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Associations Agree to Develop Standards
Leaders from the Automated Imaging Association (AIA), European Machine Vision Association (EMVA), and Japan Industrial Imaging Association (JIIA) signed an agreement to cooperatively develop and promote global machine vision standards in Stuttgart, Germany during the VISION trade fair. The announcement was made at a press conference just 90 minutes following the signing.
Up to this point, each association has developed industry standards on its own; these legacy standards will remain in place. Going forward, if the associations agree on an issue needing standardization, a lead association will develop the standard and then the group will mutually promote the result as a global industry standard. If there is no consensus on the global need of a standard, each association retains the right to develop standards outside the cooperative group.
"This accord will benefit machine vision users and suppliers alike by accelerating the pace of standards development, avoiding overlapping efforts, and creating more awareness of new standards," said Jeff Burnstein, President of AIA.
Patrick Schwarzkopf, General Secretary of EMVA concurred, saying how important the agreement is. "This new cooperation in the field of machine vision standards development will play a decisive role in promoting machine vision technology in all markets. It will increase the global information flow during the standards development process and help the standards to become established internationally."
Finally, Shigeo Oka, Chairman of JIIA, said, "We've worked diligently since JIIA first proposed this idea to prepare a global standardization process that will benefit the industry. It is especially rewarding that this agreement is now signed."
