The Japan Industrial Imaging Association (JIIA) was established in September 2006.At that time, industrial machine vision was at its peak, and organizations such as the AIA (now A3) in North America and the EMVA in Europe were established. Beyond industrial applications, there was a growing movement to standardize camera interfaces, camera control, and image technology, focusing on the theme of "images."

At that time, Japanese camera and lens manufacturers were expanding their overseas sales channels, but technologically, the industry was shifting from analog to digital. Standardization of digital camera interfaces was urgently needed, requiring collaboration among various organizations. Japanese imaging equipment manufacturers also decided to establish JIIA as the Japanese industry association for machine vision to participate in this standardization process. Currently, with the addition of VDMA (Germany) and CMVU (China), five organizations continue standardization activities under the G3 framework.

Twenty years have passed since the establishment of JIIA, and now a new wave—the great wave of AI—is upon us. The wave of AI will have a significant impact not only on Machine Vision, but also on Robot Vision, automatic recognition, and surveillance. How to ride this wave of AI, and how to navigate it successfully, will be a key theme for those involved in Vision in Japan and around the world going forward.

JIIA's mission is to master the technology of "image capture," standardize "image technology" applicable to any industry, and achieve standardization by disseminating it.

To everyone who has visited the JIIA website, we hope you will take an interest in Vision and participate in JIIA's activities.