# US 10,375,374 B2 · Dimension extractable object comprising spatial metadata for a captured image or video

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- Number: US 10,375,374 B2
- Document ID: US10375374B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/473,098
- Filed: 2017-03-29
- Published: 2018-10-04
- Granted: 2019-08-06
- Earliest claimed: 2017-03-29
- Assignees: Plethron Inc.
- Applicants: Plethron Inc., a Delaware corporation
- Inventors: Eric Minami; Charles Chu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10375374B2

## CPC

- H04N 13/178: Metadata, e.g. disparity information
- G06T 3/4038: Image mosaicing, e.g. composing plane images from plane sub-images
- G06T 17/00: Three-dimensional [3D] modelling for computer graphics
- H04N 1/00: Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
- H04N 1/00204: {with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server (programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561)}
- H04N 1/00323: {with a measuring, monitoring or signaling apparatus, e.g. for transmitting measured information to a central location}
- H04N 1/19594: {using a television camera or a still video camera}
- H04N 1/32128: {attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image (for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144)}
- G06Q 10/083: Shipping
- G06Q 30/0601: Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
- H04N 2201/0084: Digital still camera
- H04N 2201/3225: of data relating to an image, a page or a document
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

The invention relates to capturing a still or moving image as well as object position and displacement data for the image, storing the image and the data as a dimension extractable object, and utilizing the dimension extractable object.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of transmitting and utilizing a dimension extractable object comprising image data and spatial metadata, the method comprising:
receiving, by a computing device, the dimension extractable object;
extracting, by the computing device, the image data and the spatial metadata from the dimension extractable object, the image data corresponding to an image captured by a device and the spatial metadata comprising image position data and distance data, the distance data indicating a distance between the device and a physical object depicted in the image at the time the image data was captured; and
calculating, by the computing device, dimensions of the physical object using the image position data and the distance data.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
displaying the image using the image data; and
displaying distance information for one or more pixels in the image using the spatial metadata.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
displaying the image using the image data; and
displaying the dimensions of the physical object.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
performing a transformation of the image data using a lens model contained in the spatial metadata.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the spatial metadata comprises one or more of camera angular velocity data, camera linear velocity data, and camera tilt position.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving step comprises receiving a container comprising the dimension extractable object.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving step comprises receiving a tar or zip file comprising the dimension extractable object.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving step comprises receiving a JPEG file containing the dimension extractable object.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the image data comprises data for a still image.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the image data comprises data for video.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the image data comprises data for a 3D model.

### Claim 12 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein the spatial metadata is stored in an APPn field within the JPEG file.

### Claim 13

A device for storing and utilizing a dimension extractable object comprising image data and spatial metadata, the device comprising:
a processing unit and memory; and
instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor for extracting image data and spatial metadata from a dimension extractable object stored in the memory, the image data corresponding to an image captured by a device and the spatial metadata comprising image position data and distance data, the distance data indicating a distance between the device and a physical object depicted in the image at the time the image data was captured, and calculating dimensions of a physical object depicted in the image using the image position data and distance data.