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In a system and method for transmitting and displaying multiple different views of a scene, three or more simultaneous scene signals, representing multiple different views of a scene, are provided by an appropriate camera arrangement to a spatial multiplexer. The size and resolution of the scene sig

In a system and method for transmitting and displaying multiple different views of a scene, three or more simultaneous scene signals, representing multiple different views of a scene, are provided by an appropriate camera arrangement to a spatial multiplexer. The size and resolution of the scene signals are reduced as necessary to combine the multiple scene signals into two super-view signals. The super-view signals are encoded using compression based on redundancies between the two super-views and then transmitted. A decoder receives the transmitted data signal and extracts the two super-view signals according to the inverse of the encoding operation. A spatial demultiplexer recovers the individual scene signals from the decoded super-view signals in accordance with a defined multiplexed order and arrangement. The scene signals are then interpolated as needed to restore the original resolution and size and subsequently displayed.

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[ We claim:] [1.] A system, for coding and decoding multiple simultaneous scene signals representing multiple different views of a scene obtained from a camera arrangement, comprising:a spatial view multiplexer which combines more than two scene signals into super-view 1 and super-view 2 signals and

[ We claim:] [1.] A system, for coding and decoding multiple simultaneous scene signals representing multiple different views of a scene obtained from a camera arrangement, comprising:a spatial view multiplexer which combines more than two scene signals into super-view 1 and super-view 2 signals and generates an arrangement data signal indicating a particular multiplex arrangement and order of said more than two scene signals in said super-view 1 and super-view 2 signals;an encoder and system multiplexer assembly which receives said super-view 1 and super-view 2 signals and said arrangement data signal, encodes said super-view 1 and super-view 2 signals using compression based on redundancies between the two super-views to produce encoded super-view 1 and encoded super-view 2 signals, and combines said encoded super-view 1 signal, said encoded super-view 2 signal, and said arrangement data signal into a multiplexed data stream;a transmission channel for transmitting said multiplexed data stream;a decoder and system demultiplexer assembly which receives said multiplexed data stream, separates said encoded super-view 1 signal, said encoded super-view 2 signal, and said arrangement data signal from the multiplexed data stream, and operates on said encoded super-view 1 and super-view 2 signals to decode them according an inverse operation of the encoding in said encoder to produce decoded super-view 1 and decoded super-view 2 signals; anda spatial view demultiplexer which receives said decoded super-view 1 an decoded super-view 2 signals and said arrangement data signal and separates scene signals from the decoded super-view 1 and decoded super-view 2 signals in accordance with said particular multiplex arrangement and order indicated by said arrangement data signal to provide multiple output scene signals representing said multiple different views of the scene.