Patent Application: US-50230204-A

Abstract:
a method of interactive television providing for generating , transforming or displaying video information taking into account individual peculiarities of the user &# 39 ; s eye and individual peculiarities of a group of viewer &# 39 ; s eyes . the method provides simultaneously all or , at least , two operations from the above operations of formation , conversion and transmission of video signal and display of video information perceptible on the screen of information display facilities for one and / or a group of users or an unrestricted group of users . this is accomplished by one or a combination of various video editing and transmission adjustment techniques .

Description:
1 . the method of 4m interactive television using eye foveal faculties of individual and grouped users , which protects video information against non - authorized access and distribution , is presented in detail on the block - diagrams of in fig1 , 5 . it presents a variant of interactive television for a minimal group of users , consisting of the users of two information display facilities and for , at least , one individual user perceiving a video item in one information display facility . it comprises the following operations : ref . 1 — a video signal of an entire frame of a video image is formed in the video signal formation component ( a ). the entire frame of a video image corresponding to the formed video signals may consist of one sector with a permanent quality level such as in case of traditional television ( a1 ), e . g ., that one , which is conditionally shown in fig2 , ref . 2 , or two and more sectors with different quality levels intended for broadcasting to multi - screen information display facilities ( a2 ), refs 3 , 4 , 5 . video signals may be formed with a constant - in - time quality level of the video image or have a time - dependent predetermined quality level of the video image . the quality level of video image and an area of the entire frame of the of video image may be presented by the following characteristics or parameters : spatial resolution of the coded video image ( quantity of video image pixels ); pixel colored resolution , i . e . the number of colors , which may be formed by one pixel of the coded video image ; number of “ gray ” tones ; temporary resolution characterized by the frequency of frame shift within a sector or the time of sector presentation of the video image ; video image contrast ; used methods of scalability , such as : signal / noise ratio ; etc . the video signals are formed with time - constant predetermined boundaries or with time - dependent changing boundaries . in this connection , video signals with the same quality level are formed in different areas ( see also fig3 a , ref . 6 ) ( a1 ) or with different quality levels ( a2 ) ( see also fig2 b or 3 b ). three quality levels conditionally present sectors shown in fig2 and 3 : the lowest ( ref . 7 ), the medium ( ref . 8 ) and the highest quality level of video signals ( ref . 9 ). the video signals are formed separately in the video components ( a , a1 , a2 ), i . e . without any control signals ( a ), or by interrogation signals ( fig1 , ref . 1 ), coding quality levels of video image areas , and / or video signals are formed with variable quality levels within the stated areas of the video image ( a21 ), and / or video signals with variable boundaries within the stated sectors ( a11 ) are formed by interrogation signals coding boundaries of the video image areas . the areas may cover a part of the image , or the entire frame of the video image , complementing each other or overlapping each other . a video camera may be used as the video signal formation component , i . e ., a video camera , which is capable to form intercomplementary video signals of different quality levels , e . g ., shown in fig2 a , 2 e , 2 f , 2 h ( refs 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ) for video camera , which may change the orientation and / or field of vision when changing the focal depth and / or diaphragm aperture of the video camera objective taking into account the interrogation signals coding boundaries of the areas and / or quality level of the video signal in the assigned sectors . it is also possible to use a combination of two or more video cameras with different quality level , as in the case of u . s . pat . no . 4 , 028 , 725 . should the used source of video information occur to be a display component of the video signal , the such display component has the capacity to read off a part of the recorded information by the interrogation signals and to display only those that were preliminarily distributed , while the recording areas of the utilized data medium , which correspond to different areas of the full picture frame and / or different quality levels of the video signal within the boundaries of the above areas of the video image taking into account interrogation signals . the video signals may be formed in computer video components forming double sighting information or a virtual reality similar to computer games . formation of video signals consisting of areas with different quality level by the programmable method is described in russian patent no . 021498908 and in u . s . pat . no . 4 , 028 , 725 . the purpose of such division of the video image into areas and reduction of the quality level in individual or all areas of the video image consists in the reduction of the video signal data volume transmitted through data channels and in the reduction of the video image data redundancy formed by means of the screen of information display component . ref . 10 — video signals are transmitted through data channels from the source of video information , which is represented by video components or video signal conversion components , to two or more video signal consumers represented by a signal conversion components and , at least , to one display component ( b1 ). ref . 10 — video signals are transmitted through data channels from at least one source of video signals to one consumer of video signals ( b1 - 1 ). the video signals are fully transmitted to all of the aforementioned components or the video information is transmitted in a reduced volume according to the interrogation signals coding area boundaries of video signals and / or the quality level within the areas of the video image . the video signal transmission ( refs 10 ) via a cellular network presumes , that the user is a network subscriber , so he ( she ) receives individual video signals or the video signals of video image sectors via an established communication channel . when the video signals are transmitted from one user or a group of users through a transmitter , similar to the transmitter provided in the cellular network , all users possessing aerial ( wireless ) receivers of a respective range located in the transmitter coverage zone , constitute one group of users . the transmitter transmits all video information ordered by a group of users on the air ; video information channels are formed according to individual interrogation signals linked with a particular user , e . g ., by way of transmission of video signal coordinates of the video image sector or decoding keys ordered by the user of the video image sector to the receiver . in case where the user does not form interrogation signals , he ( she ) may receive the entire grouped video signal for the further conversion and / or display of the video signal ordered by a group of users . ref . 