Attachment of additional information to stored or streamed image
US7312822B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 3, 2002 |
| Grant date | Dec 25, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 21, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/3278
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for storing or streaming images, wherein the images can be further processed after the storing or during the streaming includes the steps of choosing a span of the initially captured data, this span being adapted to be shown as an image to a user storing or streaming this chosen span of the data as an image in a file format or onto a stream to which additional information can be attached and which file format or steam could be processed by at least one standard application storing or streaming all or a part of the initially captured data as additional information to this file format or stream, and storing or streaming parameters needed for the processing of the image as further additional information to the file or stream.
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