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Systems and methods for the processing of images over bandwidth-limited transmission interfaces, such as processing of high resolution video images over standard analog video interfaces, using multi-stream and/or multi-resolution analog methodology. The disclosed systems and methods may also be impl

Systems and methods for the processing of images over bandwidth-limited transmission interfaces, such as processing of high resolution video images over standard analog video interfaces, using multi-stream and/or multi-resolution analog methodology. The disclosed systems and methods may also be implemented to provide video resolutions across standard analog video interfaces in a manner that supports digital capture and imaging techniques to obtain useful information from digitally zoomed and enhanced video.

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1. A method of processing images, comprising: receiving a digital video signal from a digital video source, said digital video signal containing at least one original digital video image;segmenting the at least one original digital video image into at least one digital image tile segment, said digit

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A method of processing images, comprising: receiving a digital video signal from a digital video source, said digital video signal containing at least one original digital video image;segmenting the at least one original digital video image into at least one digital image tile segment, said digital image tile segment comprising a portion of said at least one original digital video image, wherein said segmenting comprises segmenting said at least one original digital video image of said digital video signal into two or more digital image tile segments, each of said digital image tile segments containing a portion of said at least one original digital video image;formatting said at least one digital image tile segment into a digital video frame that contains said digital image tile segment, wherein said formatting comprises formatting each of said two or more digital image tile segments into a separate digital video frame that contains said respective digital image tile segment;converting each of said separate digital video frames into separate analog video frames;inserting at least one of alignment identification information or tile segment identification information into each of said separate digital video frames of said digital video signal prior to converting each of said separate digital video frames into separate analog video frames;providing each of said separate analog video frames to an analog interface as part of an analog video signal;receiving said analog video signal from said analog interface; converting each of said separate analog video frames into a separate digital video frame containing a digital image segment of said original digital video image; and assembling said separate digital video frames using at least one of said alignment identification information or said tile segment identifier information so that said digital tile image segments together reconstruct said original digital video image or together reconstruct a portion of said original digital video image;wherein said formatting comprises formatting each of said two or more digital image tile segments into a separate digital video frame that contains said respective digital image tile segment with at least one overlap and identification area provided at an edge of said video frame adjacent a border of said digital image tile segment, said overlap area of each of two of said digital image tile segments containing the same portion of said original video image for overlapping purposes; wherein said inserting further comprises inserting said at least one of alignment identification information or tile segment identification information into a portion of said overlap and identification area; and wherein said assembling further comprises overlapping said separate digital video frames at respective overlap areas of said digital frames. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising at least one of displaying or storing said reconstructed original digital video image or said reconstructed portion of said original digital video image. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein said reconstructed original digital video image has the same resolution as said at least one original digital video image. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one original digital video image has a first image resolution and a first image frame rate; wherein said reconstructed image has a second image resolution that is the same as said first image resolution and has a second frame rate that is less than said first image frame rate; wherein said segmenting further comprises segmenting said at least one original digital video image of said digital video signal into at least one selected digital image tile segment containing a selected portion of said at least one original digital video image and having a third resolution that is the same as said first image resolution and having a frame rate that is less than said first image frame rate but that is greater than said second image frame rate; and wherein said method further comprises simultaneously displaying said reconstructed video image and said selected portion of said original video image from said selected digital image tile segment after said step of converting each of said separate analog video frames into a separate digital video frame. 5. The method of claim 4, further comprising varying the identity of said selected portion of said at least one original digital video image in real time in response to a command or control signal. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one original digital video image has a first image resolution and a first image frame rate; wherein said reconstructed image has a second image resolution that is the same as said first image resolution and has a second frame rate that is less than said first image frame rate; wherein said method further comprises segmenting said at least one original digital video image of said digital video signal into at least one selected digital image tile segment containing a selected portion of said at least one original digital video image and having a third resolution that is the same as said first image resolution and having a frame rate that is less than said first image frame rate but that is greater than said second image frame rate; wherein said method further comprises scaling said at least one selected digital image tile segment to create a zoomed selected portion of said original digital video image prior to said step of converting said digital video frame into an analog video frame; and wherein said method further comprises simultaneously displaying said reconstructed video image and said selected zoomed portion of said original video image from said selected digital image tile segment after said step of converting each of said separate analog video frames into a separate digital video frame. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein said method further comprises receiving said digital video signal from a digital video source, said digital video signal containing said at least one original digital video image; and wherein said method further comprises providing said analog video frame to an analog interface as part of an analog video signal. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein said analog interface comprises a standard NTSC, PAL or SECAM interface. 9. The method of claim 7, further comprising receiving said analog video signal from said analog interface; converting said analog video frame into a separate digital video frame containing said digital image tile segment of said original digital video image; and at least one of displaying or storing said portion of said at least one original digital video image contained in said digital image tile segment, or a combination thereof. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one original digital video image has a first image resolution and a first image frame rate; wherein said segmenting comprises segmenting said at least one digital video image into two or more digital image tile segments, at least one of said two or more digital image tile segments having an .image resolution that is different than said first image resolution; and wherein said method further comprises simultaneously displaying video images from said two or more digital image tile segments after said step of converting said analog video frame into a separate digital video frame. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein said at least one original digital video image has a first image resolution and a first image frame rate; and wherein said segmenting comprises segmenting said at least one digital video image into two or more digital image tile segments, at least one of said two or more digital image tile segments having an image resolution that is equal to said first image resolution and being provided to said analog interface at a frame rate that is less than said first image frame rate. 12. The method of claim 10, wherein said at least one original digital video image has a first image resolution and a first image frame rate; wherein said segmenting comprises segmenting said at least one digital video image into two or more digital image tile segments, at least one of said two or more digital image tile segments having an image resolution that is equal to said first image resolution and being provided to said analog interface at a frame rate that is less than said first image frame rate; and wherein said method further comprises scaling said at least one of said two or more digital image tile segments to create a zoomed portion of said original digital video image prior to said step of converting said digital video frame into an analog video frame.