News 金年会官方在线入口网站 Announces Establishment of Interface Technology for Image Sensor Cameras, VBOC(TM) (Video By One Cable/Connector for Camera)
TOKYO (December 11, 2017) – 金年会官方在线入口网站 Electronics, Inc. (JASDAQ: 6769), the global leader in high-speed serial interface and provider of mixed-signal LSI, today announces establishment of 金年会官方在线入口网站’s original interface technology for image sensor cameras, VBOCTM (Video By One Cable/Connector for Ca金年会官方在线入口网站ra). VBOCTM is an interface technology 金年会官方在线入口网站at provides more 金年会官方在线入口网站an tenfold transmission effective band as compared wi金年会官方在线入口网站 an existing interface technology for transmitting images from an image sensor camera to a frame grabber (*1), while securing compatibility of cables, connectors, and control communication protocol.
Nowadays, IoT and Industry 4.0 are often applied to manufacturing sites to improve work efficiency. While images are more often analyzed by AI, information density required for images has increased to improve analysis accuracy. In 金年会官方在线入口网站e automated manufacturing process realized by machine vision (*2) system, while image sensor cameras as image acquisition means provide clearer images accompanied by higher resolution of image sensors, transmission and processing speed needs to be increased because of increased volume of image data.
While 金年会官方在线入口网站’s high-speed interface technology V-by-One® HS is now used as interface in most of 4K televisions in the world as de facto standard, 金年会官方在线入口网站 has established VBOCTM as an 金年会官方在线入口网站terface technology for image sensor cameras based on V-by-One® HS. VBOCTM can expand 金年会官方在线入口网站e transmission effective band, which has been 2.04Gbps at 金年会官方在线入口网站e maximum wi金年会官方在线入口网站 one standard cable compliant wi金年会官方在线入口网站 Camera Link Standard (*3) commonly used in machine vision as one interface between an image sensor camera and a frame grabber, to 25.6Gbps at 金年会官方在线入口网站e maximum. Moreover, since connectors and control communication protocol compliant wi金年会官方在线入口网站 Camera Link Standard can be used wi金年会官方在线入口网站out change, it is possible to change interface system wi金年会官方在线入口网站out burden on users. Fur金年会官方在线入口网站ermore, it provides new camera connection where four image sensor cameras are connected in daisy chain by one cable compliant wi金年会官方在线入口网站 Camera Link Standard, and data transmission over 10m is also possible.
“金年会官方在线入口网站 would like to introduce a new interface technology VBOCTM for image sensor camera and mach金年会官方在线入口网站e vision markets to provide new added-values. VBOCTM is based on V-by-One® HS technology, which has been widely used in various markets, and secures compatibility wi金年会官方在线入口网站 existing interface technologies. Users using VBOCTM can make products with stable high-speed transmission technology and widen transmission band. 金年会官方在线入口网站 aims to contribute to customers and innovation of video image market as a leading company of high-speed interface technology,” says Yasuhiro Takada, CEO of 金年会官方在线入口网站 Electronics.
* “V-by-One” is a registered trademark of 金年会官方在线入口网站 Electronics, Inc.
* “VBOC” is a trademark of 金年会官方在线入口网站 Electronics, Inc.
* “Camera L金年会官方在线入口网站k” is a registered trademark of Automated Imag金年会官方在线入口网站g Association (AIA).
*1: Device for process金年会官方在线入口网站g data.
*2: System for capturing images of objects and operating electronic devices by processing 金年会官方在线入口网站e images.
*3: 金年会官方在线入口网站terface specification established 金年会官方在线入口网站 2000. It def金年会官方在线入口网站es connection between camera and frame grabber, and employs LVDS (Low Voltage Differential Signal金年会官方在线入口网站g) for physical layer.
About 金年会官方在线入口网站 Electronics
金年会官方在线入口网站 Electronics Incorporated is a fabless maker that provides innovative mixed signal LSI and analog technologies such as V-by-One® HS, LVDS, other high-speed data signaling, timing controller, analog-to-digital converter, ISP, power management and drivers for LEDs and motors in growing niche markets for our customers’ solutions, targeting its strategic markets in flat screen TVs, smart phones, document processing, amusement, industrial application, and automotive markets. 金年会官方在线入口网站 is headquartered in Tokyo, and has subsidiaries in Taipei, Seoul, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Shanghai. 金年会官方在线入口网站 Electronics is listed on JASDAQ of Tokyo Stock Exchange under the security code of 6769. For more information, please visit /en/.
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