Comment Re:Hmm... (Score 5, Informative) 76
> RED has specific patents which spell out how the compression is done
lol no they dont, they implement JPEG2000 verbatim in their cameras. Afair their first cameras even reused pre existing jpeg2000 codec chips, just rebranded and obfuscated.
What RED has patented is "any video camera at all using all available sensor technologies possible with any lossless compression" - thats an actual patent Apple licenses. They have funny patents like
7,830,967 2k+ resolution video camera recording in sRGB or rec709 color space. Main claim
"an image processing system configured to perform a pre-emphasis function on the digital raw image data, to compress the digital raw image data after performing the pre-emphasis function such that the digital raw image data remains substantially visually lossless upon decompression, and to store the compressed digital raw image data in the memory device at a rate of at least about 23 frames per second, wherein the pre-emphasis function comprises a curve defined by the function y=(x+c)^g, where 0.01 g1 and c is an offset."
is just rec709 gamma correction math
8,174,560 2k+ resolution camera that records at a 6:1 or more compression ratio.
Dont worry, they also have one for lossy compression US9245314B2 describing any camera using any sensor and any compression.