Nokia Technologies Oy

Juha-Pekka Hippeläinen

Miska Matias Hannuksela

Emre Baris Aksu

Jonne Juhani Mäkinen

Olli Kilpelainen

Jani Kattelus

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to signal grouping types in an image container file. Relative to the construction of an image container file, the method, apparatus and computer program product construct an image container file having a group box with a grouping type associated with burst-captured images, time-synchronized images captured by a plurality of image capture devices or an image item associated with an audio track. With respect to the processing of an image container file, the method, apparatus and computer program product permit an image container file having a group box with a grouping type associated with one of burst-captured images, time-synchronized images captured by a plurality of image capture devices or an image item associated with an audio track to be processed to cause one or more image items from the image container file to be rendered in accordance with the grouping type.

Method and apparatus for signaling grouping types in an image container file

The embodiments relate to a method comprising receiving visual data in a file format compatible with ISO base media file format; processing the visual data to detect one or more content elements; storing the detected one or more content elements and information on the used process as a metadata; and including the metadata to the media file in association with the visual data. The embodiments also relate to a technical equipment for implementing the method.

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Tampere, Finland

Juha-Pekka Hippeläinen