SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics), which has garnered special attention as a major next-generation Web graphics format, was endorsed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in 2001 and went on to become an industry standard. As a manufacturer of imaging devices, Canon actively promoted SVG from the beginning stages and took part in formulating SVG specifications.

SVG Tiny 1.2, which incorporates SVG user-interface-compatible functionality, is expected to be recommended by the W3C by 2008. SVG is an XML-based markup language for describing geometrical shapes such as Bezier curves and rectangles as vector graphics. Unlike raster graphics image formats such as GIF and JPEG, in which images are created using pixel patterns, scalable vector graphics can be freely resized without sacrificing image quality.

Also, colors and shapes can easily be altered simply by rewriting part of the markup description.

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Each character can be selected and searched as text. In addition, there are the advantages such as flexible scaling and high-resolution printing.

In order to look at this site, the SVG Viewer is required.

With these features, SVG makes possible the creation of a next-generation user interface with rich expressive capabilities, including, for example, visual effects employing animation or scalable display content regardless of monitor size.
Recently, both the size and resolution of user operation screens have increased for all products. Canon is actively promoting the utilization of SVG to offer more vivid, easier-to-use graphical user interfaces.

SVG User Interface Technology