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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2024
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The technology described adds a ML inference to the output of an image signal processor (ISP) associated with a camera. The combined image and ML inference may be described herein as an augmented image. Once generated, the augmented image may be communicated to other components of a computing system associated with the camera and/or ISP. The initial inference may be generated by a neural processing unit (NPU) associated with the ISP. The ISP may communicate a generated image to the NPU prior to communicating the image to a computing system. In an aspect, the NPU inference is combined with the image using image steganography. Once communicated from the camera to the computing device, the augmented image may be separated into a base image and inference by a camera driver or other component associated with the image management.
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