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Image distribution apparatus

  • US 20020018587A1
  • Filed: 08/09/2001
  • Published: 02/14/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An image distribution apparatus comprising:

  • a dial-up communication unit which carries out digital communication with one or more clients through a telephone network;

    an Internet communication unit which carries out digital communication with one or more clients through the Internet;

    an interface for image input which at least receives a moving image signal picked up by image pickup means attached to a medical device;

    an image encoding unit which encodes the moving image signal to a digitized image signal at one or more preset data rates in real time; and

    an image distribution unit which distributes at least one digitized image signal at one or more of the data rates to the one or more clients through the telephone network or the Internet.

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