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High-resolution video conferencing system

  • US 5,757,424 A
  • Filed: 12/19/1995
  • Issued: 05/26/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of transmitting an image representing a scene in real time, comprising the steps of:

  • a mosaicing camera sampling at least a first portion and a second portion of the scene, outputting a first mosaic image and a second mosaic image, each of the first mosaic image and the second mosaic image comprising a set of pixels forming a coherent image;

    combining the first mosaic image and the second mosaic image whereby pixels from the first mosaic image abut pixels from the second mosaic image, yielding a coherent composite image;

    a first specific camera sampling a first specific portion of the scene, outputting a first specific image, the first specific image including at least a portion of the scene sampled in the first mosaic image or the second mosaic image; and

    substituting pixels from the first specific image into the composite image, yielding a coherent final image.

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