Patent ID: 8036475
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: G06K,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a JPM file having a plurality of layout objects, wherein the plurality of layout objects includes at least one layout object that represents sideband image information for a purpose other than use in display of a decoded image, wherein the at least one layout object includes scale information that causes a decoder to scale a mask and an image of the at least one layout object to a size in the decoded image unnoticeable to a human visual system; creating the decoded image by accessing information in the JPM file corresponding to the plurality of layout objects and decoding the information, wherein sideband image information is not intended to be displayed with the decoded image and is absent from display of the decoded image; and hiding the at least one layout object when the decoded image is created with a standard decoder.