Deep Vision

What Deep Vision does

Deep Vision Technology Co., Ltd. (杭州深度视觉科技有限公司), founded in 2017 and headquartered in Hangzhou with R&D in Beijing and manufacturing in Tongxiang, is a privately-held Chinese high-tech enterprise specializing in high-precision intelligent visual inspection equipment for industrial manufacturing. The company designs and produces integrated automatic inspection machines and AI smart cameras that detect surface and dimensional defects on precision metal components, with its strongest foothold in the bearing manufacturing value chain (rolling elements, bearing rings, finished bearings) and growing presence in battery shells and other precision components. Its technical approach combines computer image processing, artificial intelligence, FPGA-based distributed computing architecture, custom optical light field design, and self-developed 2D/3D/aperture cameras, with the company being the first to apply medical surgical-grade image processing technology to industrial visual inspection. Detection specifications include 0.5 micrometer precision, 99.99% accuracy, microsecond-level processing, and coverage of 10,000+ defect types.

Deep Vision generates revenue primarily through direct sales of hardware inspection equipment and integrated solutions to global top-tier industrial manufacturers, with all products sold exclusively through direct channels rather than distributors. The company serves over 300 enterprise customers across bearing, automotive, aerospace, new energy, textile, and 3C sectors, shipping nearly 1,000 units annually at a typical ROI payback of 1-3 years per unit (each unit replacing 5-10 manual inspectors). Named customers include Schaeffler, NSK, NACHI, JTEKT, Timken, C&U Group, Wafangdian Bearing, Luoyang LYC, and Lixing Group. Total disclosed funding totals approximately RMB 150 million across seed (CYZONE, Sequoia, Qualcomm, 2018), pre-A (Vertex Ventures, Qualcomm, 2020), and Series A (Genertec, Hui Capital, Zhongguancun Development, Qualcomm, March 2022) rounds. The company has established strategic partnerships including Siemens Xcelerator Star VIP Partner certification (April 2026), Lixing Group Mexico JGBR factory project (March 2024), and Stur Robot collaboration for the world's largest shield machine main bearing (December 2023), signaling a deliberate expansion from a domestic bearing-inspection specialist into a multi-vertical, international industrial vision platform.

Name

Deep Vision

Legal name

杭州深度视觉科技有限公司

Website

https://deepvision-tech.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Deep Vision (深度视觉科技) is a Chinese industrial machine vision company founded in 2017 that designs and sells AI-powered high-precision visual inspection equipment and smart cameras, primarily serving global bearing manufacturers and expanding into battery, automotive, and heavy machinery sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Machine Vision Inspection Equipment

NAICS

Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513), Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (334519)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Optical Instruments & Lenses (3827), Special Industry Machinery, Nec (3559)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Vision & Quality Inspection (HDAAAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Machine Vision & Industrial Imaging Systems (IMAHAHAE), Industrial Quality Inspection & Metrology (Machine Vision) (IMAIAMAF)

Keywords

• Machine vision inspection
• Industrial vision systems
• Automated defect detection
• AI inspection equipment
• Bearing inspection machines

Headquarters

HQ city

Haidian

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Intelligent visual inspection equipment sales: Deep Vision designs, manufactures, and sells一体化自动检测设备 (integrated automatic inspection equipment) for industrial visual inspection. Products include rolling element inspection machines, bearing ring inspection machines, finished bearing inspection machines, battery shell inspection machines, and AI smart cameras. All products are sold through direct sales channels. The ROI for customers is typically 1-3 years with each unit replacing approximately 5-10 workers.
2. Intelligent vision inspection overall solutions: Comprehensive solutions including equipment, software, image preprocessing, feature recognition hardware and software, and supporting services for enterprise customers implementing visual inspection systems.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Deep Vision designs, manufactures, and sells integrated automatic inspection equipment (一体化自动检测设备) for industrial visual inspection, specializing in high-precision defect detection on precision metal components, primarily bearings and rolling elements. Product lines include rolling element inspection machines, bearing ring inspection machines, finished bearing inspection machines, battery shell inspection machines, and AI smart cameras, all built on self-developed FPGA-based distributed computing, proprietary AI cameras, 3D cameras, aperture cameras, and custom light field optics. The company provides comprehensive intelligent vision inspection overall solutions including equipment, image preprocessing software/hardware, feature recognition, and supporting services to global top-tier industrial manufacturing enterprises.

