FMI File Format

Float Monochrome Image File Format

FMI Pattern Format

Property	Description
Type	Binary pattern format
Extension	.fmi
Encoding	Little-endian
Purpose	Compact Uncompressed storage of float-based patterns (images)

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FMI Binary Layout

Bytes	Description
Bytes 0–3	int32: number of rows
Bytes 4–7	int32: number of columns
Remaining	rows × cols float32 values

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FMI Data Order

Property	Description
Storage	Row-major order
Access	patter {row}{column}
Value Type	IEEE 754 float (32-bit)

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FMI Notes

• No header, metadata, or versioning
• No compression
• Platform-dependent endianness (assumed little-endian)
• Values are read exactly as stored