METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DIGITAL IMAGES FROM A SERIES OF IMAGES

摘要

A method for transmitting digital images from a series of images for which an image sequence of the images is specified is provided. The series of images is stored on a server in the form of segments, and each segment includes one or more images which are adjacent to one another according to the image sequence. A client requests images from the server on the basis of the segments, and the server then at least partly transmits the images from the requested segments to the client, wherein the images are stored in a buffer in the client and are at least partly reproduced. The client checks the request of additional images from the server at the time of the reproduction of a current image on the basis of a specified priority rule.

主权项

1. A method for transmitting digital images from a series of images for which an image sequence of the series of images is specified, the series of images being stored in a form of segments on a server and a respective segment comprising one or more images which are adjacent to one another according to the image sequence, a client requesting images on a basis of the segments at the server which thereupon transmits the images from the requested segments at least partially to the client, in which the images are stored in a buffer and reproduced at least in part, the method comprising:
checking, by the client, at a time of reproduction of a current image the requesting of further images from the server on the basis of a specified priority rule, in the course of checking the requesting of a respective further image the client requesting a segment which comprises the respective further image if the respective further image is not present in the buffer; wherein the specified priority rule is designed in such a manner that the client first checks the requesting of further images which follow the current image both in the direction of the image sequence and in opposition to the direction of the image sequence, and/or first the requesting of at least one further image is checked which corresponds to the current image in a higher image quality than that of the current image.