2008: Patent granted on technology used for SilverFast (Karl-Heinz Zahorsky, EP: 1744278, US 8,693,808).2005: Patent granted on barcode technology used for the Auto IT8 Calibration.Kiel is the capital of the most northern province of Germany, Schleswig-Holstein and known as the international sailing city. LaserSoft Imaging's Headquarters is located in Kiel, Germany, by the Baltic Sea, 60 miles north of Hamburg. video digitizers, such as Pixelogic's »ProViz« and Truvel's »TrueScan«, the first professional colour scanner for the PC, which was first shown at Hannover fair CEBIT in 1988, which LaserSoft Imaging was invited to by Apple Computer. In fact LaserSoft Imaging was the first to distribute innovative products e.g. LaserSoft Imaging became an early adaptor of color- and image processing on the Macintosh. LaserSoft Imaging was founded in spring 1986 by the physicist Karl-Heinz Zahorsky, the president of the company today.