Patent ID: 6064771
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A computer-based system for the transmission of moving picture images from a sending terminal to a receiving terminal, the sending terminal including a processor coupled to a memory and program elements adapted to accept as input a two-dimensional moving picture image or containing a moving picture image in memory, the receiving terminal including a processor coupled to a memory and program elements and both terminals containing a transmission/receiving device, the system comprising:(a) a sending terminal modeling element for generating a model of the image, the image including a plurality of picture elements, the model including selected ones of the plurality of picture elements, the selected ones of the plurality of picture elements being linked through connections;(b) a sending terminal transmission element to send the plurality of picture elements of the model to the receiving terminal;(c) a receiving element to receive the picture elements of the model at the receiving terminal;(d) the sending terminal modeling element further adapted to continuously alter the model based on changes to the moving picture image;(e) the sending terminal transmission element further adapted to send any changes to the model to the receiving terminal; and(f) the receiving terminal element further adapted to receive the changes in the model transmitted by the sending terminal.