# US 10,122,982 B2 · Post production replication of optical processing for digital cinema cameras using metadata > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,122,982 B2 - Document ID: US10122982B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/284,123 - Filed: 2014-05-21 - Published: 2014-11-27 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2013-05-21 - Assignees: Sony Corporation; Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. - Applicants: Sony Corporation; Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc - Inventors: Spencer Stephens; Chris Cookson; Scot Barbour - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10122982B2 ## CPC - H04N 9/7904: {using intermediate digital signal processing} - G11B 20/10527: {Audio or video recording; Data buffering arrangements (G11B20/12 - G11B20/18 take precedence)} - G11B 27/031: Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals - H04N 5/765: Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus - H04N 9/8205: {involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal} - G11B 2020/10537: {Audio or video recording} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R) ## Abstract Recording images, including: receiving an optical effects selection, which indicates a selected optical effect to apply to raw image data capturing the images; receiving an optical effects parameter, which indicates how to apply the selected optical effects to the raw image data; storing the optical effects selection and the optical effects parameter as effects metadata; recording the raw image data using a sensor of the digital camera; marking the effects metadata with time information to associate the effects metadata with the recorded raw image data over time; applying the selected optical effect to the raw image data according to the optical effects parameter to create processed image data while preserving the recorded raw image data; and displaying the processed image data on a display of the digital camera. Key words include raw image data and effects metadata. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for post-production replication of an optical processing for a digital camera configured to capture images, the method comprising: receiving an optical effects selection through a user interface of the digital camera, wherein the optical effects selection indicates a selected optical effect to apply to raw image data capturing the images including a light source, wherein the light source is emulated with the selected optical effect by setting characteristics of the light source within the images, the characteristics including at least one of position, intensity, and color of the light source; storing the optical effects selection as effects metadata; receiving an optical effects parameter through the user interface, wherein the optical effects parameter indicates how to apply the selected optical effect to the raw image data; storing the optical effects parameter as effects metadata; recording the raw image data using a sensor of the digital camera; marking the effects metadata with time information to associate the effects metadata with the recorded raw image data over time; applying the selected optical effect to the raw image data according to the optical effects parameter to create processed image data while preserving the recorded raw image data, wherein storing the optical effects selection and the optical effects parameter as the effects metadata for the recorded raw image data while preserving the recorded raw image data enables the selected optical effect to be applied according to the optical effects parameter to the raw image data, post production; and displaying the processed image data. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the effects metadata and the recorded raw image data on removable storage coupled to the digital camera. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, further comprising applying the effects metadata to the recorded raw image data using an editing computer system, separate from the digital camera. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the selected optical effect is a digital zoom. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the selected optical effect is an optical filter. ### Claim 6 A digital cinema camera for post-production replication of an optical processing for a digital camera configured to capture images, comprising: an effects sensor configured to capture an optical effects of the digital cinema camera, wherein the optical effects are applied to raw image data capturing the images including a light source, wherein the light source is emulated with the selected optical effect by setting characteristics of the light source within the images, the characteristics including at least one of position, intensity, and color of the light source; a processor configured to receive an optical effects parameter, wherein the optical effects parameter indicates how to apply the optical effects to the raw image data; an optical effects data storage unit to store the optical effects and the optical effects parameter as effects metadata, wherein the processor marks the effects metadata with time information to associate the effects metadata with the recorded raw image data over time; a raw image data storage unit to record the raw image data using a sensor of the digital cinema camera, wherein the processor applies the selected optical effect to the raw image data according to the optical effects parameter to create processed image data while preserving the recorded raw image data, wherein storing the optical effects and the optical effects parameter as the effects metadata for the recorded raw image data in the optical effects data storage unit while preserving the recorded raw image data in the raw image data storage unit enables the selected optical effect to be applied according to the optical effects parameter to the raw image data, post production; and a display configured to display the processed image data. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The camera of claim 6, further comprising a removable storage unit coupled to the digital cinema camera configured to store the effects metadata and the recorded raw image data. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The camera of claim 7, further comprising an editing computer system, separate from the digital cinema camera, the editing computer system configured to apply the effects metadata to the recorded raw image data. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The camera of claim 6, wherein the optical effect is a digital zoom. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The camera of claim 6, wherein the optical effect is an optical filter. ### Claim 11 An apparatus for post-production replication of an optical processing for a digital camera configured to capture images, comprising: means for receiving an optical effects selection through a user interface, wherein the optical effects selection indicates a selected optical effect to apply to raw image data capturing the images including a light source, wherein the light source is emulated with the selected optical effect by setting characteristics of the light source within the images, the characteristics including at least one of position, intensity, and color of the light source; means for storing the optical effects selection as effects metadata; means for receiving an optical effects parameter through the user interface, wherein the optical effects parameter indicates how to apply the selected optical effects to the raw image data; means for storing the optical effects parameter as effects metadata; means for recording the raw image data using a sensor; means for marking the effects metadata with time information to associate the effects metadata with the recorded raw image data over time; means for applying the selected optical effect to the raw image data according to the optical effects parameter to create processed image data while preserving the recorded raw image data, wherein means for storing the optical effects selection, means for storing the optical effects parameter as the effects metadata for the raw image data, and means for recording the raw image data enable the selected optical effect to be applied according to the optical effects parameter to the raw image data, post production; and means for displaying the processed image data. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising means for storing the effects metadata and the recorded raw image data on removable storage coupled to the apparatus. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising means for applying the effects metadata to the recorded raw image data using an editing computer system, separate from the apparatus. ### Claim 14 A non-transitory storage medium storing a computer program for post-production replication of an optical processing for a digital camera configured to capture images, the computer program comprising executable instructions that cause a computer to: receive an optical effects selection through a user interface of a digital camera, wherein the optical effects selection indicates a selected optical effect to apply to raw image data capturing the images including a light source, wherein the light source is emulated with the selected optical effect by setting characteristics of the light source within the images, the characteristics including at least one of position, intensity, and color of the light source; store the optical effects selection as effects metadata; receive an optical effects parameter through the user interface, wherein the optical effects parameter indicates how to apply the selected optical effects to the raw image data; store the optical effects parameter as effects metadata; record the raw image data using a sensor of the digital camera; mark the effects metadata with time information to associate the effects metadata with the recorded raw image data over time; apply the selected optical effect to the raw image data according to the optical effects parameter to create processed image data while preserving the recorded raw image data, wherein storing the optical effects selection and the optical effects parameter as the effects metadata for the raw image data while recording the raw image data enables the selected optical effect to be applied according to the optical effects parameter to the raw image data, post production; and display the processed image data. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The non-transitory storage medium of claim 14, further comprising executable instructions that cause the computer to store the effects metadata and the recorded raw image data on removable storage coupled to the digital camera. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory storage medium of claim 15, further comprising executable instructions that cause the computer to apply the effects metadata to the recorded raw image data using an editing computer system, separate from the digital camera. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The non-transitory storage medium of claim 14, wherein the selected optical effects is a digital zoom. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The non-transitory storage medium of claim 14, wherein the selected optical effect is an optical filter. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the characteristics of the light source are set using controls of the digital cinema camera. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising applying effects of the light source to the raw image data.