LEAD Technologies
Encyclopedia
LEAD Technologies Inc. is a privately held software company headquartered in Charlotte
, North Carolina
, USA
. LEAD develops, markets and supports a line of imaging toolkits called LEADTOOLS.
called Compression Technology and was later incorporated
as LEAD Technologies, Inc. in April of 1991.
In July of 1994, Daher was awarded a patent - # 5,327,254 Method and Apparatus for Compressing and Decompressing Image Data. This invention became the foundation of LEAD's product line and business ventures.
LEAD gained a worldwide presence in 1993 by signing its first international reseller agreement with Unirent LTD to represent LEAD in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Two years later, it signed a publishing agreement with Bunka Orient Corporation
in Sendai, Japan for the rights to localize LEADTOOLS in Japanese, and to market and support the product in Japan.
and compression
technology. The primary product, LEADTOOLS, is a family of raster
, document
, medical
, multimedia
and vector
imaging toolkits that allow programmers and developers to incorporate digital imaging technologies into applications that they are creating. In addition to selling LEADTOOLS directly to software developers, LEAD Technologies, its divisions and subsidiaries use the SDK within several end user products including ePrint, MiPACS, M²Convert and FileWiggler.
and Veterans Affairs
. When selected for use by the VA, the primary reason was that it was the only solution able to automatically acquire images from any device, view images with templates, and save images electronically to VistA imaging
.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...
, North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. LEAD develops, markets and supports a line of imaging toolkits called LEADTOOLS.
History
The company was founded by Mohammed Daher and Rich Little in the summer of 1990 as a partnershipPartnership
A partnership is an arrangement where parties agree to cooperate to advance their mutual interests.Since humans are social beings, partnerships between individuals, businesses, interest-based organizations, schools, governments, and varied combinations thereof, have always been and remain commonplace...
called Compression Technology and was later incorporated
Incorporation (business)
Incorporation is the forming of a new corporation . The corporation may be a business, a non-profit organisation, sports club, or a government of a new city or town...
as LEAD Technologies, Inc. in April of 1991.
In July of 1994, Daher was awarded a patent - # 5,327,254 Method and Apparatus for Compressing and Decompressing Image Data. This invention became the foundation of LEAD's product line and business ventures.
LEAD gained a worldwide presence in 1993 by signing its first international reseller agreement with Unirent LTD to represent LEAD in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Two years later, it signed a publishing agreement with Bunka Orient Corporation
GrapeCity
GrapeCity, inc. is a privately held, multinational software corporation based in Sendai, Japan, that develops its own software products and provides outsourced product development services, consulting services, software solutions, and Customer relationship management solutions and services...
in Sendai, Japan for the rights to localize LEADTOOLS in Japanese, and to market and support the product in Japan.
Products
LEAD was established to commercialize Daher's inventions in the field of digital imagingDigital imaging
Digital imaging or digital image acquisition is the creation of digital images, typically from a physical scene. The term is often assumed to imply or include the processing, compression, storage, printing, and display of such images...
and compression
Image compression
The objective of image compression is to reduce irrelevance and redundancy of the image data in order to be able to store or transmit data in an efficient form.- Lossy and lossless compression :...
technology. The primary product, LEADTOOLS, is a family of raster
Raster graphics
In computer graphics, a raster graphics image, or bitmap, is a data structure representing a generally rectangular grid of pixels, or points of color, viewable via a monitor, paper, or other display medium...
, document
Document imaging
Document imaging is an information technology category for systems capable of replicating documents commonly used in business. Document imaging systems can take many forms including microfilm, on demand printers, facsimile machines, copiers, multifunction printers, document scanners, computer...
, medical
Medical imaging
Medical imaging is the technique and process used to create images of the human body for clinical purposes or medical science...
, multimedia
Multimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
and vector
Vector graphics
Vector graphics is the use of geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves, and shapes or polygon, which are all based on mathematical expressions, to represent images in computer graphics...
imaging toolkits that allow programmers and developers to incorporate digital imaging technologies into applications that they are creating. In addition to selling LEADTOOLS directly to software developers, LEAD Technologies, its divisions and subsidiaries use the SDK within several end user products including ePrint, MiPACS, M²Convert and FileWiggler.
Subsidiaries
In 2006, LEAD created M² Solutions, Inc. as a wholly owned subsidiary. M² develops, markets and supports a product line called M² Convert, which helps end users convert from one multimedia format to another. M² has primarily focused on the mobile and handheld market for people using Apple iPods and iPads, and Microsoft Windows phones.Divisions
In 2001, LEAD created a division called Medicor Imaging. Medicor develops, markets and supports a product line called MiPACS. Medicor’s primary product, MiPACS Dental Enterprise Solution is an application for large digital dental providers such as Universities, the United States Department of DefenseUnited States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
and Veterans Affairs
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs is a government-run military veteran benefit system with Cabinet-level status. It is the United States government’s second largest department, after the United States Department of Defense...
. When selected for use by the VA, the primary reason was that it was the only solution able to automatically acquire images from any device, view images with templates, and save images electronically to VistA imaging
VistA
The Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture is an enterprise-wide information system built around an Electronic Health Record , used throughout the United States Department of Veterans Affairs medical system, known as the Veterans Health Administration .It's a collection...
.
Awards
- 2011 The Code ProjectThe Code ProjectThe Code Project is a website that contains articles for an audience of computer programmers. Articles can be related to general programming, GUI design, algorithms or collaboration. Most of the articles have been uploaded by visitors and have not been extracted from an external source. Nearly...
Members Choice Award
- 2006-2010 Visual Studio Magazine Readers Choice Award