12 — video signals with constant predetermined sector boundaries and / or with a constant quality level within these sectors or by interrogation signals coding the video signal sector boundaries and / or quality levels of video signals of video image sectors are converted in the video signal conversion component taking into account the interrogation signals ; the incoming video signal is accordingly converted into video signals with variable boundaries and / or with variable quality levels within the stated sectors ( c2 ). the area of the video image sector is reduced in the video signal conversion component at least with respect to one video signal coming to the video display components ( c 1 ), and / or the quality level is reduced with respect to at least one video signal by way of simultaneous reduction of one or several parameters of the quality level . the video signal conversion taking into account interrogation signals is done in one or several stages depending on the number of users provided with the sensors used for the determination of eye characteristics and depending on the extent to which the structure of the users is ramified . the first stage of conversion consists in the conversion by the sum interrogation signal at the level of a town and / or at the level of a region and / or at the level of a residential quarter ( other divisions are possible and this is not important ), i . e ., on the top level of the users &# 39 ; hierarchical scheme . the further stages of video signal conversion consist in conversion by the sum interrogation signal ( received by summing of interrogation signals of individual users and a group of users ) at the level of streets , a building and / or a building entrance , which represents the following level of the users &# 39 ; hierarchical scheme of the interactive television . the last conversion stage is used for the video signal conversion taking into account individual interrogation signals coming directly from individual users depending on the availability of the data from the users &# 39 ; sensors . video signals may be converted in two or more conversion components in parallel , e . g ., for the users perceiving a video item on different information display components ( see fig2 b and 2 c ) and / or in series , a video image with one quality level , shown on fig2 a is converted into a video image , fig2 d for several users , next the video image is converted into the video image with boundaries and quality levels of video image sectors for a single user ( fig2 b or 2 c ). when video signals are converted in video signal conversion components , the volume of video image signal information is reduced dynamically . the dynamic reduction of video information volume in the video signal conversion components , taking into account signals coding user &# 39 ; s eyes orientation is described in u . s . pat . no . 4 , 405 , 943 . however the above method fits only for individual users . ref . 13 — screens of information display components are used for video image formation , which corresponds to incoming video signals . areas of the video image corresponding to the incoming video signals have boundaries and a quality level of video image corresponding to the characteristics of the incoming video signal ( d ). the above operation is done using video display components without taking into account interrogation signals . in this connection , characteristics of user &# 39 ; s eye may not be measured with sensors . ref . 14 — when the interrogation signal coding boundaries of video image sectors , comes to the information display facility , and / or when the quality level in the above sectors differs from the boundaries of video signals arrived to the display components , video image is generated in the above facility with boundaries and quality levels corresponding to the interrogation signal ( d2 - 1 ). the above task may be solved using the datainformation display facility previously proposed by the authors on the basis of crt , liquid crystal screens , etc ., e . g ., as described in russian patent no . 2134053 . ref . 15 — one or several users perceive the video image formed on the screen of at least one information display component ( e ). there may be one , two or more users viewing one video image as it is shown in fig4 . the quality level of video image or its sector perceived by the user &# 39 ; s eye may be represented by the following characteristics or parameters : spatial resolution of a full picture frame ( minimal angle dimension of pixels perceived as separate pixels or maximum number of pixels in a single spherical angle perceived by an eye , as separates pixels ); colored resolution as per the number of colors , which may be distinguished by an eye in a single spherical angle ; number of “ gray ” color tones ; time dependent resolution characterized by the frequency of frame shift within an area perceived by an eye , such as blinking ; brightness ; contrast of the video image ; etc . ref . 16 — a known sensor or sensors are used for the dynamic determination of the eye characteristics with respect to the video image perceived by the user with formation of data interrogation signals coding eye characteristics ( n ) or eye characteristics of several users as it is shown in fig4 , ref . 25 . the following eye characteristics may be dynamically measured by means of the sensor or sensors : eye orientation , eye coordinates with respect to the video image and other characteristics . in this connection , coordinates of one or two eyes of the user , or several eyes or all eyes of users gathered in front of the screen are determined . there is a variant , when every user located in front of the screen is furnished with a sensor . every eye may be fitted with an individual sensor , e . g ., of the helmet type . ref . 18 — data interrogation signals coding eye or eyes characteristics ( ref . 26 ) are transmitted at least to one computing component ( o1 ), in this connection , dynamically changed characteristics such as coordinates and direction of the eye optical axes , and the eye accommodation depth are dynamically transmitted ( o1 - 1 ), whereas slowly changed characteristics , such as the eye apple diameter , and the function of eye resolution dependence with respect to the eye optical axis are transmitted to the computing component by a periodical or initial entering into the memory of the computing component ( o1 - 2 ). the function of eye resolution dependence is determined as a function of the mode or the type of display information and subjective features of the user . ref . 