Full motion video telephone system

Claim 1

A system for transmission and reception over bandwidth limited telephone lines of full motion video image information of an object in real time comprising: a full motion video camera pickup comprising a first mechanical flying spot scanner means for causing light scanning of an object in picture frames with an image resolution in the range of approximately 30-90 scan lines per frame and full motion resolution in the range of approximately 15-30 frames per second, said mechanical flying spot scanner means comprising photomultiplier sensor means generating an analog serial scanning signal having an analog signal bandwidth within the analog frequency range of approximately 20-36 kHz kHz comprising full motion image information of the object in real time; first clock means for generating a first clock signal at the camera pickup in synchronism with a selected reference clock standard; first synchronous drive means operatively coupled to said first mechanical flying spot scanner means for driving said scanner means in synchronism with said first clock signal; analog to digital (A/D) converter means converting said analog serial scanning signal to a digital signal for transmission of said digital signal; a bandwidth limited telephone line and first modem coupling means at a first location coupling said digital signal to said telephone line for transmission over the bandwidth limited telephone line; a digital to analog (D/A) converter means at a second location and second modem coupling means for coupling the digital signal transmitted over said bandwidth limited telephone line to the D/A converter means for digital to analog conversion, said D/A converter means substantially reproducing the analog serial scanning signal comprising full motion image information of the object in real time; a full motion video camera receiver comprising a second mechanical flying spot scanner means for causing projection and mechanical scanning of light in picture frames in accordance with said analog serial scanning signal for reproducing full motion image information about the object in real time; said camera receiver comprising an LED array light source having light output controlled by the reproduced analog serial scanning signal; second clock means for providing a second clock signal at the camera receiver substantially in synchronism with the first clock signal; and second synchronous drive means operatively coupled to said second mechanical flying spot scanner means for driving said scanner means in synchronism with the second clock signal to provide scan lines per frame and frames per second substantially in synchronism with said first mechanical flying spot scanner means thereby reproducing a full motion image of the object in real time; said camera pickup and camera receiver each comprising a mechanical scanning disk formed with scanning hole apertures arranged in a scanning configuration for light scanning in picture frame scan lines upon rotation of the scanning disc, with the number of scanning hole apertures being in the range of approximately 30-90, said first and second synchronous drive means being constructed to drive and rotate said respective scanning disks in revolutions per minute in the range of approximately 900-1800 RPM's.

Claim 2

A system for transmission and reception over bandwidth limited telephone lines of full motion video image information of an object in real time comprising: a full motion video camera pickup comprising a first mechanical flying spot scanner means for causing light scanning of an object in picture frames with an image resolution in the range of approximately 30-90 scan lines per frame and full motion resolution in the range of approximately 15-30 frames per second, said mechanical flying spot scanner means comprising photomultiplier sensor means generating an analog serial scanning signal having an analog signal bandwidth within the analog frequency range of approximately 20-36 kHz kHz comprising full motion image information of the object in real time; first clock means for generating a first clock signal at the camera pickup in synchronism with a selected reference clock standard; first synchronous drive means operatively coupled to said first mechanical flying spot scanner means for driving said scanner means in synchronism with said first clock signal; analog to digital (A/D) converter means converting said analog serial scanning signal to a digital signal for transmission of said digital signal; a bandwidth limited telephone line and first modem coupling means at a first location coupling said digital signal to said telephone line for transmission over the bandwidth limited telephone line; a digital to analog (D/A) converter means at a second location and second modem coupling means for coupling the digital signal transmitted over said bandwidth limited telephone line to the D/A converter means for digital to analog conversion, said D/A converter means substantially reproducing the analog serial scanning signal comprising full motion image information of the object in real time; a full motion video camera receiver comprising a second mechanical flying spot scanner means for causing projection and mechanical scanning of light in picture frames in accordance with said analog serial scanning signal for reproducing full motion image information about the object in real time; said camera receiver comprising an LED array light source having light output controlled by the reproduced analog serial scanning signal; second clock means for providing a second clock signal at the camera receiver substantially in synchronism with the first clock signal; and second synchronous drive means operatively coupled to said second mechanical flying spot scanner means for driving said scanner means in synchronism with the second clock signal to provide scan lines per frame and frames per second substantially in synchronism with said first mechanical flying spot scanner means thereby reproducing a full motion image of the object in real time; said camera pickup and camera receiver each comprising a mechanical scanning disk formed with scanning hole apertures arranged in a scanning configuration for light scanning in picture frame scan lines upon rotation of the scanning disc, with the number of scanning hole apertures being in the range of approximately 30-90, said first and second synchronous drive means being constructed to drive and rotate said respective scanning disks in revolutions per minute in the range of approximately 900-1800 RPM's.

