IMINT Image Intelligence AB

IMINT Image Intelligence AB, often called Imint AB, is a software company providing smartphone manufacturers with video analysis software under the trade mark Vidhance with headquarters in Uppsala, Sweden.

IMINT Image Intelligence AB
TypePublic
IndustrySoftware, Image analysis
Founded2007
HeadquartersUppsala, Sweden
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Andreas Lifvendahl (CEO)
Katarina G. Bonde (Chairman)
ProductsSoftware
Websiteweareimint.com

History

The company was founded in 2007 by Jakob Sandström (CTO) and Harald Klomp (CEO). In 2008 the private investment company Professionell Ägarstyrning i Sverige AB[1] and Uppsala University holding company Uppsala Universitets Utvecklings AB[2] invested in the company. Initially Imint focused on providing video analysis and optimizations to unmanned aerial systems.[3]

On 6 April 2009, Imint was selected by Stockholm Innovation & Growth (STING) as one of the 26 hottest young technology companies in Sweden.[4]

In 2010, the Swedish government venture capital firm Almi Invest[5] joined as minority owners.

In 2012, Imint changed management, appointing Andreas Lifvendahl as CEO and Simon Mika as CTO. Under the new management Imint broadened to also include civil uses of unmanned aerial systems[6] and even venturing into totally new markets.[7]

In 2014, Vidhance Mobile was launched, initially featuring smartphone video stabilization.[8] On 8 October 2014 Imint was awarded the Young Bulls Award in a ceremony in Barcelona, Spain.[9] They also won the Young Bulls Award the 2015.[10]

In December the 2015, after a public funding round that was more than seven times oversubscribed[11] the company was listed on the micro cap list Aktietorget. During the first three hours of trading the share increased its value by 250%.[12]

Products

At present, Imint has three main product categories on the market which each contains features for different stages of the video life-cycle. Besides the main features there are also Add-ons available for each product:

  • Vidhance Capture - Vidhance Video Stabilization, Vidhance Dynamic Motion Blur Reduction, Vidhance Noise Reduction, Vidhance Time Lapse, Variable Lens Distortion Correction, Focal Breathing Correction [13][14]
  • Vidhance Composition - Live Composer (previously known as Live Auto Zoom), Smoother Selfie Mode[15][16]
  • Vidhance Post Process - Stabilization in post processing mode

Available subfeatures (Add-ons)
  • Vidhance Zoom
  • Vidhance Live Tracker
  • Object Tracking
  • Slow Motion
  • Live Composer
  • OIS-compensation

[17]

Multi-platform support

As announced by the company on 2 October 2018, Imint's camera- and video enhancing software now supports Android, Windows and Linux OS with version 3.0.[18]

Customers

Aerospace and Defence

Imint has in the past had several customers in the aerospace and defence industry. Among them are:[19]

Smartphone manufacturers

Today Imint's software is present in around 55 million android-based smartphones from several manufactures.[23] The following have been confirmed through firmware analysis and/or other channels:

Future markets

Medical, Surveillence, Action Cameras, Drones and IoT (Internet of Things)

Besides Imint's current main market in the smartphone industry, the Imint team are also looking to apply their technology and expertise into new markets in the near future. As of 14 November 2017. Imint announced a research collaboration with Swedish Kontigo Care and their advanced eHealth platform Previct®.[36]

As stated on Imint's website, the company also got ambitions to enter markets for Surveillance, Action Cameras, Drones and IoT (Internet of Things) [37]

Offices

The company headquarters is based in Uppsala, Sweden, part of the Stockholm-Uppsala software technology corridor, a prominent software cluster.[38]

Sales & support offices are also available in Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo.

References
  1. Professionell Ägarstyrning i Sverige AB http://www.paab.se
  2. Uppsala Universitets Utveckling AB http://www.uuab.uu.se Archived 2008-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Uppsala company get Vinnova money". Ny Teknik.
  4. "26 entreprenörer möter kapitalet i Kista". Ny Teknik.
  5. "Almi Invest Portfolio Companies". Almi Invest.
  6. "The military plane that can be used by civilians". Ny Teknik.
  7. "TechWorld article on Vidhance". TechWorld.
  8. Lardinois, Frederic. "Imint Wants To Bring Real-Time Video Stabilization To Android". techcrunch.com. Techcrunch. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  9. Fagerfjäll, Göte. "Video Stabilization from Uppsala won Young Bulls Award". Elektronik i Norden. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  10. "Meet Our 2015 Bully Award Winners". White Bull.
  11. "Imints funding round before listing on Aktietorget oversubscribed". Veckans Affärer.
  12. "The Video Company Imint Speeds like Crazy on the Stock Exchange". Dagens Industri.
  13. Lardinois, Frederic. "Imint Wants To Bring Real-Time Video Stabilization To Android". Techcrunch.com. Techcrunch. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  14. "Bingo for Company listed on Aktietorget". Dagens Industri.
  15. Lardinois, Frederic. "Editor". Techcrunch.com. Techcrunch. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  16. "Wiko Wim - Kitesurf - Better video Zoom than the Samsung Galaxy Note 8!". Kas-Tech.
  17. "Smartphone Video Stabilizer".
  18. "IMINT releases version 3.0 of the Vidhance® video enhancement software platform".
  19. "Imint Investment Prospectus" (PDF).
  20. "Imint and Elbit Field Test Skylark with new Software for First Responders". UAS Vision.
  21. "Successful Test Performed as BlueBird and Imint are Finishing Integration Tasks".
  22. "Innocon selects Imint's Vidhance video enhancement engine and video tracker for its small unmanned aerial vehicles". Space War.
  23. Lifvendahl, Andreas. "Imint Quarterly Report 2017 Q2" (PDF). p. 2.
  24. "Huawei's use of Vidhance". Imint Investors.
  25. "The Uppsala company Imint develops video solution for Samsung Electronics". Break It.
  26. Hansson, Fredrik. "References to Imints software in Huaweis flagship phone P10". Finwire.
  27. "BQ's use of Vidhance". Imint Investors.
  28. "Wiko's use of Vidhance". Imint Investors.
  29. "Sharps's use of Vidhance". Imint Investors.
  30. "Vivo's use of Vidhance". Imint Investors.
  31. "Imint and Vivo sign license agreement for video stabilization" (PDF). Imint Investors.
  32. "Xiaomi tecknar licensavtal för videostabilisering".
  33. "General Mobile tecknar treårigt licensavtal för videostabilisering". news.cision.com.
  34. "Imint tecknar licensavtal med Fujitsu Connected Technologies". news.cision.com.
  35. "Imint signs license agreement with Oppo". weareimint.com.
  36. "Kontigo Care and Imint Image intelligence start research collaboration".
  37. "Vidhance - Industrial Applications".
  38. Rung, Sven; Leimback, Timo. "EU Software Cluster Benchmark 2013". softwareclusterbenchmark.eu. Fraunhofer ISI. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
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