Patent Document ID: 9521416
Application ID: 14204990
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A system comprising: compression circuitry including at least one input via which the compression circuitry is configured to: receive image data captured by a plurality of cameras having different viewpoints, wherein the image data is in sequentially linear groups of pixel data, and wherein the pixel data are from corresponding pixel locations in a plurality of different images captured by the plurality of cameras; wherein the compression circuitry is further configured to: identify corresponding pixel locations in sequentially linear groups of pixel data received from different cameras in the plurality of cameras; identify redundant pixel data in at least one sequentially linear group of pixel data by determining similarity between the pixel data, wherein identifying whether a given pixel data in the sequentially linear groups of pixel data is redundant comprises: calculating a multiple of the given pixel data in the sequentially linear groups of pixel data, calculating a difference between the multiple of the given pixel data and at least one pixel data neighboring the given pixel data, and when the calculated difference is less than a threshold value, identifying the given pixel data as a redundant pixel data; truncate pixel data identified as redundant from the at least one sequentially linear group of pixel data to form compressed image data; multiplex compressed image data with pixel data from the identified corresponding pixel locations in sequentially linear groups of pixel data received from different cameras in the plurality of cameras; and transmit the multiplexed compressed image data and pixel data from the compression circuitry to a processing system via interface circuitry.