Storage system and method for host-assisted memory block color coding for faster media search
A storage system and method for host-assisted memory block color coding for faster media search are provided. In one embodiment, a controller of the storage system is configured to receive an image and color properties of the image from a host and store the image in an area of memory associated with the color properties. Other embodiments are provided.
1. A storage system comprising:
a memory; and
a controller configured to:
designate a plurality of areas of the memory with respective color codes:
receive an image and color properties of the image from a host;
identify an area of the memory to store the image by matching the color properties of the image with a color code of the area of the memory; and
store the image in the identified area of the memory.
2. The storage system of claim 1 , wherein the color properties of the image are provided in a color histogram.
3. The storage system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of areas of the memory comprises blocks.
4. The storage system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of areas of the memory comprises wordlines.
5. The storage system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to store images with similar color properties across multiple memory dies of the memory.
6. The storage system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to inform the host of a plurality of stored images with similar color properties.
7. The storage system of claim 1 , wherein the memory comprises a three-dimensional memory.
8. A method comprising:
performing the following in a host in communication with a storage system comprising a memory:
determining color properties associated with an image; and
sending the image and the determined color properties of the image to the storage system for storage, wherein the storage system is configured to designate a plurality of areas of the memory with respective color codes and identify an area of the memory to store the image by matching the determined color properties of the image with a color code of the area of the memory.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the color properties of the image are provided in a color histogram.
10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising receiving information from the storage system regarding a plurality of stored images with similar color properties.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the storage system is further configured to group the plurality of stored images together for compression.
12. A storage system comprising:
a memory;
means for marking a plurality of regions of the memory with respective color codes;
means for choosing a region of the memory to store an image by matching color characteristics of the image with a color code of the region of the memory; and
means for storing the image in the region of the memory.
13. The storage system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to store images with similar color properties across multiple channels of the memory.
14. The storage system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to receive a grouped plurality of images.
15. The storage system of claim 14 , wherein the controller is further configured to compress the grouped plurality of images.
16. The method of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of areas of the memory comprises blocks.
17. The method of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of areas of the memory comprises wordlines.
18. The method of claim 8 , wherein images with similar color properties are stored across multiple memory dies of the memory.
19. The method of claim 8 , wherein images with similar color properties are stored across multiple channels of the memory.
20. The method of claim 8 , wherein the memory comprises a three-dimensional memory.