USB3 Vision

[7] The standard is built upon many of the same pieces as GigE Vision, being based on GenICam, but utilizes USB ports instead of Ethernet.

[8] Some of the benefits of this standard include simple plug and play usability, power over the cable, and high bandwidth.

[13] As the standard is defined at a protocol layer, the software vendor providing the driver may be a different entity than the company designing the camera.

The camera specific registers can be queried via a XML schema file which is part of the GenICam standard.

These can include lighting synchronization and separate motor controls for optical focusing elements.