Patent ID: 6839067

Claim:
A method for providing multi-resolution video to multiple users comprising: (a) capturing an initial overview image and an initial close-up image, the initial overview image having multiple regions, the initial close-up image having a greater spatial frequency than the initial overview image and depicting less than all of the multiple regions in the initial overview image; (b) storing the initial images in memory; (c) capturing a current overview image and current close-up image, the current overview image having regions corresponding to the regions in the initial overview image, the current close-up image depicting less than all of the regions in the current overview image; (d) determining the distortion between a true image and the initial images and the true image and the current images; (e) updating the stored images; (e1) providing the current overview image to at least one user; and (f) providing an individual close-up image to each of the at least one users, wherein said individual close-up image depicting less than all of the multiple regions in the current overview image.