19 — interrogation signals coding information on the boundaries of at least one sector of the video image ( k1 ) and / or on the quality level of video image ( k2 ), within which the requirements of the user &# 39 ; s or the users &# 39 ; eye perceiving video image are met by generating the signals coding the user &# 39 ; s eye dynamical characteristics taking into account the function of the eye resolution dependence in the computing component . when the boundaries and quality levels of video image sectors are determined , the task of the minimum video data redundancy is solved by reduction of the video signal quality level down to the minimum level , when the user perceives the video image as a real image within the stated eye sectors . the quality level of video image sectors is minimized and dimensions of the video image sectors of a predetermined high level are reduced at the earliest possible stages of video signal formation , conversion , transmission or datainformation display . according to the above - mentioned prior art , only one interrogation signal is formed , which is transmitted to the video signal forming component , video signal conversion component or to the display components ( patent of russia no . 2134053 ). we propose to generate at least two interrogation signals . fig1 , ref . 20 shows the formation of individual interrogation signals for one video display components ; ref . 21 represents grouped interrogation signals for two or more information display component or summed interrogation signals obtained by addition of individual and / or grouped interrogation signals . ref . 22 — an individual interrogation signal is transmitted to the information display component ( o2 - 1 ) and / or to the conversion component ( o2 - 2 ), and / or to the formation component ( o2 - 3 ). ref . 14 — the display component shows sectors of the video image taking into account interrogation signals with boundaries and quality levels corresponding to the interrogation signal of the display component ( d2 - 1 ). at the same time interrogation signals of the display facilities may be transmitted to the video signal conversion component connected with the above display components ( o2 - 2 ), ref . 23 . boundaries and / or quality levels of the video image , ref . 12 are converted according to the interrogation signals in the conversion component . ref . 24 — the summed interrogation signal is transmitted to the video component ( o2 - 3 ). video signals of video image sectors with its boundaries and quality levels within the stated sectors corresponding to the requirements of grouped users &# 39 ; eyes perceiving the video image are formed in accordance with the interrogation signal in the video components . according to these interrogation signals the video signal sequentially reduces the data redundancy taking into account the requirement of a group of users gathered in front of one screen or a group of users , who simultaneously watch the video image on many screens . the above group may cover a building entrance , building , a street , a town , etc . the video signal sequentially reduces its redundancy down to the level corresponding to the eye requirement of one individual user taking into account individual faculties of his / her eye and its demand with the display of video image covering sectors with different quality level on the screen of the datainformation display components . a video signal consisting of sectors with boundaries and a quality level corresponding to the grouped interrogation signal is formed in the information display components not taking into account interrogation signals from the the video signals received from the video components signal formation or conversion components . according to a prior art u . s . pat . no . 4 , 028 , 725 a provision is made for the formation of control signals , i . e . signals formed taking into account the properties of a management object : a tv camera or a computer . in our case , interrogation signals , which characterize the faculties of users &# 39 ; eyes , are generated and transmitted . as a result of the proposed method , one information display component or a group of information display components integrated by a common data channel , e . g ., a feeder mounted in a building entrance , receives a summed data signal with the reduced redundancy of video information . usually the users look at the same video item , therefore there exists a probability , that with the growth of the number of users being in front of one video display component , the volume of video information to be transmitted will grow in a non - linear dependence or will not be changed , as it is described in u . s . pat . no . 4 , 859 , 050 . a video image with lowest redundancy is formed for users , whose eye characteristics are measured by means of sensors for whom an individual interrogation signal is generated in the computing component , whereas a grouped video signal received taking into account summed interrogation signals comes to the information display component without the sensors . simultaneous carrying out the above operations makes it possible to fulfill the assigned tasks . all of the above characteristics are required and sufficient to solve the assigned task and to achieve the stated technical result . 2 . a block diagram of the method of interactive foveal television and formation of interrogation signals in the computing component by stage is illustrated in fig6 . the above method is intended for employment data of eye individual features while generating the interrogation signals and to speed up the operation of generation of individual interrogation signals in the computing component ( k1 , k2 ) in case of a group of users perceiving a video item . this method is based on the eye feature , according to which the eye resolution from the vision line to the periphery goes down ; consequently , the sectors of video image of a low quality level ( ref . 7 ) cover the sectors of high quality level ( refs 8 and 9 ). ref . 27 ( k1 - 1 ). individual interrogation signals encoding information of at least about one boundary of at least one sector of the video image , which interrogation signals are generated in the computing component based on the signals coding eye dynamic characteristics taking into account a dependence function of the user &# 39 ; s eye resolution ( k1 - 1 ). an example of boundaries of video image sectors for different eyes for the same set of quality levels is depicted in fig2 b and 2 c , refs 3 and 4 . the above operation is done for a group of users &# 39 ; eyes with requests to be accounted in the process of operation of interactive television . ref . 