IP Library Granted Patent US 11,818,351
Granted Patent B2
US 11,818,351 · App. 17/970,882 · Granted Nov 14, 2023

Video image data processing in electronic devices

Inventors: James H. Jannard (Las Vegas, NV); Peter Jarred Land (Los Angeles, CA); Manjunath Subray Bhat (Thousand Oaks, CA)
Assignee: RED.COM, LLC
H04N19/122H04N19/124H04N19/13H04N19/18H04N19/91H04N19/93
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Patent No.
US 11,818,351
App. No.
17/970,882
Granted
Nov 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

In some embodiments, an electronic device for compressing video image data includes a housing, an image sensor, a memory device, and one or more processors. The image sensor can generate image data from light incident on the image sensor. The one or more processors can transform the image data to obtain transform coefficients, quantize the transform coefficients, encode the quantized transform coefficients, and store the quantized transform coefficients to the memory device. The one or more processors can encode the quantized transform coefficients at least by determining a range of multiple ranges in which one transform coefficient is included, determining a value within the range to which the one transform coefficient corresponds, encoding using a first algorithm the range as a range code, and encoding using a second algorithm the value as a value code.

Claims (37)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a housing;

an image sensor comprising a color filter array and configured to generate motion video image data from light incident on the image sensor;

a memory device; and

one or more processors configured to:

apply a lossy transform to the motion video image data, thereby transforming the motion video image data from a first bit-width to a second bit-width lower than the first bit-width;

subsequent to application of the lossy transform, transform the motion video image data to obtain transform coefficients;

quantize the transform coefficients to obtain quantized transform coefficients including a first quantized transform coefficient and a second quantized transform coefficient different from the first quantized transform coefficient;

encode some of the quantized transform coefficients using a first algorithm to obtain first encoded coefficients;

encode some of the quantized transform coefficients using a second algorithm to obtain second encoded coefficients; and

store the first and second encoded coefficients to the memory device in a compressed file.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to quantize the transform coefficients by at least using at least a first quantization table and a second quantization table different from the first quantization table.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to apply noise filtering to the image data.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the compressed file comprises YUV data.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the compressed file comprises raw data.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the lossy transform comprises a piecewise linear function.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first algorithm comprises a Huffman algorithm and the second algorithm comprises a Golomb algorithm.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors is configured to vary the first algorithm during processing of the image data.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors is configured to vary the first algorithm from processing a first frame of the image data to processing a second frame of the image data.

10. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the second algorithm remains constant during processing of the image data by the one or more processors.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors is configured to transform the image data using a discrete cosine transform.

12. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is a mobile phone.

13. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a display configured to present holographic images generated by the one or more processors from the image data.

14. A method of compressing and storing motion video image data, comprising:

with an image sensor, generating motion video image data from light incident on the image sensor;

applying a lossy transform to the motion video image data, thereby transforming the motion video image data from a first bit-width to a second bit-width lower than the first bit-width;

subsequent to application of the lossy transform, transforming the motion video image data to obtain transform coefficients;

quantizing the transform coefficients to obtain quantized transform coefficients including a first quantized transform coefficient and a second quantized transform coefficient different from the first quantized transform coefficient;

encoding some of the quantized transform coefficients using a first algorithm to obtain first encoded coefficients;

encoding some of the quantized transform coefficients using a second algorithm to obtain second encoded coefficients; and

storing the first and second encoded coefficients to a memory device in a compressed file.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising applying noise filtering to the image data.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the compressed file comprises YUV data.

17. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the compressed file comprises raw data.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the quantizing the transform coefficients comprises using at least a first quantization table and a second quantization table different from the first quantization table.

19. The method of claim 14 , wherein the lossy transform comprises a piecewise linear function.

20. The method of claim 14 , wherein the first algorithm comprises a Huffman algorithm and the second algorithm comprises a Golomb algorithm.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 28, 2025
From: RED DIGITAL CINEMA, INC.
To: NIKON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 073387/0641 →
MERGER Recorded Dec 31, 2024
From: RED.COM, LLC
To: RED DIGITAL CINEMA, INC.
Reel/Frame 069795/0465 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 9, 2023
From: JANNARD, JAMES H.; LAND, PETER JARRED; BHAT, MANJUNATH SUBRAY
To: RED,COM, LLC
Reel/Frame 065162/0524 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation 17166930 · Feb 3, 2021
Continuation 16027104 · Jul 3, 2018
Provisional Application 62679710 · Jun 1, 2018
Provisional Application 62529455 · Jul 6, 2017
Provisional Application 62528968 · Jul 5, 2017
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