Multiple camera image multiplexer
CA 2501450 A1 · Owner: Berkey, Thomas F. · Inventors: Fuoco, Daniel P.; Berkey, Thomas F.
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The multiple image video surveillance camera system that uses a common set of sequencing logic to sample multiple imaging devices or multiple pre-set image windows within a large high-resolution imaging device is provided (32 34 of , fig. 2). The images are multiplexed into a single frame or switched on a frameby-frame basis at the imaging device. The switched frames are marked or encoded (36 of fig. 2) to facilitate separation for individual image display. This configuration allows one camera processor or sequencer to support multiple imagers and eliminates the need for a separate multiplexer which , lowers the system cost. Using a single transmission media (36 of fig. 2) to the …
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