28 ( k1 - 2 ). an interrogation signal for users &# 39 ; groups coding the external boundaries of video image sectors of the same quality level ( k1 - 2 ) is formed in the computing component by the stated interrogation signals for users and users &# 39 ; groups designed for several eyes and to code the boundaries of video image sectors . for this purpose the external boundary of the sector of video image of each quality level comprises external boundaries of all sectors of video image with the above quality level . an example of the boundaries of sectors of a video image for a summed request is shown in fig2 d . the above method makes it possible to generate grouped interrogation signals corresponding to the requirements of every registered user perceiving a video image . 3 . a block diagram of the method of foveal interactive television with sequential conversion of quality levels of sectors of video image is given in fig7 . it comprises the following steps : ref . 27 ( k1 - 1 ). individual interrogation signals encoding information on at least one quality level of at least one assigned sector of video image ( k1 - 1 ) are generated in the computing component based on the signals encoding the eye dynamic characteristics taking into account the dependence function of user &# 39 ; s eye resolution ( l1 ). an example of quality levels of a video image conditionally assigned with a value from 1 to 3 for one set of sector boundaries of the video image shown in fig3 a , ref . 6 , for different eyes is shown in fig3 b and 3 c . the above operation is done for a group of users &# 39 ; eyes , whose requests will be taken into account in the process of operation of interactive television ( k1 - 2 ). ref . 29 ( k1 - 2 ). a sum interrogation signal encoding quality level in the sectors of video image with the highest quality level in any stated sector of the video image ( k1 - 2 ) is formed in the computing component as per the stated individual interrogation signals designed for several eyes , which code quality levels of a video image in the stated sectors of the video image . an example of quality levels for the assigned sectors of a video image for a sum interrogation signal is shown in fig3 d . 1 . a block diagram of the method 1mof foveal interactive television with formation of interrogation signals by stage and interrogation signal transmission to an intermediate conversion component and / or to a information display component of claim 1 is shown in fig8 . we propose a variant , in which several information display component are used for one video component signal formation or a conversion component . this method comprising the steps of : ref . 11 — transmitting the video signal provided for the lowest quality level of the entire video image from the video signal formation component via conventional signal channels of a conventional video broadcasting system directly to a plurality of display components , said plurality of display components including a number of user display components ( d ). ref . 20 or 21 — individual or grouped interrogation signals of the information display component , coding boundaries of sectors of the video image respectively ( k1 - 2 ) are generated in the computing component for one user &# 39 ; s or for a group of users &# 39 ; eyes perceiving a video image ( e ) on one screen of a video display component . ref . 22 — the above interrogation signals are transmitted to the information display facility or to the video information conversion component connected with the information display component ( o2 - 1 ). ref . 30 — a sum interrogation signal ( k1 - 2 ) is formed in the computing component by two or more requests of a data information display component of a group of information display components . ref . 23 or 24 — stated interrogation signals of a group of information display component are transmitted respectively to the conversion or formation component connected with a group of information display component ( o2 - 2 , o2 - 3 ). method 3m in the reviewed variant makes it possible to use intermediate signals for the formation of interrogation signals for the information display component and / or video signal conversion components , which saves the time of interrogation signal transmission to the information display components and video signal conversion components , which are connected with them . 5 . to minimize the amount of computations in an individual computing component with simultaneous reduction of the traffic of interrogation signal transmission and to reduce the number of the data channels for signal transmission from the sensors to the computing components , we propose the method with distributed interrogation signal generation in separate computing components . the block diagram of the variant of implementation of foveal interactive television of 3 is shown in fig9 and 10 . ref . 27 or 29 and ref . 28 or 30 — interrogation signals are generated according to the proposed method for the users &# 39 ; eyes perceiving video information from one information display component in one computing facility ( k 3 - 1 / k 3 - 2 ). interrogation signals of the information display component encoding the boundaries of sectors and / or the quality level in the stated sectors of a video image are generated in the above computing component . ref . 31 — received interrogation signals of the information display components are transmitted to the information display components ( fig9 ) or to the video signal conversion component ( fig1 ) connected with the above stated information display component ; interrogation signals are also transmitted to the computing component connected with video signal conversion or formation components for a group of components , which is included into the stated information display components ( o3 - 1 ). ref . 28 or 30 — a sum interrogation signal of a group of information display component ( k4 ) is formed in the computing component by interrogation signals from a group of computing components . ref . 32 — a sum interrogation signal is transmitted to the video signal conversion component or to the video signal conversion or formation components connected with the above computing component ; the interrogation signals are also transmitted to the computing component , connected with the video signal conversion or formation components for a group of component , to which a display component is included ( o3 - 2 ). the proposed variant of implementation of an independent method makes it possible to separately process signals coming from the eye characteristic sensors or interrogation signals received in the previous stages . 