HD Photo Submitted for Standardization
Microsoft has started the process of standardizing HD Photo. Today, the Joint Photographic Expert Group (JPEG) announced a new work item around Microsoft’s HD Photo submission, which will tentatively be called JPEG XR.
It’s Microsoft’s intention to help ensure that, once standardized, JPEG XR will be widely adopted and deployed. To that end, Microsoft submitted HD Photo to JPEG for standardization with the commitment to make royalty free grants for its patents that are required to implement the standard.
Another Specification Available Under the Open Specification Promise
I have the opportunity to work with a number of different groups at Microsoft. Recently, I’ve been working with the folks in Microsoft Research on the release of the Decentralized Software Services Protocol (DSSP) protocol, which is used in Microsoft Robotics Studio. Notably, Microsoft has added DSSP to the list of specifications available under the Open Specification Promise. With this addition, Microsoft makes its patents available under the OSP for 47 specifications.