Introduction

Already in 2005 the first module of the EMVA 1288 Standard was officially released by the members and contributors of the EMVA hosted working group. Since then the Standard for Measurement and Presentation of Specifications for Machine Vision Sensors and Cameras continiuosly has been further developed and meanwhile the Release 4.1 is close to be finalized. The EMVA 1288 Standard today is well accepted and especially camera producers worlwide apply the standard in their production lines and quality assurance departments.

Establishing international standards has been and will be crucial for the successful application of vision technologies not only in the industrial world but increasingly also in logistics, traffic, medical and several other user segments.

Based on this positive and ongoing evolution towards more and more matured applications of vision technologies, in specific cameras and image sensors, the EMVA Board of Directors, representing the association’s members, decided to lift the EMVA 1288 Standard up to an international standardisation level. Consequently in 2023 the EMVA proposed the EMVA 1288 Standard to become an ISO Standard.

In 2024 the item proposal got accepted by the ISO Technical Committe 42 ‘Photography’ and the specific working group WG 28 has been founded and initiated its work.

International experts are invited to bring in their expertise by joining the ISO-TC42-WG28!