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US 2008/0260293 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for efficiently storing stereo image
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSang-Jun AHN, Gun-III LEE
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method for storing a stereo image. One file is created by using a JPEG File Interchange Format (JFIF) file structure used for storing a Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) format image and a stereo image can be more simply and efficiently stored and compressed.
Claims13
An apparatus for storing a stereo image, the apparatus comprising:
- an image output unit for outputting a first image and a second image of one subject photographed at left/right positions spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance;
- a JFIF structure creator for inserting the first image from the first and the second images in an image area from multiple areas included in a JPEG File Interchange Format (JFIF) file and for inserting the second image in an additional APP (APPlication) Marker area from the multiple areas, and creating a JFIF file;
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- a storing unit for storing the created JFIF file.
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A method of storing a stereo image, the method comprising the steps of:
- outputting a first image and a second image of one subject photographed at left/right positions spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance;
- inserting the first image from the first and the second images in an image area from multiple areas included in a JPEG File Interchange Format (JFIF) file, and for inserting the second image in a thumbnail area from the multiple areas, and creating a JFIF file;
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- storing the created JFIF file.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.