Patent ID: 9204172
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: G06T,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory program storage device, readable by a processing unit and comprising instructions stored thereon to cause one or more processors to: obtain a RAW image; obtain, from the RAW image, a first image expressed in a first image format, each element in the first image defined by one or more reference values in a first range of values; obtain, from the first image, a second image expressed in a second image format, each element in the second image defined by one or more reference values in a second range of values, wherein the second range of values is a proper subset of the first range of values; obtain a delta image based, at least in part, on the first and second images; encode the second image in a payload portion of an image file; and encode the delta image in a metadata portion of the image file.