Patent ID: 8194114

Claim:
A high definition video conference system, comprising: a plurality of transmitting terminals, each transmitting terminal comprising: a digital imaging/processing apparatus for capturing an image and compressing the image into a high definition image, wherein the digital imaging/processing apparatus comprises an image sensing module for sensing the image and an encoding module for compressing the image into the high definition image according to a high definition compression standard; and a first data processing apparatus for converting the high definition image into a standard-format communication image according to a standard communication protocol and then transmitting the standard-format communication image; and a receiving terminal, comprising: a second data processing apparatus for receiving and decoding the standard-format communication image transmitted from each transmitting terminal into the high definition image, wherein the second data processing apparatus comprises: a plurality of decoding modules, and each of the decoding modules respectively corresponds to one of the transmitting terminals and is used for decoding the standard-format communication image transmitted from the corresponding transmitting terminal into the high definition image; a scaling module for scaling the high definition images decoded by the decoding modules according to resolution of the display apparatus, such that the scaled high definition images are capable of being simultaneously displayed on single display apparatus; and a switching module for selectively switching the scaled high definition images or one of the decoding modules to full screen mode; and at least one display apparatus for displaying the high definition image.