Patent ID: 8681859
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of processing images, comprising: receiving a digital video signal from a digital video source, said digital video signal containing at least one original digital video image; segmenting the at least one original digital video image into at least one digital image tile segment, said digital image tile segment comprising a portion of said at least one original digital video image, wherein said segmenting comprises segmenting said at least one original digital video image of said digital video signal into two or more digital image tile segments, each of said digital image tile segments containing a portion of said at least one original digital video image; formatting said at least one digital image tile segment into a digital video frame that contains said digital image tile segment, wherein said formatting comprises formatting each of said two or more digital image tile segments into a separate digital video frame that contains said respective digital image tile segment; converting each of said separate digital video frames into separate analog video frames; inserting at least one of alignment identification information or tile segment identification information into each of said separate digital video frames of said digital video signal prior to converting each of said separate digital video frames into separate analog video frames; providing each of said separate analog video frames to an analog interface as part of an analog video signal; receiving said analog video signal from said analog interface; converting each of said separate analog video frames into a separate digital video frame containing a digital image segment of said original digital video image; and assembling said separate digital video frames using at least one of said alignment identification information or said tile segment identifier information so that said digital tile image segments together reconstruct said original digital video image or together reconstruct a portion of said original digital video image; wherein said formatting comprises formatting each of said two or more digital image tile segments into a separate digital video frame that contains said respective digital image tile segment with at least one overlap and identification area provided at an edge of said video frame adjacent a border of said digital image tile segment, said overlap area of each of two of said digital image tile segments containing the same portion of said original video image for overlapping purposes; wherein said inserting further comprises inserting said at least one of alignment identification information or tile segment identification information into a portion of said overlap and identification area; and wherein said assembling further comprises overlapping said separate digital video frames at respective overlap areas of said digital frames.