6 . when an independent method 3m is implemented in case of a bulk network of video signal distribution , it is necessary to convert in parallel quality levels of the same sectors of a video image transmitted to the video signal conversion components . when the interrogation signals are transmitted from users &# 39 ; information display components to the conversion and formation components , the interrogation signals of video image sectors are summarized in the computing components . in this connection , video image sectors are expanded as it is shown in fig1 a , b , c , d . video signals of the video image sectors of a high quality level are converted into a video signal of a low quality level in every video signal conversion facility , as shown in fig1 f , g , h which increases the requirements for computation capacity of the video signal conversion components . a block diagram of the method of foveal interactive television with a one - fold preliminary conversion of the quality level and sequential conversion of sector boundaries of a video image is shown in fig1 . it additionally includes the following operations : ref . 33 — a video signal of the video image of a low and at least the same high quality level ( a3 / c4 ) is formed or converted in a series of video signals of the video image in the video signal formation components or in the primary formation component . ref . 34 — a video signal of an assigned quality level with boundaries corresponding to the interrogation signal ( c5 ) is extracted from the video signal of the sector of video image corresponding to the quality level in the video signal conversion component , taking into account the signals encoding boundaries of video image sectors for every high quality level of a video image . ref . 10 — received video signals of high quality levels are transmitted at least to one component of video signal conversion or to one information display component ( b2 ). ref . 11 — video signals of the sectors of a video image are transmitted to the video signal conversion component ( b ). ref . 35 — the internal boundaries of every sector of a full picture video image are converted in the video signal component , except for the highest level , according to the external boundaries of sectors of video signals of a high quality level relatively to a video signal of the current quality level ( c6 ). 7 . video signals of all quality levels except for the lowest level , according to the method 5m , or 6 reduce their area at the instance of their transmission from the source of video information to the user in the course of the sequential conversion , whereas the sector of video image with the lowest quality level in the datainformation display components achieves 90 - 99 % of the video image area . a block diagram of the method with the transmission of video signals of the lowest quality level is illustrated in fig1 . the method 7m comprises the following operations : ref . 36 — received video signals of the lowest quality level are fully transmitted to all signal conversion components directly connected with the information display components , and directly to the information display components . ref . 37 — only video signals of sectors of a video image of high quality are transmitted to the signal conversion components connected with information display components ( b3 ). ref . 38 — the internal boundaries of every sector of a video image of a low level are converted in the video signal conversion component directly connected with the information display component in accordance with the external boundaries of video signal sectors of a high quality level for the given video signal ( c7 ). ref . 39 — a video image is formed in the information display component , and the user perceives it without foveal interrogation signals corresponding to the function of the eye resolution of the individual user . 8 . should the quality levels of video signals of low and high quality levels occur to be characterized by the fact , that an element of a video image ( pixel ) of a video signal of a low quality level restricts the entire quantity of video signal elements of a high quality level of the video image , we propose the method 3m , which differs by the fact that the element of video information ( pixel ) of a video signal with the low quality level is determined in the components of video signal formation or in the video signal conversion components as an average value of video information elements ( pixels ) of the video signal of the high quality level , which signal includes a video image sector restricted with the boundaries of the above pixel of the video signal with low quality level ( i1 ). 9 . to simplify computations in the computing component , we propose the method 3m , which differs by the fact that one of elements of the video image ( pixel ) of high level covered by the above element of video image ( pixel ) of the video signal of low level ( i2 ) is used as an element of video information ( pixel ) of the video signal of low quality level . 10 . the method 10m allows further increasing the amount of video information transmitted through data channels of the data transmission component , because the video signals with a low quality level of a video image partly back up video information contained in the video signals of a higher quality level . to overcome this disadvantage , we propose the additional method 10m , which differ by the fact , that the video signal of the lowest quality level is identified as a basic signal . a video signal of a first expansion level is formed or converted by summation of the basic video signal and the video signal of the expanded quality level so that it allows generating a video signal of a first high quality level . a video signal of a second high expanded quality level is formed or converted by summation of the video signal of the basic level and video signals of the first and second expanded quality levels . therefore , the methods and the components , of video signal formation and conversion , in which the above conversion is done without interrogation signals , have been described above . according to the algorithm built in in the formation or conversion or components , the initial video signal is divided into several video signals , which mutually complement each other . it is possible to use a of video signal formation component or component similar to that one presented in “ technique used in cinematography and television ”, 1999 , 1 p . 21 , “ operating procedures of studio cameras and tv — systems in the age of digital television ”, part 2 . camera technique for hdt . l . j . torp , sony corp ., whereas a video signal conversion component or component , similar to that one described in “ digital processing of tv and computer images ” edited by y . b . zubarev and v . p . dvorkovich , moscow , 1997 , in scheme 8 . 