standard mobile imaging architecture (SMIA)
The Standard Mobile Imaging Architecture (SMIA) is a standard for camera modules developed by Nokia and STMicroelectronics. It is an open standard that can be used by all companies that manufacture, specify and deploy camera modules.
Created for simplification and unification, the standard covers all aspects of a digital camera and mobile devices equipped with video cameras in stand-alone assemblies. It ensures that products that are compliant with the standard are also compatible with each other.
The focus of the SMIA standard is on the capture modules and A/D conversion, it also intervenes in the optical unit and image processing.
The background to the SMIA standard can be seen in the increasing miniaturization and use of recording systems in mobile devices such as cell phones, smart phones or PDAs. The recording systems, which are designed in modules, are thus mechanically and electrically interchangeable.
The standard developed by the SMIA Forum covers the mechanical specifications, the electrical interfaces and specifies the functions of the software and for the applications as well as those for the Symbian driver.