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Remote video observation systems

  • US 4,843,462 A
  • Filed: 09/04/1987
  • Issued: 06/27/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/04/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. The method of transmitting video images from a sender to a receiver comprising the steps of:

  • encoding at the sender each image as a plurality of digitally coded pixels;

    transmitting from the sender to the receiver a first portion of the data for each pixel, said first portion having the same significance for all pixels;

    displaying at the receiver the portion of the image represented by said first portions; and

    transmitting from the sender to the receiver a second portion of the data for each pixel only if said portion of the image represented by said first portions is not sufficient information about the original image, said second portions having the same significance for all pixels.

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