Precision Mechatronics
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| legal form | GmbH |
| Seat | Weiterstadt |
| Number of employees | 175 ( FY 2009) |
| sales | 13.9 million EUR (FY 2009) |
| Branch | Special machine construction / image processing |
| Website | precision-mechatronics.com |
The Precision Mechatronics GmbH was a company for development and production of mechanical and electronic industry, based in Weiterstadt in Darmstadt . Her specialization was in the manufacture of image processing products. As part of the production of DFT Digital Film Technology Holding GmbH, it was a global company in the manufacture of film scanners .
Precision Mechatronics GmbH and DFT Digital Film Technology Holding GmbH filed for bankruptcy in August / September 2012. Digital Film Technology GmbH, based in Arheilgen, emerged from the bankruptcy estate. The new owners are Prasad Studios, based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
history
The company originated in 1929 as " Fernseh AG, Berlin", founded by Bosch, Baird, Zeiss-Ikon and Loewe. In 1938 Robert Bosch GmbH finally became the sole owner and in 1949 moved to Darmstadt under the name “Fernseh GmbH”. In 1986 a merger with Philips (Netherlands) was established. The company was now known under the name "BTS-Broadcast Television Systems GmbH".
In 1993 all shares were taken over by Philips and the company changed its name to "Philips Broadcast Television Systems GmbH". The company moved to Griesheim . In 2001 it was taken over by Thomson (France) under the name "Thomson Broadcast Solutions GmbH". In the meantime, part of the business has been taken over by Grass Valley Germany GmbH . In the meantime, the company's headquarters were in Weiterstadt. In 2008 the "Post Production Solutions" division was also sold to the Partner Capital Group and DFT Digital Film Technology Holding GmbH and Precision Mechatronics GmbH were founded.
Developments / products
In the early days before 1996, work was mainly focused on the international standardization of digital television. The development of video equipment such. B. Development of digital HDTV magnetic tape recorders in cooperation with Toshiba (Japan) in the foreground.
In 1996 the world's first digital film scanner "Spirit Classic" with 100 MB / s interface to computer and storage systems was developed together with Kodak . The special features of this film scanner lay in the precise color reproduction, real-time image processing in high quality and the scaling of images up to 2048 × 1800 pixels. At the same time, work was carried out on the adaptation of series devices to customer-specific processes in production companies operating worldwide, as well as on the development of driver software for specific computer platforms.
In 2002, the development of a 6400Mb / s data interface for the Spirit film scanner with the name "Gigabit System Network (GSN) data interface" followed to optimize the workstation software driver. The digital SDTV / HDTV picture mixer "Kayak" was then developed in 2003 in cooperation with Grass Valley. In 2004 "LUTher" followed. An HDTV color space converter based on a three-dimensional look-up table (LUT) with 129³ support points.
In the same year the "Spirit 4K" was developed in cooperation with Kodak and Dalsa (Canada). This scanner was characterized by a precise color reproduction of 4096 × 3600 pixels. In addition, it made high-quality real-time image processing possible with data rates of over 550 MB / s and simultaneous color correction. There was also the possibility of film grain reduction, the insertion of digital video effects and much more.
“Bones”, a flexible, non-linear post-production platform based on standard workstations and a Linux operating system, finally followed in 2005. This enabled the use of complex algorithms for color correction, image restoration and format conversion. "InfiniBand Interface", a development from 2006, was an 800 MB / s data interface for Spirit for image transmission on Linux-based clusters. “Bones Dailies”, a multi-user “Dailies” solution, finally made it possible for up to 4 users to work collaboratively on a common database to efficiently create contributions to analog and digital film production. This development from 2007 was characterized by automatic audio / video synchronization in real-time operation and supported many AV / media formats.
In 2009 the "Scanity" came onto the market. This film scanner made a 4K resolution (15 frames / s) possible with up to 96 frames / s with reduced resolution. The special feature here was the implementation of a new type of scanning and drive concept with gentle film transport. In addition, LED lighting was used for film protection and a long service life. This enabled a data rate of over 1300 MB / s with a direct connection to a disk storage system (SAN).
Awards
In 1998 the company received the Primetime Emmy Award for developing the "Spirit Data Cine" film scanner.
In 2000, the National Academy of Television and Science Emmy was awarded for the development of noise reduction in the use of satellite uplink stations.
In 2010 the company received the Technical Achievement Award (Technical Oscar) from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for developing the “LUTher” HDTV color space conversion . In addition, she received the Scientific and Engineering Award (Technical Oscar) , also from AMPAS , for the development of the Spirit 4K film scanner. For the development of the SCANITY film scanner in the “New Products and Innovations” category, Precision Mechatronics GmbH received 2nd place at the Hessen Champions in 2010.
today
Today, Precision Mechatronics GmbH mainly cooperates as a service provider for contract manufacturing of precision parts with a tolerance limit of up to 1 µm. It produces both prototypes for small and medium-sized batches in its air-conditioned production facility in Weiterstadt.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Precision Mechatronics GmbH (Ed.): Annual financial statements as of December 31, 2009 . In: Electronic Federal Gazette , entries on Precision Mechatronics GmbH, Darmstadt District Court, HRB 87120, dated February 10, 2011.
- ↑ Bones Dailies Article
- ↑ Emmy Winner 1998 ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ Technical Oscar winner 2010
- ↑ Hessen Champions 2010
