| 摘要 |
An image capture (10), conversion (18 and 65), compression (24, 62, 66, and 67), storage (46) and transmission system (83 and 32) provides a data signal representing the image in a format (60) and protocol (28, 64, 68, and 75) capable of being transmitted over any of a plurality of readily available transmission systems (83 and 32) and received by readily available, standard equipment receiving stations (34, 85, 89, and 91). In its most comprehensive form, the system is capable of sending and receiving audio, documentary and visual image data to and from standard remote stations readily available throughout the world. |
