Pulse or digital communications – Bandwidth reduction or expansion – Television or motion video signal
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-09
2011-08-09
Vo, Tung (Department: 2483)
Pulse or digital communications
Bandwidth reduction or expansion
Television or motion video signal
C348S014120, C348S558000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07995652
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 obtain useful information from digitally zoomed and enhanced video.
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