Systems and methods for multi-resolution image processing
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1. A method of providing multiple images for transmission across an analog interface, comprising:
- receiving at least one digital image data input stream, said digital image data input stream containing digital image information;
creating at least two digital image data streams from said at least one digital data input stream, each of said at least two digital image data streams comprising at least a portion of said digital image information;
merging said at least two digital image data streams into a common digital image data output stream;
converting said common digital image data output stream into an analog image output stream; and
providing said analog output image stream for transmission across said analog interface;
wherein said at least one analog interface is a video analog transmission interface; and
wherein said step of creating at least two digital image data streams comprises at least one of the following steps performed prior to said step of merging said at least two digital image data streams;
segmenting an image frame of said at least one digital image data input stream into multiple segments that each correspond to one of said at least two digital image data streams, and inserting alignment data into one or more of said multiple segments;
orextracting at least one portion of an image frame of said at least one digital image data input stream to form a windowed partial image corresponding to one of said at least two digital image data streams, providing multiple possible available frame rates for each of said at least two digital image data streams, and adapting a frame rate of at least one of said at least two digital image data streams to one of said multiple possible available frame rates to match the bandwidth characteristics of said analog interface to allow the transmission of a desired amount of image information within the bandwidth of said analog interface;
ora combination thereof.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for the processing of images over bandwidth-limited transmission interfaces, such as processing of high resolution video images over standard analog video interfaces, using multi-stream and/or multi-resolution analog methodology. The disclosed systems and methods may also be implemented to provide video resolutions across standard analog video interfaces in a manner that supports digital capture and imaging techniques to obtain useful information from digitally zoomed and enhanced video.
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1. A method of providing multiple images for transmission across an analog interface, comprising:
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receiving at least one digital image data input stream, said digital image data input stream containing digital image information; creating at least two digital image data streams from said at least one digital data input stream, each of said at least two digital image data streams comprising at least a portion of said digital image information; merging said at least two digital image data streams into a common digital image data output stream; converting said common digital image data output stream into an analog image output stream; and providing said analog output image stream for transmission across said analog interface; wherein said at least one analog interface is a video analog transmission interface; and wherein said step of creating at least two digital image data streams comprises at least one of the following steps performed prior to said step of merging said at least two digital image data streams; segmenting an image frame of said at least one digital image data input stream into multiple segments that each correspond to one of said at least two digital image data streams, and inserting alignment data into one or more of said multiple segments;
orextracting at least one portion of an image frame of said at least one digital image data input stream to form a windowed partial image corresponding to one of said at least two digital image data streams, providing multiple possible available frame rates for each of said at least two digital image data streams, and adapting a frame rate of at least one of said at least two digital image data streams to one of said multiple possible available frame rates to match the bandwidth characteristics of said analog interface to allow the transmission of a desired amount of image information within the bandwidth of said analog interface;
ora combination thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of providing multiple images for transmission across an analog interface, comprising:
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receiving at least one digital image data input stream, said digital image data input stream containing digital image information; creating at least two digital image data streams from said at least one digital data input stream, each of said at least two digital image data streams comprising at least a portion of said digital image information, and wherein a first one of said at least two digital image data streams comprises a first image having a first resolution, and wherein a second one of said at least two digital image data streams comprises a second image having a second resolution; converting a first one of said at least two digital image data streams into a first analog image output stream, and converting a second one of said at least two digital image data streams into a second analog image output stream; communicating said first analog output image stream across a first analog interface, and communicating said second analog output image stream across a second analog interface; receiving said first analog output image stream from across said first analog interface, said first analog output image stream comprising said first image; receiving said second analog output image stream from across said second analog interface, said second analog output image stream comprising said second image; displaying said first image of said first analog output image stream on a first analog display device; and displaying said second image of said second analog output image stream on a second analog display device; wherein said step of creating at least two digital image data streams comprises the following step performed prior to said steps of converting; extracting at least one portion of an image frame of said at least one digital image data input stream to form a windowed partial image corresponding to one of said at least two digital image data streams, providing multiple possible available frame rates for each of said at least two digital image data streams, and adapting a frame rate of at least one of said at least two digital image data streams to one of said multiple possible available frame rates to match the bandwidth characteristics of said first or second analog interface to allow the transmission of a desired amount of image information within the bandwidth of said first or second analog interface; and wherein each of said at least first and second analog interfaces is a video analog transmission interface. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A method of processing digital image data, comprising:
