<s>
GenICam	B-General_Concept
(	O
abbreviated	O
for	O
Generic	O
Interface	O
for	O
Cameras	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
generic	O
programming	O
interface	O
for	O
machine	O
vision	O
(	O
industrial	O
)	O
cameras	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
standard	O
is	O
to	O
decouple	O
industrial	O
camera	O
interfaces	O
technology	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
GigE	B-Protocol
Vision	I-Protocol
,	O
USB3	B-Algorithm
Vision	I-Algorithm
,	O
CoaXPress	B-Device
or	O
Camera	B-Protocol
Link	I-Protocol
)	O
from	O
the	O
user	O
application	O
programming	O
interface	O
(	O
API	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GenICam	B-General_Concept
is	O
administered	O
by	O
the	O
European	O
Machine	O
Vision	O
Association	O
(	O
EMVA	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
standard	O
began	O
in	O
2003	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
module	O
in	O
GenICam	B-General_Concept
,	O
i.e.	O
,	O
GenApi	O
,	O
was	O
ratified	O
in	O
2006	O
whereas	O
the	O
final	O
module	O
,	O
i.e.	O
,	O
GenTL	O
was	O
ratified	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
companies	O
involved	O
in	O
drafting	O
the	O
GenICam	B-General_Concept
standards	O
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
many	O
companies	O
were	O
involved	O
in	O
drafting	O
the	O
GenICam	B-General_Concept
standard	O
,	O
and	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
potential	O
benefits	O
it	O
seemed	O
to	O
offer	O
,	O
some	O
camera	O
manufacturers	O
have	O
already	O
started	O
to	O
use	O
GenICam	B-General_Concept
in	O
their	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GenICam	B-General_Concept
consists	O
of	O
three	O
modules	O
to	O
help	O
solving	O
the	O
main	O
tasks	O
in	O
machine	O
vision	O
field	O
in	O
a	O
generic	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GenICam	B-General_Concept
provides	O
support	O
for	O
five	O
basic	O
functions	O
:	O
</s>
