Patent ID: 7023913

Claim:
A digital security camera capable of generating and transmitting digital high resolution image signals in both a full motion video format and a still image frame format, the camera comprising: a. a plurality of image transducers each adapted for collecting digital high resolution image signals; b. a motion video compressor associated with the image transducer for compressing full motion video images for generating a compressed full motion video image data signal; c. a still frame compressor associated with the image transducer for compressing still frame images for generating a compressed still frame image data signal; d. a first multiplexer for merging the compressed full motion video image data signal and the compressed still frame image data signal into a single, combined image data signal; e. a second multiplexer for merging all of said signals into a combined data signal; f. a processor associated with the multiplexer for generating a conditioned output image signal suitable for transmission over a network; g. a motion compressor and a still frame compressor associated with each image transducer and positioned between the image transducer and the second multiplexer; and h. a network gateway, wherein said camera may capture both full motion video and still frame video, alternately or simultaneously, and transmit both compressed full motion video and compressed still frame video, alternately or simultaneously.