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providing said digital image data, said digital image data comprising a full image; processing said digital image data in a first processing operation to create first processed image data comprising a first image; processing said digital image data in a second processing operation to create second processed image data comprising a second image; merging said first and second processed image data into a common merged data stream; converting said merged data stream into a composite analog video stream containing said first and second images; and providing said composite analog video stream for communication across an analog interface; wherein at least one of; said first processed image data has an image resolution that is different from an image resolution of said second processed image data, or said first processed image data comprises a different portion of said digital image data than said second processed image data or a combination thereof; and wherein said steps of processing said digital image data in said first and second processing operations each comprises at least one of the following steps; segmenting an image frame of said digital image data into multiple segments that each correspond to one of said first or second processed image data, and inserting alignment data into one or more of said multiple segments;
orextracting at least one portion of an image frame of said digital image data to form a windowed partial image corresponding to one of said first or second processed image data, providing multiple possible available frame rates for each of said first and second processed image data, and adapting a frame rate of at least one of said first and second processed image data to one of said multiple possible available frame rates to match the bandwidth characteristics of said analog interface to allow the transmission of a desired amount of image information within the bandwidth of said analog interface;
ora combination thereof; and wherein said at least one analog interface is a video analog transmission interface. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. Image creation circuitry configured to receive at least one digital image data input stream containing digital information, said image creation circuitry comprising:
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first image processing circuitry configured to create at least two digital image data streams from said at least one digital data input stream, each of said at least two digital image data streams comprising at least a portion of said digital image information, and said image processing circuitry configured to perform at least one of the following; segment an image frame of said at least one digital image data input stream into multiple segments that each correspond to one of said at least two digital image data streams, and insert alignment data into one or more of said multiple segments, or extract at least one portion of an image frame of said at least one digital image data input stream to form a windowed partial image corresponding to one of said at least two digital image data streams, provide multiple possible available frame rates for each of said at least two digital image data streams, and adapt a frame rate of at least one of said at least two digital image data streams to one of said multiple possible available frame rates to match the bandwidth characteristics of a given analog interface to allow the transmission of a desired amount of image information within the bandwidth of said analog interface;
ora combination thereof; second image processing circuitry configured to merge said at least two digital image data streams into a common digital image data output stream; and conversion circuitry coupled to said image processing circuitry and configured to; receive said common digital image data output stream from said image processing circuitry, convert said common digital image data output stream into an analog image output stream, and provide said analog output image stream for transmission across a video analog transmission interface. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A multiple resolution image creation and display system, comprising:
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multi-resolution image processing circuitry configured to; receive at least one digital image data input stream, said digital image data input stream containing digital image information, create at least two digital image data streams from said at least one digital data input stream, each of said at least two digital image data streams comprising at least a portion of said digital image information, and wherein a first one of said at least two digital image data streams comprises a first image having a first resolution, and wherein a second one of said at least two digital image data streams comprises a second image having a second resolution, wherein said multi-resolution image processing circuitry is configured to create said at least two digital image data streams from said at least one digital data input stream by extracting at least one portion of an image frame of said at least one digital image data input stream to form a windowed partial image corresponding to one of said at least two digital image data streams, providing multiple possible available frame rates for each of said at least two digital image data streams, and adapting a frame rate of at least one of said at least two digital image data streams to one of said multiple possible available frame rates to match the bandwidth characteristics of a given analog interface to allow the transmission of a desired amount of image information within the bandwidth of said analog interface; conversion circuitry coupled to said multi-resolution image processing circuitry and configured to; convert a first one of said at least two digital image data streams into a first analog image output stream, and convert a second one of said at least two digital image data streams into a second analog image output stream, communicate said first analog output image stream across a first analog interface, and communicate said second analog output image stream across a second analog interface; first display device coupled to said first analog interface and configured to receive said first analog output image stream comprising said first image from across said first analog interface, and to display said first image; second display device coupled to said second analog interface and configured to receive said second analog output image stream comprising said second image from across said second analog interface, and to display said second image; wherein each of said first and second analog interfaces is a video analog transmission interface. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51)
