27-2 Industrial Communication Systems
used.in.analog.signals,.has.one.plane.used.for.luminance.(Y.or.brightness).and.the.other.two.used.by.the.
chrominance.component.(U.and.V,.the.information.on.color)..It.is.known.that.the.human.vision.system.
(HVS).is.more.sensitive.to.the.quality.of.the.Y.plane.than.the.U.and.V.planes,.so.subsampling.is.applied.
to.reduce.the.amount.of.information.in.analog.signals.and.can.be.seen.as.a.rst.stage.of.compression.
e
.resolution.and.the.fps.rate.are.established.by.the.type.of.application..Once.established,.these.fac-
tors
.inuence.the.requirements.of.the.image’s.characteristics,.the.spatial.relationship.of.the.equipment.
participating.in.the.application,.and.the.implications.for.the.temporal.requirements.that.must.be.
satised..Although.there.is.a.wide.range.of.multimedia.applications.being.used.in.factory.automa-
tion,
.such.as.virtual.manufacturing.[WIF01].or.online.interactive.training,.we.consider.[SS07].process.
monitoring.and.control.through.image.processing.to.be.the.most.relevant..In.the.case.of.monitoring.
processes,.where.an.application’s.temporal.requirements.are.not.critical,.the.sensor.and.the.visualiza-
tion
.node.can.be.in.the.same.machine,.in.the.same.plant,.or.in.any.part.of.the.world..In.the.case.of.auto-
mated
.control,.where.applications.do.have.critical.temporal.requirements,.sensor.and.processing.node.
are.normally.in.the.same.machine.(personal.area.network,.distances.of.a.few.meters),.but.other.solutions.
are.possible.as.well..Reductions.in.costs.and.the.increases.in.processing.capacity.are.giving.rise.to.a.new.
generation.of.intelligent.cameras,.where.capture.and.image.processing.are.integrated.in.the.same.device.
(distances.in.centimeters)..On.the.other.hand,.this.area.is.beginning.to.see.the.inuence.of.the.expand-
ing
.use.of.Ethernet.to.areas.outside.the.oce,.and.this.is.leading.to.the.use.of.IP.technology.in.image.
transmission.over.distances.of.hundreds.meters.normally,.but.also.over.greater.distances,.when.there.
are.less.strict.temporal.requirements.
In
.Figure.27.2,.the.use.of.different.types.of.communication.networks.used.in.multimedia.appli-
cations
.depending.on.communication.distances.between.sensor.and.processing.node.can.be.seen.
.
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