TRENDnet TV-PC100 Manual - Page 14

Twain - A standardized interfacing system that allows many different software applications to access many different image input devices. TWAIN compliance is needed for both software applications and imaging hardware devices (scanners, cameras) to be compatible. USB port - USB is the abbreviation for Universal Serial Interface, and is a new interface with throughput goes up to 12Mbps. It allows daisy-chained of 127 PC peripherals connection with 5 meters per device. USB provides the power for each device, means no more external power adapter for PC peripheral. USB also supports hot swap of device, or dynamic insertion-removal, and auto configuration as device changes. The throughput of USB, however, is not sufficient for real-time video transmission. The recently released USB PC camera, imbeds video compress/decompress technology to increase the data transmission and supports 30 fps in QCIF or CIF format. Video Communication Software - Users can do little with PC camera and other hardware without application software. Microsoft bundles NetMeeting in Windows98 providing basic solution for video conferencing over Internet or Intranet. While other software vendors provide video-mail, video editing, pattern recognition, personal security and remote monitoring utilities to touch down specific arena. Some software is quite sophisticated with comprehensive user interface, check you're nearby software dealers to get latest information. VGA: Video Graphics Array, resolution is 640 x 480 pixels.