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52. Multiple resolution image creation circuitry for processing digital image data comprising a fall image, said multiple resolution image creation circuitry comprising:
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multi-resolution image processing circuitry configured to; process said digital image data in a first processing operation to create first processed image data comprising a first image, process said digital image data in a second processing operation to create second processed image data comprising a second image, merge said first and second processed image data into a common merged data stream, wherein said multi-resolution image processing circuitry is configured to process said digital image data in said first and second processing operations to create each of said first and second processed image data from said digital image data by extracting at least one portion of an image frame of said digital image data to form a windowed partial image corresponding to one of said first and second images, providing multiple possible available frame rates for each of said first and second processed image data, and adapting a frame rate of at least one of said processed image data to one of said multiple possible available frame rates to match the bandwidth characteristics of a given analog interface to allow the transmission of a desired amount of image information within the bandwidth of said analog interface; and conversion circuitry configured to; convert said merged data stream into a composite analog video stream containing said first and second images, and provide said composite analog video stream for communication across an analog interface; wherein at least one of; said first processed image data has an image resolution that is different from an image resolution of said second processed image data, or said first processed image data comprises a different portion of said digital image data than said second processed image data, or a combination thereof. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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64. An image processing and display system comprising:
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image creation circuitry coupled to at least one analog display device by at least one analog interface, wherein said at least one analog interface is a video analog transmission interface having a limited transmission capacity that is insufficient to transmit a given image signal, and wherein said image creation circuitry is configured to reduce a frame rate of said given image signal below a native frame rate to allow the transmission of said given image signal. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67, 68)
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69. A method of providing multiple images for transmission across a digital or analog interface, comprising:
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receiving at least one digital image data input stream, said digital image data input stream containing digital image information; creating at least two digital image data streams from said at least one digital data input stream, each of said at least two digital image data streams comprising at least a portion of said digital image information; merging said at least two digital image data streams into a common digital image data output stream; providing said common digital image data output stream for transmission across said digital interface, or converting said common digital image data output stream into an analog image output stream and providing said analog output image stream for transmission across an analog interface; wherein said step of creating at least two digital image data streams comprises at least one of the following steps performed prior to said step of merging said at least two digital image data streams; segmenting an image frame of said at least one digital image data input stream into multiple segments that each correspond to one of said at least two digital image data streams, and inserting alignment data into one or more of said multiple segments;
orextracting at least one portion of an image frame of said at least one digital image data input stream to form a windowed partial image corresponding to one of said at least two digital image data streams, providing multiple possible available frame rates for each of said at least two digital image data streams, and varying a frame rate of at least one of said at least two digital image data streams relative to the frame rate of another of said at least two digital image data streams;
ora combination thereof. - View Dependent Claims (70)
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71. Image creation circuitry configured to receive at least one digital image data input stream containing digital information, said image creation circuitry comprising image processing circuitry configured to:
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create at least two digital image data streams from said at least one digital data input stream, each of said at least two digital image data streams comprising at least a portion of said digital image information; merge said at least two digital image data streams into a common digital image data output stream; and provide said common digital image data output stream for transmission across a digital interface, or convert said common digital image data output stream into an analog image output stream and provide said analog output image stream for transmission across an analog interface; wherein said image processing circuitry is configured to perform at least one of the following; segment an image frame of said at least one digital image data input stream into multiple segments that each correspond to one of said at least two digital image data streams, and insert alignment data into one or more of said multiple segments, or extract at least one portion of an image frame of said at least one digital image data input stream to form a windowed partial image corresponding to one of said at least two digital image data streams, provide multiple possible available frame rates for each of said at least two digital image data streams, and vary a frame rate of at least one of said at least two digital image data streams relative to the frame rate of another of said at least two digital image data streams;
ora combination thereof. - View Dependent Claims (72)
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