Storage and processing service network for unrendered image data

Abstract

A system operates on a computing resource that is accessible to a plurality of clients via a communication network. A storage service of the system operates on the computing resource and is configured to store unrendered image data corresponding to scenes. The unrendered image data may be, for example, raw image data or scene colorimetric data. A rendering service of the system also operates on the computing resource and is configured to process the unrendered image data to generate rendered images. In particular, the rendering service processes the unrendered image data responsive to requests from the clients communicated over the communication network, and the rendering processing is based on rendering parameters determined in accordance with the client requests. In addition, a printing service may be provided to transform the rendered images into a tangible form, in accordance with printing requests from the clients.

1 . A system, comprising: 
 a computing resource accessible to a plurality of clients via a communication network;    a storage service operating on the computing resource configured to store unrendered image data corresponding to scenes; and    a rendering service operating on the computing resource configured to process the unrendered image data to generate rendered images,    wherein the rendering service processes the unrendered image data responsive to requests from the clients, communicated over said communications network, based on rendering parameters determined in accordance with the client requests.    
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1  in which said unrendered image data comprise raw image data.  
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein: 
 the storage service is also configured to store, along with the unrendered image data, indications of characteristics of the unrendered image data; and    the rendering service is configured to process the unrendered image data based, at least in part, on the indications of characteristics.    
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein: 
 the unrendered image data comprises raw image data and corresponding colorimetric data; and    the unrendered image data which the storage service is configured to store includes both the raw image data and the corresponding colorimetric data.    
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein: 
 the storage service is configured to receive the raw image data; and    the storage service is configured to process the raw image data into corresponding colorimetric data.    
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , and further comprising: 
 a printing service operating on the computing resource configured to generate, based on the rendered images, tangible embodiments corresponding to the rendered images.    
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the tangible embodiments include prints.  
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the tangible embodiments include computer-readable media.  
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the rendering service adjusts the rendered images to account for characteristics of the tangible embodiment generation process.  
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the characteristics include characteristics of a printer.  
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the rendering service is configured to interact with clients to determine the rendering parameters.  
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the storage service is configured to receive the unrendered image data from the clients via the communication network.  
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the storage service is configured to: 
 receive photographic film having images of the scenes embodied thereon; and    process the photographic film to generate the raw image data.