Windows Image Acquisition Application (1 results)

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articlesavailable from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Windows ImageAcquisition (WIA; sometimes also called Windows Imaging Architecture) isa Microsoft driver model and application programming interface (API) forMicrosoft Windows Me and later Windows operating systems that enablesgraphics software to communicate with imaging hardware such as scannersdigital cameras and Digital Video-equipment. It was first introduced in2000 as part of Windows Me, and continues to be the standard imagingdevice and API model through successive Windows versions. It isimplemented as an on-demand service in Windows XP and later Windowsoperating systems.WIA is a significant superset of the support fordigital still imaging drivers that was provided by the Still ImageArchitecture (STI) in Windows 98. Whereas STI only provided a low-levelinterface for doing basic transfers of data to and from the device (aswell as the invocation of an image scan process on the Windows machinethrough the external device), WIA provides a framework through which adevice can present its unique capabilities to the operating system, andapplications can invoke those features.…