOTIX video solutions therefore require significantly:
- fewer cameras thanks to more accurate detail in wider view
images with megapixel technology
- fewer PCs/DVRs, because around 40 high-resolution video
streams with sound can be saved to a single PC, or may not require a PC at all
if recording to cameras using digital storage (USB, SD card)
- lower network bandwidth, because everything is processed in
the camera itself and the high-resolution images therefore do not have to be
constantly transferred for analysis
Robust And Low Maintenance
MOBOTIX cameras have no mechanical motors for lenses or for
movement. Without any moving parts, they are therefore so robust that
maintenance is reduced to a minimum. The unique temperature range from -30° to
+60°C (-22°F to +140°F) is achieved without heating or fan at approximately 3
watts. Since no PC hard drive is necessary for recording, there are no parts
that wear out in the entire video system.
Software Included
There are no software or licensing costs with MOBOTIX because
the software is always supplied with the camera for an unlimited number of
cameras and users. The supplied software package also includes professional
control center software, as used in soccer stadiums, for example. Updates are
available free of charge on the website. The system price for a weatherproofed
camera including the lens, query software and day-by-day recording to an SD
card is under EUR 1,000.
Standardized Network Technology
The cameras are connected and supplied with power using a
normal computer network and not via a video cable. This enables access to the
cameras from anywhere in the world via glass, copper or via a wireless
connection using affordable standard IT components.
References
References
MOBOTIX cameras are used by the following companies, to name
only a few:
Industry
Rheinkalk
VDO Automotive
Hitachi Zosen Information Systems
Zellstoff Stendal
Dickel-Holz
Transport and Logistcs
Deutsche Bahn
Honeywell Airport Systems
Lufthansa Cargo
VMZ Berlin
trans-o-flex
Fresh LogisticsSystem
Automotive Industry
Daimler
Porsche
Keiper-Recaro
Skoda
Fendt
Unternehmensgruppe
Schreyer
Food
Nestlé Food
Weihenstephan
Local Authorities
TWK Kaiserslautern
Verkehrsüberwachung Kaiserslautern
City of Dillingham, Alaska
City of Ghent, Belgium
City of Villennes-sur-Seine, France
Province of Bergamo, Italy
Banks
Commerzbank
Landesbank
Hamburg
Stadtsparkasse
Kaiserslautern
Research and Education
Jackson
Highschool, Cleveland, Ohio
Republic
Polytechnic, Singapur
Deutscher
Wetterdienst
Meteorologisches
Institut München
Max-Planck-Institut
Jena
Stations and Airports
Abu Dhabi
International Airport
Coventry Airport
Hauptbahnhof
Magdeburg
Ports
Hafen Lübeck
Hafen Bremerhaven
Hafen Panama
Tourism
Le Méridien Parkhotel
Frankfurt
Tropical Island
Resort
Other Sectors
Autobahn A6,
Rheinland-Pfalz
Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Kaiserslautern
Stadion Parc des
Princes, Paris
Kliniken Maria
Hilf, Mönchengladbach
Weltkulturerbe
Völklinger Hütte
Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft
Erfurt
Holland Heineken
House, Peking
Detailed reference projects are also described at http://www.mobotix.com/eng_GB/References.
