ISO/IEC80610-2-71, international standard of fNIRS, was published in 2015

Abstract

It is important to discuss both patents and standardization activity, for both businesses and researches. However, there is little information about these, especially for researchers. Standardization has two meanings. One is conforming to the standards which already exist, and the other is making new standards. Their activities are different. We need to know about standardization and its activities, at first. For this purpose, the homepage of the Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC) is very helpful. Our Japanese committee proposed the New Work of the functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) standard at an IEC Nuremberg meeting in 2011. It was accepted through the international voting, and, our standardization activity started. It had been discussed by a Joint Working Group with ISO, and the standard was published as ISO/IEC 80601-2-71 in 2015. I will discuss the relationship between the standardization establishment and the research activity.