Patent ID: 7683940
Filing Date: 2010-03-23
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of transmitting a plurality of sequential images captured by an image capture device for display by a display device at a transmission rate, said method comprising the steps of: reading a first image in a sequence of images captured by said image capture device, said first image having first time information; reading a second image in the sequence, said second image having second time information; and transmitting said first and second images to said display device for display, wherein at least one predetermined frame is transmitted to said display device if a difference between the first time information and the second time information is greater than a predetermined threshold, wherein said at least one predetermined frame indicates that images are not available between said first and second images, said at least one predetermined frame comprises first temporal information about a current time and second temporal information for the second frame to be transmitted, and said at least one predetermined frame is transmitted at a lower rate than the transmission rate.