IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine - October 2015 - 132

Standards

Proactively Engaging Industry
Through Standards Activities
By Yu Yuan

S

tandards activities are not just a
"nice-to-have" aspect of the IEEE
Consumer Electronics (CE) Society, but they should proactively
serve the Society in multiple roles.
Through standards activities, we could
improve the Society's visibility, help it
stay current and relevant, attract and
keep members (especially those from
industry), and provide various ways for
the Society to collaborate with other
entities (companies, associations, etc.).
Augmented reality (AR) is one of
the strategic areas where we want to
encourage and support more standards
activities. This time, in addition to
some handpicked news about standards activities, we invited Christine
Perey, a thought leader in the AR
industry, to give us an overview about
the existing and ongoing work on AR
standardization within and outside
IEEE. Christine is serving as the executive director of the Augmented Reality for Enterprise Alliance (AREA).
She also plays a leading role in many
other AR efforts.
Let's start with some news as an
appetizer.

CONNECTED VEHICLES
AND AUTOMATED
DRIVING STANDARDS
On 11 June 2015, the IEEE Standards
Association Standards Board approved
a new standards project in the area of

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connected vehicles and automated
driving:
▼ IEEE P2040.2-Standard for Connected, Automated, and Intelligent
Vehicles: Testing and Verification.
This standards project, together with
the following two standards projects, is
sponsored by IEEE SCC42 (IEEE
Standards Coordinating Committee on
Transportation):
▼ IEEE P2040-Standard for Connected, Automated and Intelligent
Vehicles: Overview and Architecture
▼ IEEE P2040.1-Standard for Connected, Automated and Intelligent
Vehicles: Taxonomy and Definitions.
With the support of more than 30
IEEE Societies and Councils, IEEE
SCC42 leads the coordination of IEEE
standardization activities for technologies related to transportation, especially
in the areas of connected vehicles,
autonomous/automated vehicles, interand intravehicle communications, and
other types of transportation electrification. These technologies include but are
not limited to mobile apps, sensor networks, and communications that allow
human-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-vehicle,
vehicle-to-infrastructure, vehicle-to-platform, and vehicle-to-everything exchange
of information and data. Where standardization needs exist, IEEE SCC42
will develop guides, recommended practices, standards, and common definitions
of terms.
The next face-to-face meeting of
the IEEE SCC42 and IEEE P2040
working groups will be held in conjunction with the 4th International

october 2015

Conference on Connected Vehicles
and Expo on 19-23 October 2015 in
Shenzhen, China (http://www.iccve.
org). The CE Society is a technical
cosponsor of the conference.

CONSUMER 3-D PRINTING
STANDARD
IEEE P3030-Standard for Consumer
3-D Printing: Overview and Architecture- is calling for participation.
IEEE P3030 is being crafted to define
an architectural framework for consumer 3-D printing, including descriptions of various domains, definitions
of domain abstractions, and identification of commonalities between different domains. Because consumer 3-D
printing involves unique standards
requirements, IEEE P3030 is planning
to provide a needed blueprint for data
abstraction, quality, protection, and
safety. The architectural framework
for consumer 3-D printing is intended
to be a reference model that defines
relationships among various domains
and common architecture elements
and that addresses all contingencies
related to the industry, regulatory bodies, and consumers.
Consumer 3-D printing technology
is emerging rapidly, and there is a need
to incentivize industry adoption of standards specific to the marketplace and to
be cognizant of unique challenges
where 3-D-printed items from a wide
range of future equipment will need to
produce identical results to achieve
broader market acceptance. IEEE P3030
is focused on standards development to
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