Patent ID: 9686460
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. An apparatus for enabling a metadata storage subsystem comprising a host processor that is to: create a directory of available metadata, wherein the metadata is stored in various system data stores; retrieve the metadata as requested by a host device; transfer the metadata to the host device; execute the metadata via a camera command set (CCS), the CCS comprising native, required, and optional commands, wherein the optional commands are to manage metadata storage and retrieval across arbitrary camera configurations, and the CCS is enabled by a command transport mechanism, the command transport mechanism to transfer native commands to a camera subsystem for further execution and execute remaining commands of the common set of commands in response to the commands being translated to Camera Serial Interface 3 (CSI-3) Attribute Get/Set requests, wherein the CCS enables commands to manage the metadata storage and retrieval and is to enable the host device to interface with, support, and validate any camera configuration.