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Method and device for representing a composite image on a screen of a screen device
Assignee: IBP Pietzsch GmbH
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Filing: 1988-01-26
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Granted: 1989-10-24
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Expires: 2008-01-26
Abstract
Abstract A method for representing a composite image on a screen of a screen device, the image being composed of a plurality of natural and/or synthetic sub-images generated by diferent sources, is characterized in that the sub-images are composed of a line-by-line representation on the screen by (a) reading out at video rate a pluralaity of pixels, the number of which corresponds to that of the respective sub-image from said storages line by line and (b) repeating step (a) line by line. Furthermore, there is set forth a device for carrying out the method according to the invention.
Inventors
- 👤 Ludwig Pietzsch
- 👤 Detlef Senger
- 👤 Horst Winter
- 👤 Hubert Vollinger
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 22:15
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09G; G09G5/00; G09G5/36; G09G5/39; G09G5/395
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
137 words
A device for representing a composite image on a screen of a screen device, said image being composed of a plurality of natural and/or synthetic sub-images which are generated by different sources, comprising: a storage associated to each of said sources, each said storage having a control element; a mask storage for storing data words which receives directions for composing said sub-images from a control unit and having an output register, wherein the width of data in said data words, which may be read parallelly of, conforms to the number of said sources and one bit is set per each said data word; and a control circuit into which the content of the mask storage is written at pixel frequency, the output register of said mask storage being connected to the control element of each said storage.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
137 words
A device for representing a composite image on a screen of a screen device, said image being composed of a plurality of natural and/or synthetic sub-images which are generated by different sources, comprising: a storage associated to each of said sources, each said storage having a control element; a mask storage for storing data words which receives directions for composing said sub-images from a control unit and having an output register, wherein the width of data in said data words, which may be read parallelly of, conforms to the number of said sources and one bit is set per each said data word; and a control circuit into which the content of the mask storage is written at pixel frequency, the output register of said mask storage being connected to the control element of each said storage.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
46 words
The device of claim 1, wherein said sources comprise a plurality of cameras oriented in different viewing angles; and wherein the sub-images of said sources are arranged at any predetermined location of said screen to provide a composite image which is larger than the natural one.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The device of claim 1, wherein the sources comprise TV-cameras and/or rster graphic generators and/or mask storages containing digital image data.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
The device of claim 3, wherein the screen is arranged to reproduce a number of pixels, which number is larger than the number of pixels which may be provided by each source.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
46 words
The device of claim 3, wherein said sources comprise a plurality of cameras oriented in different viewing angles; and wherein the sub-images of said sources are arranged at any predetermined location of said screen to provide a composite image which is larger than the natural one.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
48 words
The device of claim 1, wherein the composite image is composed of at least one representation of a scene taken by a camera and at least one representation of a map; and wherein a symbol is faded into the map representation to represent the orientation of the camera.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The device of claim 6, including means for controlling the orientation of said camera in response to a mark of the orientation on the map representation.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
The device of claim 7, wherein said means is provided for marking the orientation is a light pen.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The device of claim 7, wherein a touch sensitive screen on which the marking of the orientation may be performed by touching.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
The device of claim 1, wherein the screen is arranged to reproduce a number of pixels, which number is larger than the number of pixels which may be provided by each source.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
46 words
The device of claim 10, wherein said sources comprise a plurality of cameras oriented in different viewing angles; and wherein the sub-images of said sources are arranged at any predetermined location of said screen to provide a composite image which is larger than the natural one.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
46 words
The device of claim 10, wherein said sources comprise a plurality of cameras oriented in different viewing angles; and wherein the sub-images of said sources are arranged at any predetermined location of said screen to provide a composite image which is larger than the natural one.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
48 words
The device of claim 10, wherein the composite image is composed of at least one representation of a scene taken by a camera and at least one representation of a map; and wherein a symbol is faded into the map representation to represent the orientation of the camera.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
26 words
The device of claim 13, including means for controlling the orientation of said camera in response to a symbol of the orientation on the map representation.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
16 words
The device of claim 14, wherein said means for marking the oreintation is a light pen.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
22 words
The device of claim 14, including a touch sensitive screen on which the marking of the orintation may be performed by touching.
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