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Method and apparatus for image capture, compression and transmission of a visual image over telephone or radio transmission system

  • US 6,636,748 B2
  • Filed: 01/12/1998
  • Issued: 10/21/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/12/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A modular image processing device for receiving and capturing a visual image from an external source and transmitting said image to a remote receiving station, the image processing device comprising:

  • a housing shaped and sized to be removably affixed to the battery compartment within the body of a cellular telephone;

    an image data receiving and processing system within the housing to receive a video signal from an external video source and to produce an output signal in a format transmittable over a telephone system; and

    an interface means operably associated with the data and receiving processing system for interface with an external video source.

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