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Epiphan Systems, also known by its trade name as Epiphan Video, is a computer equipment manufacturer founded in Ottawa, Canada with an office in Palo Alto, California. Epiphan Systems Inc. markets, develops, manufactures, and supports a line of niche VGA/DVI signal processing products and high resolution frame grabbers. Epiphan Systems makes the world's only external high resolution frame grabbers capable of transferring images over the USB bus and, to date, is the only company producing external VGA/DVI frame grabbers that are capable of capture rates over 60 frames per second using precompressor technologies for image capture.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.screencapturenews.com/hardware/comparison-table-for-best-vga-and-dvi-frame-grabbers/ )〕 Clients and integrators of Epiphan Systems' technologies include the US Armed Forces, Microsoft, IBM, as well as a slate of other high-profile organizations. Epiphan Systems’ products are also critical in the field of telemedicine, where they are used to relay images from medical equipment over the Internet.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.remoteguidance.org/laparascopic-surgery/lights-lap-camera-tele-action/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.medicalelectronicsdesign.com/article/frame-grabbers-making-remote-monitoring-possible )〕 Epiphan's video broadcasting devices have also been used by NASA on the International Space Station for ultrasound remote diagnostics purposes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oce/appel/ask/issues/39/39i_invention.html )〕 == Company history == Epiphan Systems was founded in 2003, the same year that it launched the world's first external USB-based frame grabber, VGA2USB, and the VGA2WEB video conferencing product. In 2004-2007, Epiphan introduced a full line of frame grabber type devices and streaming and recording appliances that employed VGA and DVI sources as inputs. In 2008, Epiphan Systems was named the second fastest growing company in Ottawa by the Ottawa Business Journal.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.epiphan.com/company/news/2008/05-07/epiphan-systems-named-second-fastest-growing-company-in-ottawa/ )〕 In December 2009, Epiphan Systems announced the release of the VGA2Ethernet, the first Gigabit Ethernet based VGA frame grabber, capable of capture rates of up to 120 frames per second, which makes it the fastest VGA frame grabber available.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/Frame-Grabber-works-with-32-64-bit-Windows-and-Linux-570649 )〕 Furthermore, in 2009, Epiphan Systems was named Fifth Fastest Growing Company in Ottawa by the Ottawa Business Journal, with a 192.7% total revenue growth over three years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.obj.ca/Other/Special-Reports/2009-04-22/article-303830/FASTEST-GROWING-COMPANIES%3A-%235---Epiphan-Systems-Inc./1 )〕 In 2010, Epiphan Systems, together with Luxoft, began developing the world's first portal for quick computer-aided design of t-slotted aluminum frames - FrameXpert.com.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.luxoft.com/press/press_release_article.html?id=11718 )〕 In 2011, Epiphan Systems partnered with Genetec to provide control room display recording functionality to Genetec's offerings.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.epiphan.com/company/news/2011/08-30/epiphan-partners-with-genetec-to-provide-monitors-and-control-room-security-display-recording/ )〕 In 2012, Deloitte ranked Epiphan the 3rd fastest growing computers/peripherals company in North America in the Deloitte Fast 500 index.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.epiphan.com/company/news/2012/11-14/epiphan-systems-3-sup-rd-sup-fastest-growing-computers-peripherals-company-in-north-america-br-on-deloitte-s-2012-technology-fast-500-/ )〕 It was also ranked 38th in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ program in Canada, based on the percentage of revenue growth over five years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www.epiphan.com/company/news/2012/11-13/epiphan-systems-inc-ranks-38th-in-the-deloitte-technology-fast-50-program/ )〕 In 2013, Epiphan introduced its first USB 3.0 Frame grabber, the DVI2USB 3.0, which captures video from HDMI, DVI, and VGA sources at 60 frames per second.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.epiphan.com/company/news/2013/01-15/epiphan-introduces-dvi2usb-3-0-next-generation-high-performance-external-frame-grabber/ )〕 Functionality to stream directly to Set-top box and Smart TV devices was introduced into Epiphan's appliances via a firmware update.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.epiphan.com/company/news/2013/07-01/new-firmware-adds-set-top-box-and-smart-tv-functionality-to-vgadvi-broadcaster-lecture-recorder-x2-vgadvi-recorder/ )〕 Furthermore, Epiphan was inducted into the Space Foundation Space Technology Hall of Fame, through its medical subsidiary - Mediphan, where its technology was named a "potentially life-saving innovation".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.spacefoundation.org/programs/space-technology-hall-fame/inducted-technologies/mediphan-distancedoc-and-medrecorder )〕 In 2014, Epiphan introduced SDI support into its product lineup with the release of SDI2USB 3.0 and Epiphan Pearl, a streaming/recording appliance VGA, HDMI, and SDI inputs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.epiphan.com/company/news/2014/06-18/from-epiphan-new-pearl-appliance-captures-streams-and-records-multiple-hd-sources-including-sdi-cameras-at-once/ )〕 Also, support for Epiphan devices was added to Telestream Wirecast〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.epiphan.com/company/news/2014/06-12/telestream-wirecast-adds-support-for-epiphan-devices/ )〕 and Wowza Streaming Engine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.epiphan.com/company/news/2014/09-12/epiphan-systems-joins-works-with-wowza-partner-program-providing-reliable-video-streaming-capabilities/ )〕 On June 12, 2015, Epiphan announced the change of its trade name from Epiphan Systems to Epiphan Video with a new company tagline that reads "capture - stream - record" in order to emphasize Epiphan's broad product line.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.epiphan.com/press-releases/epiphan-systems-announces-trade-name-epiphan-video/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Epiphan Systems」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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