6 coder of video signal presents the process of initial video signal conversion into video signals with two scales of spatial resolution : a video signal of basic level and a video signal of expanded level . for the inverse conversion of video signals a provision is made for the conversion in a conversion component or component connected with a particular information display or component : such as a — decoder , which is used for summation of video information of the basic video signal and every expanded video signal into relevant video signals of the assigned series of quality levels for each sector of the video image . a block diagram of the method 10m is shown in fig1 . it differs with respect to the most similar methods 3m and 8m by the following operations : ref . 40 — a video signal is generated in the video signal formation component , or converted in the video signal conversion component into a series of video signals of the video image of the basic or at least one expanded quality level ( a6 / c10 - 1 ). ref . 41 — video information of the basic quality level and expanded quality level ( s ) is summed in the video signal conversion component to obtain a series of video signals of different quality levels . 12m . it is convenient to process distributed signals by cutting the sectors with boundaries assigned by the interrogation signal in the video signal conversion component from the video signals of expanded level . when signals come to the video signal conversion component connected with a particular information display component , the values of video signal pixels are added to the entire video frame or only to the sector of high quality level , for example , as per method k - 1 , according to which the pixel color grade signal of high level is added , the mean value of color grade of super pixel is multiplied by k , whereas the color grade of the last k - pixel will be equal to the difference between the sum and the product . a similar approach is possible , when video signals of the basic and expanded levels differ by a signal / noise ratio , a frequency of frame change , a color grade and other characteristics of the quality level of the video image . it is also possible to use the variant when giving up calculation of sums , products and differences , and the pixel color grade of low level taken as the color grade of one of k - pixels of the initial level to be selected in a specified sequence similar for each group of k - pixels , either in a different way or at random . when a video signal of high level is summed for a entire video image or only in the sector of high level k - 1 , a pixel comes from the video signal of the expanded level , whereas one pixel comes from the basic level signal . 13 . to simplify calculations , we propose to use the signal of one of pixels of video image of the initial quality level covered by the pixel of low quality level for the formation of a video signal pixel of low level . as an example of the process of video signal conversion of a video image of a series of quality levels into the basic and expanded quality levels of the video signals without taking into account the interrogation signals , we propose the method of 13m , which differs by the fact that the signal of a quality level lower than the initial signal is generated by way of data summation of several ( k ) of the nearest pixels of the initial video signal and division of the sum into a number of pixels into one pixel of the video signal of low level . for example , the color grade of several pixels is added and divided by the number of summed pixels ( k ). once all pixels of the video signals of the initial level being processed , a video signal of the whole frame of low level and respectively of the low size is obtained . on the other hand , the video signals of k - 1 pixels of the initial level are transmitted to the generated video signal of high level . a similar procedure may be repeated by the number of quality levels of video signals minus 1 . the summarized quantity of information for all video signals will not be greater than the volume of video signals of the high quality level with boundaries corresponding to the boundaries of the video image . the video signal of the basic level comes through the data channels to all of the user information processing display components , including the display conversion components . the above method may be used jointly with the effective video standards such as pal , secam , ntsc in the event when standard signals distributed in the networks or on air are used as the basic video signal , whereas the expanded signals are distributed through separate data channels . 14 . for example , when the interrogation signal is identified at the stage of its formation or conversion , whereas the determined sectors cover the entire frame of the video image , in such a case during fulfillment of the transmission operation it is possible to adjust and contain not all sectors , i . e . only the sectors of the highest quality of video image , during operation of the interrogation signal transmission it is possible to adjust and contain not all sectors , i . e . only the sectors of the highest quality of video image so that they could be transmitted in due time to the information display component , which are viewed in real time for the time being . the other sectors , having a quality level lower than that one of the previous level or with other boundaries , or which are not transmitted at all depending on the load and the state of the data transmission component , as well as the critical time for transmitting of the video image stream with the eventual further recovery of the interrogation signal to the previous level . 15 . the method 21m , which differs by the fact that the video signals of sectors of the video image are recorded in advance with the initial quality level ( a9 - 1 ), whereas every sector of the video image with a quality level assigned by the interrogation signal is displayed in the video signal formation component . to do so , the video signals of video image sectors with an initial quality level are recorded on the medium in parallel with the data record in parallel addresses ; several sectors of data medium are read off in parallel in the video signal formation component at the time of video signal display with the initial quality level , when displaying the video signals of the low level , a part of the video signals ( a9 - 2 ) is real off in parallel . with a view to demonstrate the applicability of the proposed method of interactive television using eye foveal faculties of individual and grouped users and for the demonstration of the achievement of the assigned technical result we shall compare the existing tv method and the proposed method of interactive television using eye foveal faculties of individual and grouped users for the resolution of the task of hd tv broadcasting . when using the method proposed by the authors let us consider a variant , according to which video signals are formed by means of similar facilities of video signal formation , i . e . hd tv cameras . video signal of all video images is converted into a series of video signals of different quality level according to the dependent method 3m . let us assign three quality levels : the first one — the lowest quality level of video image corresponding to secam standard ( 625 * 625 pixels in a frame ), first high quality level corresponding to spatial resolution ( 1250 * 1250 pixels in a frame ), which by 2 times is more than the spatial resolution of secam standard , the second high quality level corresponds to the resolution of the compare high definition television ( hd tv ) ( 2500 * 2500 pixels in a frame ), which by 4 times more , than the spatial resolution of secam standard . suppose that the existing and the proposed methods are applied in the following tv system , in which : users simultaneously watch video image of the same video item , formed by video display component ( refs . 