42Copyright © 2015 TOSHIBA TELI CORPORATION, All rights reserved. Doc. No. 4300-0223About USB3.0 Back ground of USB3.0 USB was started to be used for PC peripherals such as mouse, keyboard, printer etc.in its early stage. And USB2.0 became majority which can be connected to massstorage like HDD. Gradually, USB is also used for sequential data transfer such as audio and video. As internet is getting more popular, USB3.0 became an interface which can handlemore data. Official support to USB3.0 by Windows 8 also helps its popularity. Output data from camera is getting larger with higher speed than before inaccordance with transition of CCD to CMOS sensor in it. USB3.0 is adopted as an interface which can handle these data. USB3.0 is expectedas an interface for worldwide use by standardization of protocol as “USB3 Vision”. Industrial cameras with USB3.0 get ready to spread in the market with USB’sadvantage of board less use and various availability of PC peripherals. Transition of USB standard2015/12/25Standard USB1.0 USB2.0 USB3.0Year 1996 2000 2008Data rete 12Mbps 480Mbps 5GbpsMax.current 500mA 900mA USB has been quite popular asmultipurpose PC interface for about20 years since USB1.0 in 1996. USB3.1 standard will start followingthe tremendous performanceimprovement of USB3.0.