Method and apparatus for image capture, compression and transmission of a visual image over telephone or radio transmission system
OwnerDavid A. Monroeinventor
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Abstract
An image capture, conversion, compression, storage and transmission system provides a data signal representing the image in a format and protocol capable of being transmitted over any of a plurality of readily available transmission systems and received by readily available, standard equipment receiving stations. The system is adapted to be installed in a standard cellular phone configuration, providing a portable, hand held, wireless transmission system for transmitting video image signals to a remote receiving station.
Claims19
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;
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- an interface means operably associated with the data and receiving processing system for interface with an external video source.
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 a 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;
- an interface means operably associated with the data and receiving processing system for interface with an external video source;
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- said housing having a power transfer circuit for channeling electrical power from a cellular telephone battery retained within said battery compartment to said data receiving and processing system.
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 a 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;
- an interface means operably associated with the data and receiving processing system for interface with an external video source;
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- a means for selectively and alternatively connecting the device to a land line telephone system whereby the output data signal may be transmitted over the land line telephone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.