Television – Two-way video and voice communication – User positioning
Patent
1996-10-31
1998-06-09
Burgess, Glenton B.
Television
Two-way video and voice communication
User positioning
348 15, 348 17, 348 18, 348222, 348552, 382232, H04N 715, H04N 530
Patent
active
057642761
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for sequencing views retrieved from a spherical still image file provide the viewer the perception of video performance with low bandwidth transmission. The method incorporates digital transmission and automatic sequencing of the playback of the view. The apparatus provides video-motion rate images via low bandwidth digital transmissions or small data files from a still image taken of an inanimate environment. The resulting method and apparatus allows the viewer to experience a video display of any environment (for example, real estate locations, malls, museums, and hotels) and view a "video" tour of the location through a low bandwidth transmission.
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Grantham H. Craig
Martin H. Lee
Burgess Glenton B.
Interactive Pictures Corporation
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