Patent ID: 7543327

Claim:
Video system comprising: a network video camera including an image buffer memory for storing video images at a video rate, and electrically coupled to a computer network, wherein said video camera is capable of repeatedly scanning said image buffer memory at said video rate, decimating an image from said image buffer memory, and substantially simultaneously generating a full field of view reduced-resolution of said image responsive to the decimating the image, and a full-resolution sub-window of said image; a computer electrically coupled to said computer network; and a monitor electrically coupled to the computer, wherein said computer is configured to receive said full field of view reduced-resolution and said full-resolution sub-window of said image from said video camera via the computer network and display said full field of view reduced-resolution and said full-resolution sub-window on said monitor, wherein said full field of view reduced-resolution of said image and said full-resolution sub-window of said image are displayed on said monitor simultaneously.