Claim 14

A system for transmission and reception over bandwidth limited telephone lines of full motion image information of an object in real time comprising: a full motion image camera pickup comprising first mechanical scanning means for causing scanning pickup of light amplitude image information of an object in picture frames with an image resolution in the range of approximately 30-90 scan lines per frame and motion resolution in the range of approximately 15-30 frames per second for full motion image information, and photomultiplier light detector means generating an analog serial scanning signal encoding said light amplitude image information about the object with an analog signal bandwidth in the range of approximately 20-36 kHz; first clock signal circuit means for generating a first clock signal in synchronism with a selected reference clock standard; first synchronous motor drive means operatively coupled to the first mechanical scanning means for causing scanning pickup in synchronism with said first clock signal for preserving phase image information about the object; A/D converter means converting said analog serial scanning signal to a digital signal; a bandwidth limited telephone line and first modem coupling means at a first location coupling said digital signal to the telephone line for transmission to a second location; D/A converter means for converting said digital signal transmitted over the telephone line to reproduce said analog serial scanning signal encoding the light amplitude image information about the object and second modem coupling means at the second location coupling said digital signal from the telephone line to the D/A converter means; a full motion image camera receiver comprising second mechanical scanning means for causing scanning projection of the light amplitude image information encoded in said reproduced analog serial scanning signal; said camera receiver comprising an LED array light source having light output controlled by the reproduced analog serial scanning signal; second clock signal circuit means for generating a second clock signal in accordance with said selected reference clock standard; and second synchronous motor drive means operatively coupled to the second mechanical scanning means for causing scanning projection in synchronism with said second clock signal and substantially in synchronism with the scanning pickup by the first mechanical scanning means of said full motion image camera pickup, thereby preserving the phase image information about the object for effective scanning projection of the light amplitude image information in said picture frames to reproduce a full motion image of said object in real time; said camera pickup and camera receiver each comprising a mechanical scanning disk formed with scanning hole apertures arranged in a scanning configuration for light scanning in picture frame scan lines upon rotation of the scanning disc with the number of scanning hole apertures being in the range of approximately 30-90, said first and second synchronous drive means being constructed to drive and rotate said respective scanning disks in revolutions per minute in the range of approximately 900-1800 RPM's.

Claim 15

A system for transmission and reception over bandwidth limited telephone lines of full motion image information of an object in real time comprising: a full motion image camera pickup comprising first mechanical scanning means for causing scanning pickup of light amplitude image information of an object in picture frames with an image resolution in the range of approximately 30-90 scan lines per frame and motion resolution in the range of approximately 15-30 frames per second for full motion image information, and photomultiplier light detector means generating an analog serial scanning signal encoding said light amplitude image information about the object with an analog signal bandwidth in the range of approximately 20-36 kHz; first clock signal circuit means for generating a first clock signal in synchronism with a selected reference clock standard; first synchronous motor drive means operatively coupled to the first mechanical scanning means for causing scanning pickup in synchronism with said first clock signal for preserving phase image information about the object; A/D converter means converting said analog serial scanning signal to a digital signal; a bandwidth limited telephone line and first modem coupling means at a first location coupling said digital signal to the telephone line for transmission to a second location; D/A converter means for converting said digital signal transmitted over the telephone line to reproduce said analog serial scanning signal encoding the light amplitude image information about the object and second modem coupling means at the second location coupling said digital signal from the telephone line to the D/A converter means; a full motion image camera receiver comprising second mechanical scanning means for causing scanning projection of the light amplitude image information encoded in said reproduced analog serial scanning signal; said camera receiver comprising an LED array light source having light output controlled by the reproduced analog serial scanning signal; second clock signal circuit means for generating a second clock signal in accordance with said selected reference clock standard; and second synchronous motor drive means operatively coupled to the second mechanical scanning means for causing scanning projection in synchronism with said second clock signal and substantially in synchronism with the scanning pickup by the first mechanical scanning means of said full motion image camera pickup, thereby preserving the phase image information about the object for effective scanning projection of the light amplitude image information in said picture frames to reproduce a full motion image of said object in real time; said camera pickup and camera receiver each comprising a mechanical scanning disk formed with scanning hole apertures arranged in a scanning configuration for light scanning in picture frame scan lines upon rotation of the scanning disc with the number of scanning hole apertures being in the range of approximately 30-90, said first and second synchronous drive means being constructed to drive and rotate said respective scanning disks in revolutions per minute in the range of approximately 900-1800 RPM's.