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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2022
Varjo Technologies Oy, Helsinki, FI;
Ari Antti Erik Peuhkurinen, Helsinki, FI;
Timo Suoranta, Helsinki, FI;
Varjo Technologies Oy, Helsinki, FI;
Abstract
Disclosed is an encoder for encoding images, the encoder having a processor configured to obtain colour data of colour channels of a given image and other data of at least one other channel of the given image, wherein the at least one other channel comprises at least one of: an alpha channel, a depth channel, a velocity channel of the given image; divide the given image into blocks, wherein the colour data and the other data are divided into their own respective blocks; and encode the blocks into encoded data, wherein a given block of the colour data and a corresponding block of the other data are encoded together into the encoded data.