GigE Vision™ Interface Standard Premieres at Vision East

(Ann Arbor, Michigan – May 9, 2006)  A much anticipated camera interface standard, GigE Vision™ is now available for the machine vision industry.  The official announcement was made at The Vision Show East in Boston on May 9th by the Automated Imaging Association (AIA), the global trade group that oversees the ongoing development and administration of the standard.

GigE Vision™ is a camera interface standard developed using the Gigabit Ethernet communication protocol.  GigE Vision™ is the first standard to allow fast transfer (1000 Mbps) of data using low cost standard cables over very long lengths (up to 100 meters).  With GigE Vision™, hardware and software from different vendors can interoperate seamlessly over GigE connections.  The highly scalable interface will follow the growth of Ethernet bandwidth.  As 10GigE becomes the mainstream protocol, GigE Vision™ will be the fastest connection in the industry.

‘‘Using a standard interface allows component manufacturers to bring their products to market faster by eliminating the time-consuming steps of multi-vendor integration,’‘ said Jeffrey Fryman, AIA’s Director of Standards  An industry adopted standard means real cost savings for component manufacturers, freeing up funds for innovation in R&D and makes entry into new markets easier.  Additionally, the interface is plug-and-play making it easy to use, a real benefit to end users, Fryman said.

Growth in GigE Vision™ camera sales is anticipated to be strong, according to Paul Kellett, AIA’s Director of Market Analysis.  ‘‘GigE camera sales represented just 0.7% of the market in 2005 and we forecast that to grow to 26.4% (or $34 million) in 2010,’‘ said Kellett.

The standard was developed for the industry with the talent and commitment of a group of companies representing every sector of the vision industry.  More information is available on the GigE Vision™ web pages of Machine Vision Online.  Included will be a listing of GigE Vision™ compliant products which will make it easy for users to not only find the product that best suits their application, but see the products that will easily interoperate with each other. 

Anyone interested in more information on how to join the GigE Vision™ standard committee or how to register compliant products can contact Jeff Fryman at 734-994-6088 or by email at [email protected].

Founded in 1984, AIA was organized specifically to promote the use of image capture and analysis technology and now represents more than 250 machine vision suppliers, system integrators, users, researchers, and consulting firms from 24 countries.  In addition to administrating standards development for GigE Vision™ and Camera Link®, other key activities include publishing an annual Machine Vision Market Study and the Machine Vision Industry Directory, sponsoring The Vision Show and the International Robot & Vision Show; sponsoring the annual AIA Business Conference; and hosting Machine Vision Online, the world’s leading resource for machine vision information (www.machinevisiononline.org). For more information about AIA and the machine vision industry, visit www.machinevisiononline.org or contact AIA Headquarters at (734) 994-6088.

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