METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENCODING MOVIES AND LARGE IMAGES FOR INTERACTIVE VIEWING AND GAZING

摘要

An image processing system, operative on a sequence of individual digital frames to produce an on-line interactive movie, comprising: a stiching unit for joining the digital frames together to form a long horizontal image; an encoder for compressing said long horizontal image into encoded image data; a storage device for archiving said encoded image data on a server computer; a transmitter for delivering said encoded image data to a client computer upon request; a decoder for decompressing said encoded image data, to generate a reconstructed long horizontal image; and a monitor for displaying a moving window view of said reconstructed horizontal image in a fixed display window, exhibiting the same effect as if advancing forward and backward through said digital frames, in order to simulate interactive motion on said client computer display device. 66 כ" ד באדר התשס" א - March 19, 2001