Patent ID: 11949848
Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 15:
16. A computing device comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory coupled to the one or more processors with instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
capturing image data using one or more cameras, wherein the image data includes a primary image and associated depth values;
obtaining a plurality of pixel values by converting the depth values to an integer format and compressing the converted depth values based on an image format;
encoding the image data in the image format, wherein the encoded image data includes:
the primary image, encoded in the image format; and
image metadata that includes:
a device element that includes a profile element indicative of an image type; and
a first camera element, wherein the first camera element includes an image element and a depth map based on the depth values, wherein the depth map comprises the plurality of pixel values, each pixel value indicative of a respective distance from a particular camera of the one or more cameras;

after the encoding, storing the image data in a file container based on the image format; and
causing the primary image to be displayed.