13 and 14 ); at the same time on the average two users watch one information display component ( first level , 2 users ); every 10 video display components are located in one entrance of a building and are connected to one entrance facility of a video signal transmission component ( second level , 20 users ); every 10 entrance of a building are connected with a common building facility of video signal transmission components ( third level , 200 users ); every 10 buildings are connected by data channels with street facilities of video signal transmission component ( 4to level , 2 , 000 users ); every 10 streets are connected by data channels with video signal transmission component of residential quarters ( 5to level , 20 , 000 users ); every 10 residential quarters are connected by data channels with regional facility of video signal transmission components ( 6to level , 200 , 000 users ); every 10 regions are connected by data channels with the urban facility of video signal transmission components ( 7to level , 2 , 000 , 000 users ). assume , that in case of both tv methods the users are located at a distance of 3 m from the screens located in the perpendicular plane to the eye optical axis and have the size of diagonal 57 cm with side ratio 3 to 4 . taking into account the function of a sound eye resolution , the projection diameter of the foveal area to the video image with the spatial resolution on the external boundary corresponding to the resolution of the tv video signal of the lowest quality level will not be higher than 128 * 128 pixels , whereas that one of the second high quality level will not be higher than 64 * 64 pixels . spatial resolution of the video image formed in the information display component of the transmitted video signal for both considered methods in an sector with a 1 cm diameter will be lower than the spatial resolution of the user &# 39 ; s eye . thus , both methods form video images of similar pectoral quality level . let &# 39 ; s identify the volumes of information of video signals transmitted through data channels from facilities of video signal formation to information display facilities according to the existing method of the cabled tv broadcasting . data channels of the lowest level are connected to the data channels of an entrance of the building , a building , a street , a residential quarter , a region or a town in an arbitrary point . let &# 39 ; s determine the volume of information transmitted through the data channels in the tv broadcasting system according to the methods proposed by the authors . unlike the existing method of tv broadcasting , the method proposed by us additionally provides the dynamic feedback of quality level control in video image sectors for individual and grouped users . let &# 39 ; s determine the volume of information of interrogation signals transmitted through data channels . when the stated method 3m is used , the sensors connected with the information display component determine the eye dynamic characteristics with respect to the video image formed by this information display component ( ref . 16 )( n ). for example , signals and their coding signals are dynamically formed as described in russian federation patent no . ru2134053 using coordinates and orientation of the eye optical axes with respect to the video image formed by the information display component using the method and components described in a ussr inventor &# 39 ; s certificate as of 1959 and further , in us patents as of 1983 and in more recent patents . the signals coding eye coordinates with respect to the video image are dynamically transmitted to the computing component ( ref . 18 )( o ). the signals coding the boundaries of video image sectors of the first high quality level and the second high quality level ( ref . 27 ) ( k1 - 1 ) are generated in the computing component according to method 3m for each eye taking into account the dependence function of the eye resolution ( k ). for instance , the boundaries may be assigned by the coordinates of centers ( fig2 , refs 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 ) of a broken line ( ref . 49 ) enveloping a sector of the first increase quality level of the video image ( ref . 50 ). coordinates of the points are assigned in the coordinate system connected with the boundaries of the video image sector of the lowest quality level by natural numbers within the range of 1 - 625 . in this case , the accuracy of the boundary identification is equal to the resolution of the lowest quality level and , consequently , an eye cannot distinguish this boundary . the first point ( ref . 45 ) is assigned by two coordinates x1and y1 , in aggregate with 22 data bits . the coordinates of the second point ( ref . 46 ) may be assigned by the value of coordinate y change . when shifting from the point ref . 45 to the point ref . 46 , the second coordinate is not changed . the coordinate of the third point is assigned by the value of change of coordinate ? x when shifting from point ref . 46 to point ref . 47 . in this case coordinates y are not changed . on the basis of the geometric features of a rectangle , the forth point of the boundary between the sector of the low quality level and the sector of the first high quality level is plotted . assigning the highest size of the sector of the first high quality level to horizontal delta x ?? and to vertical ? deltay up to 128 = 2 7 pixels of the video image of low quality level , in order to assign coordinates of the second point and every further point , 7 + 1 data bits will be required . coordinates of the broken line ( ref . 49 ) comprising the sector of video image of the first high quality level ( ref . 50 ) will be assigned fully , when the coordinate of the further point will coincide with the coordinate of the initial point ( ref . 46 ). let &# 39 ; s assign the simplest form of a broken line comprising a sector of video image of the first high level , i . e . a rectangle ; in this connection the aggregate interrogation signal of the first high quality level of one information display component to one eye will be 22 + 2 * 8 = 38 bits / frame / eye . having assigned coordinates of the first point ( ref . 