US 11,956,519 B2
Method and apparatus for signaling grouping types in an image container file
Emre Aksu, Tampere (FI); Miska Hannuksela, Tampere (FI); Olli Kilpelainen, Tampere (FI); Jonne Juhani Mäkinen, Tampere (FI); Juha-Pekka Hippeläinen, Tampere (FI); and Jani Kattelus, Tampere (FI)
Assigned to Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 17/042,498
Filed by Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed Apr. 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/FI2019/050286
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 28, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/197723, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 17, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/656,132, filed on Apr. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0014580 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. H04N 21/8547 (2011.01); G06F 16/41 (2019.01); G06F 16/438 (2019.01); G11B 27/031 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 21/8547 (2013.01) [G06F 16/41 (2019.01); G06F 16/438 (2019.01); G11B 27/031 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving a plurality of image items, each image item designated based on a respective image identifier;
constructing a group box within an image container file, the image container file being an ISOBMFF (International Standards Organization Base Media File Format) and/or HEIF (High Efficiency Image File) compliant file, wherein the group box is able to contain groups of multiple grouping types selected from burst-captured images, time-synchronized images captured by a plurality of image capture devices, or an image item associated with an audio track, wherein the constructed group box has at least one grouping type indicated as being selected from one or more of the burst-captured images, the time-synchronized images captured by the plurality of image capture devices, or the image item associated with the audio track; and
causing storage of the respective image identifier of at least one of the plurality of image items in the group box.