Claims
- 1. (Canceled)
- 2. A method for storing overlay replacement data within image transfer media, comprising the step of embedding data into said image transfer media so that a destructive overlay added to said image is visible using a standard image viewer, and image data that was replaced by said destructive overlay is reconstituted from said embedded data.
- 3. A method for storing audio data along with an image within a standard image transfer media which does not provide explicit support for storing audio data, comprising the step of writing said audio data to a marker in said media such that said image is visible using a standard image viewer, while said audio data is retrievable by a custom application.
- 4. (Canceled)
- 5. A method for storing, within an image transfer medium, an image and image-specific data associated with said image, comprising the steps of:
obtaining said image-specific data; obtaining said image; choosing a specific image transfer medium; writing said image to said medium; and writing said image-specific data to a marker in said medium.
- 6. A method according to claim 5, wherein said image is obtained from a probe and said image-specific data includes measurement tip calibration data from said probe.
- 7. A method according to claim 5, wherein said image-specific data includes overlay replacement data.
- 8. A method according to claim 5, wherein said image-specific data includes audio commentary data related to said image.
- 9. A method according to claim 5, wherein said specific image transfer medium is one of a JPEG file, a bitmap file, and a TIFF file.
- 10. A method according to claim 5, further comprising the steps of:
determining when a command is received to clear an overlay from said image; retrieving block data which contain information of said image obscured by said overlay; and replacing said overlay with said information of said image.
- 11. A method according to claim 5, further comprising the steps of:
determining if said image-specific data is contained in said image transfer medium; and retrieving said image-specific data from said image transfer medium.
- 12. (Canceled)
- 13. A method according to claim 11, wherein said image-specific data includes overlay replacement data.
- 14. A method according to claim 11, wherein said image-specific data includes audio commentary data related to said image.
- 15. (Canceled)
- 16. A system for storing overlay replacement data within image transfer media, comprising means for embedding data into said image transfer media so that a destructive overlay added to said image is visible using a standard image viewer, and image data that was replaced by said destructive overlay is reconstituted from said embedded data.
- 17. A system for storing audio data along with an image within a standard image transfer media which does not provide explicit support for storing audio data, comprising means for writing said audio data to a marker in said image transfer media such that said image is visible using a standard image viewer, while said audio data is retrievable by a custom application.
- 18. (Canceled)
- 19. A system for storing, within an image transfer medium, an image and image-specific data associated with said image, comprising:
means for obtaining said image-specific data; means for obtaining said image; means for choosing a specific image transfer medium; means for writing said image to said medium; and means for writing said image-specific data to a marker in said medium.
- 20. A system according to claim 19, wherein said image is obtained from a probe and said image-specific data includes measurement tip calibration data from said probe.
- 21. A system according to claim 19, wherein said image-specific data includes overlay replacement data.
- 22. A system according to claim 19, wherein said image-specific data includes audio commentary data related to said image.
- 23. (Canceled)
- 24. A system according to claim 19, further comprising:
means for determining when a command is received to clear an overlay from said image; means for retrieving block data which contain information of said image obscured by said overlay; and means for replacing said overlay with said information of said image.
- 25. A system according to claim 19, further comprising:
means for determining if said image-specific data is contained in said image transfer medium; and means for retrieving said image-specific data from said image transfer medium.
- 26. (Canceled)
- 27. A system according to claim 25, wherein said image-specific data includes overlay replacement data.
- 28. A system according to claim 25, wherein said image-specific data includes audio commentary data related to said image.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/270,967 filed Feb. 22, 2001 and entitled METHOD FOR STORING CALIBRATION DATA WITHIN IMAGE FILES, incorporated herein by reference.
Provisional Applications (1)
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Date |
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60270967 |
Feb 2001 |
US |
Divisions (1)
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Number |
Date |
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Parent |
10080144 |
Feb 2002 |
US |
Child |
10853817 |
May 2004 |
US |