Summary

Recommendation ITU-T Y.4604 specifies metadata for camera sensing information (MCSI) and describes characteristics and features of individual pieces of MCSI working on autonomous mobile Internet of things (IoT) devices.

In the case of low-cost and low-resolution IoT camera sensor devices, it is not possible to support full-featured camera sensing information due to their resource-limited capabilities. Traditional full-performance digital camera devices provide complex metadata such as camera settings (stimulus, sensitivity, shutter speed, etc.), time, location information and camera model.

There is no guidance for compliant and compromised IoT camera-sensing metadata from different manufacturers. This causes problems related to interchangeable metadata. It is essential therefore to provide basic and minimal camera-sensing metadata to enable interoperability between IoT applications and services.