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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2011
Applicants:
Neil W. Messmer, Langley, CA;
Lewis Johnson, Delta, CA;
Inventors:
Neil W. Messmer, Langley, CA;
Lewis Johnson, Delta, CA;
Assignee:
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/02 (2006.01); H04N 5/202 (2006.01); H04N 5/46 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 9/64 (2006.01); G06K 9/36 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01); H04N 1/60 (2006.01); H04N 9/67 (2006.01); H04N 19/46 (2014.01); H04N 19/186 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/02 (2013.01); H04N 1/6058 (2013.01); H04N 9/67 (2013.01); H04N 19/46 (2014.11); G09G 2340/06 (2013.01); H04N 19/186 (2014.11);
Abstract
Methods for transmitting additional information together with image data involve replacing pixel values to take in-gamut points to out-of-gamut points. The additional information may constitute metadata describing the image data and/or useful for controlling display and/or processing of the image data; watermark information; or other information. In some embodiments the image data is restored to its original form after extraction of the additional information.