Digital transmission system

A video transmission system comprising:

• a camera including:
• a camera memory adapted to store a frame of video data having lines, and delete a previous said line when a next said line of the frame is read, until each said line of the frame is transmitted to and received at a destination;
• wherein the camera memory is adapted to read the next line of the frame when the previous line of the frame is received at the destination;
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• wherein the next line of the frame is read upon receiving an acknowledgement of the previous line transmission;
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• wherein the destination includes:
• a destination memory adapted to store a last complete received said frame of the video data from the camera memory.

A camera comprising:

• a sensor memory adapted to store one of a plurality of frames having lines of video data until each said line of the one frame is transmitted to and received at a destination;
• wherein the sensor memory is adapted to read a next said line of the one frame when a previous said line is received at the destination;
• a data buffer adapted to receive the plurality of frames and store them until they are completely received at the destination without errors, wherein the data buffer is operably coupled to the sensor memory and a data port;
• and
• a physical transceiver adapted to transmit the frames to the destination, wherein the physical transceiver is operably coupled to the data port.

A video transmission system comprising:

• a camera including:
• a sensor memory adapted to store previous video data and delete the stored previous video data having lines when each said line of the stored previous video data is sequentially transmitted;
• a sensor adapted to sequentially transmit the previous video data in RGB color space format native to the camera sensor, wherein the camera sensor comprises the sensor memory;
• a programmable logic device (PLD) adapted to convert the sequentially transmitted previous video data into YUV color space format and transmit the YUV data to a data buffer, wherein the PLD interfaces to the sensor memory and the data buffer;
• wherein the data buffer is adapted to receive and store the YUV data until it is completely received at a base unit memory without errors, wherein the data buffer is operably coupled to the sensor memory;
• and
• a camera physical transceiver adapted to transmit the stored YUV data to a base unit physical transceiver, wherein the camera physical transceiver is operably coupled to the data buffer via a data port;
• and
• wherein the base unit includes:
• the base unit physical transceiver adapted to receive the transmitted YUV data from the camera physical transceiver, wherein the base unit physical transceiver is operably coupled to the camera physical transceiver;
• a data buffer adapted to store the received YUV data from the base unit physical transceiver until it is completely received at the base unit physical transceiver without errors, wherein the data buffer is operably coupled to the base unit physical transceiver via a data port;
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• the base unit memory adapted to sequentially store each line of the received YUV data, wherein the base unit memory is operably coupled to the data buffer.

A video transmission system comprising:

• a camera including:
• a sensor memory adapted to store previous video data and delete the stored previous video data when each line of the stored previous video data is sequentially transmitted;
• a sensor adapted to sequentially transmit the previous video data as RGB analog data, wherein the camera sensor comprises the sensor memory;
• an A/D converter adapted to convert the RGB analog data into RGB digital data and transmit the RGB digital data to a data buffer, wherein the A/D converter interfaces to the sensor and the data buffer;
• wherein the data buffer is adapted to receive and store the RGB digital data until it is completely received at a base unit memory without errors, wherein the data buffer is operably coupled to the sensor memory;
• and
• a camera physical transceiver adapted to transmit the stored RGB digital data to a base unit physical transceiver, wherein the camera physical transceiver is operably coupled to the data buffer via a data port;
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• wherein the base unit includes:
• the base unit physical transceiver adapted to receive the transmitted RGB digital data from the camera physical transceiver, wherein the base unit physical transceiver is operably coupled to the camera physical transceiver;
• a data buffer adapted to store the received RGB digital data from the base unit physical transceiver until it is completely received at the base unit physical transceiver without errors, wherein the data buffer is operably coupled to the base unit physical transceiver via a data port;
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• the base unit memory adapted to sequentially store each line of the received RGB digital data, wherein the base unit memory is operably coupled to the data buffer.