Patent ID: 6618060
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: G16H,H04N

Abstract:
An imaging system comprising:a networking port for communicating with a first remote device on a network; an image acquisition subsystem for acquiring frames of image data; memory storing acquired frames of image data in respective image files and storing first and second sets of attribute data in first and second attribute control files respectively, said first and second sets of attribute data being compliant with first and second communications standards respectively; a first user-operable switch for selecting the one of said first and second attribute control files which corresponds to the one of said first and second communications standards with which said first remote device is compliant; a first object constructing task for constructing data objects with data from said image files and attribute data from said selected one of said first and second attribute control files, said first and second attribute control files being associated with said first object construction task; an attribute control engine which communicates said attribute data from said selected one of said first and second attribute control files to said first object constructing task; and a network manager for transferring data objects from said first object constructing task to said networking port destined for said remote device.