Patent ID: 7027081
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method to reconstruct an image representing a scene from a digital representation of that scene comprising: a) forming a digital representation of a first integral frame that represents the scene, wherein said digital representation is capable of being stored and transmitted, and wherein said first integral frame comprises a first separation characteristic and a first image characteristic; b) transmitting the digital representation to a device capable of receiving the digital representation and transforming the digital representation into a visual presentation; c) forming the visual representation from the transmitted digital representation as a second integral frame having a second separation characteristic and a second image characteristic wherein: d) from the image characteristic of the second integral frame, determining the focal characteristic of a set of imaging arrays adapted to optically produce the second integral frame, wherein every imaging array in the set has a focal characteristic and a separation characteristic, said separation characteristic of each imaging array in the set being identical to the separation characteristic of the second integral frame: e) selecting an imaging array from the set of imaging arrays; and, f) reconstructing an image from said second integral frame using the selected imaging, whereby the ratio of every dimension of the reconstructed image to every dimension of the scene is equal in all directions.