51 ) of a broken line ( ref . 52 ) comprising a sector of the second high level with respect to the first point of the first broken line ( 8 + 8 = 14 bits / frame ), and assigned a maximum size of the sector of the second high quality level to the horizontal and to the vertical , which do not exceed 64 pixels of video image of the lower level , the interrogation signal encoding the boundaries of the video image sector of the second high level for one eye will be equal to 14 + 2 * 6 = 28 bits / frame / eye . the interrogation signals encoding the boundaries of video image sectors of the first and the second high quality level for the user &# 39 ; s eye will not exceed 24 *( 38 + 16 )= 1296 bits / s for a information display component used for one user with a frame frequency of 24 frames / s . then , an aggregate interrogation signal ( ref . 28 ) ( k1 - 2 ) encoding the boundaries of video image sectors of the first quality level for the case , when projections of the eye optical axes of two users are distributed over the video image surface with the same probability , is generated in the computing component according to method 3m covering the boundaries of sectors of the first high level of video image of every eye perceiving a video image . for the 24 frames / s frequency , the interrogation signals encoding the boundaries of video image sectors of the first and second high quality levels of one information display component for four eyes will be equal to 4 * 1296 / 8 = 648 bytes / s . according to method 10m the interrogation signals generated for one eye or for several eyes of users ( fig9 , ref . 27 / 29 or 28 / 30 ) are transmitted to the information display components and to the computing components of a higher level ( ref . 31 ). let &# 39 ; s calculate the maximum size of the interrogation signal generated for an urban component of the video signal formation components , according to method 1m . let &# 39 ; s determine the number of video image sectors equal to the number of pixels of the video image of the lowest quality level . in this case : the calculated interrogation signal for all users of a town will have the maximum value . we calculate interrogation signal traffic transmitted through the data channels for intermediate levels taken as reference an exponential growth of the interrogation signal traffic of the number of users &# 39 ; eyes . the peculiarity of the proposed method consists in the fact that the data channels of interrogation signal transmission of each level are connected into a “ star ”. let &# 39 ; s determine the volume of video information transmitted through the data channels from the component of video signal formation to the information display components in accordance with the stated method . according to method 10m , the video signals : are formed and / or converted into video signals : of the basic level , the first extended level , and the second extended level . the volume of the video signal of the basic quality level according to the proposed method 11m corresponds to the method of secam video signal transmission and corresponds to 1 / 16 of the volume of hd tv signal . the aggregate traffic of video information transmission of the video signal of basic quality level secam for according to the stated method 11m the structure of video signal distribution of expanded quality levels corresponds to the above - considered structure of interrogation signal , and the structure of video signal distribution of basic quality level corresponds to the structure of hd tv distribution structure . let &# 39 ; s determine the traffic of video information of the first and second expanded quality levels to be transmitted to one information display component of the stated method 12m taking a video image sector shape as rectangular and the number of eyes simultaneously perceiving the video image formed by one screen of the information display component as equal to 4 ( two users watch video item simultaneously ). let &# 39 ; s determine the maximum traffic of video signals of the first and second high quality levels formed or converted in an urban tv center ( ref . 36 ) ( a 6 - 1 / b 10 - 1 ) on the basis of the fact that the points of vision of all users cover the whole video image in a regular way . the volume of video signals of the first and second quality level formed or converted in accordance with method 11m will amount to 15 / 16 300 = 281 mbytes / s . video signals of such traffic are transmitted to the regional components of video signal conversion ( ref . 10 ) ( c 1 ). the boundaries of video image sectors of the expanded quality levels are converted in the video signal conversion component in accordance with the aggregate interrogation signal used for 100 , 000 users ; in this connection , the aggregate signal traffic is reduced by the value , which mainly depends on the video item and the diversity of the users &# 39 ; reaction . suppose , that the reduction is equal to 1 %. for the case of the reduction of the video information volume in every sequential level , we may assume , that it is approximated by an exponential function . the aggregate traffic of video information transmission of the video signal of the extended quality levels for all in - entrance the above value is essentially lower than the traffic of video signal transmission of high definition according to the existing methods . the above disclosure demonstrates the fulfillment of the stated technical result by the independent methods as well as some dependent methods with regard to the reduction of the transmission traffic , reduction of the highest stream of video information , compatibility of new tv standards with the existing tv standards and data channels , possibility of work at a long distance from the source of video information . owing to the fact , that the restricted volume of information is transmitted through the data channels of lower levels , the produced frame is not important for the other users . according to this example all figures are given for the case when a video signal packing as per methods jpeg , mpeg - 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 or any other methods are not used . use of the video signal packing jointly with the proposed method will result in the reduction of absolute values of the signal streams but will preserve their ratio and advantages of the proposed method . obviously , numerous modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in light of the above teachings . it is therefore to be understood that within the scope of the appended claims , the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described herein . further , the present application incorporates by 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