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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sriram Visvanathan, San Jose, CA (US);
Oleg Rashkovskiy, Cupertino, CA (US);
Christoph Scheurich, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/262 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/262 ;
Abstract
A method provides for the signaling of a still image capture during video capture, the method including a step of receiving a still image frame capture command in a push model mechanism. The method also includes a step for capturing an image frame; and, modifying a set of bits in an image plane in the image frame; wherein the set of bits in the image plane indicates that the image frame is a still image frame. An apparatus for performing the method is also provided.