Product overview

Deep Vision offers a comprehensive portfolio of industrial vision inspection equipment centered on their proprietary AI Smart Camera platform and specialized inspection machines. The product line includes: Roller Appearance Inspection Machines for rolling elements (detecting cracks, scratches, rust), Finished Bearing Inspection Machines for completed bearings, Inner/Outer Ring Inspection Machines for bearing rings, and Battery Shell Inspection Machines. Their AI Smart Camera serves as a core intelligent vision platform that can control robotic arms and perform complex defect detection. The company also provides 3D+2D vision-guided robotic arm systems for automation. All products leverage their FPGA-based distributed computing architecture and proprietary light field design technology, enabling detection accuracies of 1 micron with recognition rates above 99%.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AI Smart Camera (AI智能相机, model DV-2AI64M/DV-2AI64C) Industrial-grade AI-powered smart camera with embedded edge AI computing (26 TOPS), designed as a core intelligent vision platform for complex defect detection, human behavior detection, and direct robotic arm control in intelligent production operations. Targeted at industrial manufacturing enterprises seeking to deploy AI vision directly on the production line.
• Roller Appearance Inspection Machine (滚动体智能外观检测机) Intelligent inspection machine for rolling elements including cylindrical rollers (CR), tapered rollers (TR), spherical rollers (SR), railway rollers, wind power rollers, piston pins, and piston rings. Detects surface defects such as cracks, scratches, rust, and material mixing at speeds of 10,000+ units/hour with 1μm accuracy, targeting bearing component manufacturers.
• Finished Bearing Appearance Inspection Machine (成品轴承外观检测机) Automated inspection system for finished bearings (DGBB deep groove ball bearings and needle bearings) detecting defects including seal damage, scratches, corrosion, character defects, and missing components. Processes over 1,800 units/hour with 99%+ recognition rate, designed for bearing assembly plants.
• Inner/Outer Ring Inspection Machine (车/磨加工套圈外观检测机) Inspection machine for bearing rings and sleeves (CRB, TRB, NRB, DGBB) detecting defects such as cracks, chatter marks, scratches, rust, and chamfer size deviations. Handles diameters from 20-180mm at over 1,800 units/hour, targeting bearing ring machining operations.
• Battery Shell Appearance Inspection Machine (电池壳外观检测机) Visual inspection system for battery shells (square and cylindrical form factors) detecting defects on outer walls, mouths, and apertures including dirt, scratches, cracks, and rust, designed for new energy battery component manufacturers.
• 3D Vision-Guided Robotic Arm System (3D+2D视觉引导机械臂) Vision-guided robotic automation system combining self-developed 3D and 2D cameras for applications including random bin picking and automated welding. Designed to operate in harsh environments (high temperature, noise, dust) and replace manual labor in repetitive heavy-duty operations such as large bearing manufacturing and assembly.

Quantifiable outcome

• Detection precision: 0.5μm; Accuracy rate: 99.99%; Processing speed: microsecond level; 10,000+ defect types supported; Zero missed detections
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability8 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship.

• Siemens AG (西门子)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 April 2026Deep Vision was officially certified as Siemens Xcelerator 'Star VIP Partner', becoming Siemens' core strategic partner in the industrial vision field. The partnership enables Deep Vision to leverage Siemens Xcelerator's open digital business platform to provide more efficient and intelligent digital solutions for industrial customers in precision manufacturing, semiconductor, automotive components, and other sectors, supporting manufacturing digital transformation.
• Lixing Group (力星集团)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 March 2024Lixing Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Deep Vision for the Mexico JGBR factory conical roller appearance inspection line project. The JGBR factory is Lixing Group's key North American manufacturing base serving new energy vehicles, commercial vehicles, general industry, and precision machine tools. Deep Vision provides high-precision, intelligent visual inspection line equipment for this facility, marking a significant step in Chinese high-precision bearing component manufacturing going global.
• Stur (斯图机器人)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 December 2023Deep Vision partnered with Stur Robot to provide 3D vision technology for the world's largest shield machine main bearing manufacturing project (diameter 8.61 meters). Deep Vision provided the data acquisition, trajectory automatic output, and grinding position active recognition and correction capabilities that enabled the world's first integrated tooth chamfering and quenching soft zone grinding automation system.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• KEYENCE: Japanese global leader in machine vision sensors, industrial cameras, and inspection equipment. KEYENCE is the benchmark Deep Vision is explicitly positioned against ('China's KEYENCE' framing from investors). Both sell factory-floor inspection systems directly to manufacturers with strong gross margins and premium positioning.
• Cognex Corporation: U.S.-based pure-play machine vision company providing vision systems, industrial cameras, and image-processing software for factory automation. Cognex is the closest global direct competitor in vision-based quality inspection, serving automotive, electronics, and consumer products manufacturers.
• Basler AG: German industrial camera and computer vision company. While Basler focuses on the camera/imaging hardware layer rather than full turnkey inspection machines, it competes with Deep Vision's self-developed AI camera and 3D camera lines, and serves overlapping industrial customers.
• Mech-Mind Robotics: Chinese 3D vision and industrial AI startup specializing in 3D cameras and vision-guided robotics. Mech-Mind overlaps with Deep Vision on 3D vision-guided robotic arm systems, AI-based defect detection, and bin-picking applications serving Chinese and global manufacturers.
• Hikvision Robotics: Industrial machine vision division of Hikvision, offering 2D/3D vision systems, industrial cameras, and AI-powered inspection platforms. As a well-funded Chinese competitor, it directly competes with Deep Vision in factory-automation vision across automotive, electronics, and logistics use cases.
• OPT Machine Vision (奥普特): Leading Chinese machine vision company (publicly listed) specializing in vision systems, light sources, lenses, and industrial cameras. OPT is a domestic competitor to Deep Vision in factory-automation vision, with overlapping product lines and customer base in Chinese manufacturing.

Broad incumbents

• SICK AG: German sensor and industrial automation company with significant machine vision operations. SICK offers vision systems and image-based inspection solutions as part of a broader factory automation portfolio, comparable to Deep Vision's integrated inspection equipment for industrial manufacturers.
• Omron Corporation: Japanese industrial automation conglomerate with a vision and inspection product line. Omron's FH/MV series vision systems and code readers serve similar factory-automation customers and compete in precision inspection markets, especially in Asia where Deep Vision is active.
• Teledyne Technologies (Vision Solutions): U.S. conglomerate owning multiple machine vision brands (FLIR, Teledyne DALSA, Lumenera, e2v). Teledyne competes across industrial cameras, image sensors, and vision systems used in factory inspection, comparable to Deep Vision's self-developed camera and FPGA-based inspection platforms.
• ISRA VISION / Atlas Copco Machine Vision: Industrial machine vision specialist (now part of Atlas Copco) offering surface inspection and quality control systems. ISRA's automated surface inspection solutions are comparable to Deep Vision's defect-detection machines for high-reflectivity metal components and precision parts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors5 records

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M&A

Investments

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