Patent ID: 11882368
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A camera comprising:
an image sensor including a plurality of sensor elements;
a controller to:
receive, from the image sensor, a plurality of sensor values indicative of a characteristic of light impinging on the plurality of sensor elements; and
generate, based on the plurality of sensor values, an image file including a plurality of pixels having a respective plurality of pixel values at a respective plurality of pixel locations, wherein the image file includes a header and a body, wherein the body includes the plurality of pixel values in an order in series and the header includes a shape field having a value indicating that the image file is a circular image file including a pixel having a pixel location within a first square, including a pixel having a pixel location outside the first square and within a circle circumscribing the first square, and not including a pixel having a pixel location outside the circle and within a second square in which the circle is inscribed.