Patent ID: 7212662

Claim:
A method suitable for the compressed transmission of image data for a three-dimensional representation of scenes and objects, (a) wherein each scene or each object is recorded from at least two perspectives; (b) method of using a video data transmission according to prioritized pixel transmission, (b1) wherein the video data of each image are defined by individual pixel groups, (b2) wherein each pixel group has a position value within the positions of an image array and at least one assigned pixel value, (b3) wherein the size of the image array is defined by the height h and the width b of a video image, given in pixels, (b4) wherein for each pixel group of the successive images a priority value is determined, (b5) and wherein the position values and pixel values for pixel groups of the highest priority are transmitted with precedence; (c) using a method for transmitting additional data within said method of video data transmission, (c1) wherein the additional data, like the video data, are transmitted by means of position values and assigned pixel values, (c2) wherein the position values of the additional data are associated with an offset region of the image array, (c3) and wherein the offset region contains exclusively position values outside of said image array; (d) wherein the data of a first perspective form actual video data and the data of at least one other perspective form said additional data, (d1) wherein the position values of the additional data are located in said offset region, (d2) and wherein for positions within the image array a higher number of pixel groups is transmitted than for positions in the offset region; (e) and wherein at the receiving end, pixel values of pixel groups from the offset region that have not been transmitted are calculated from already transmitted pixel groups of the image array.