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20080198096 | Dual Monitor - A dual monitor includes a first monitor, a second monitor and a connecting member. The first monitor includes a first screen heading for a first direction. The second monitor includes a second screen heading for substantially same as the first direction for which the first screen heads, and being fixed on a rear surface of the first monitor on which the first screen is not disposed. The connecting member connects the first monitor with the second monitor, and disposes the second monitor near one side portion of the first monitor when the second monitor is used. Therefore, two monitors fixed to each other may be simultaneously used to enhance efficiency of work, and two monitors fixed to each other may be safely moved to enhance convenience. | 08-21-2008 |
20080204356 | MULTI-DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a multi-display apparatus that can mitigate a disconnection of an image and its perspective view at a seam between panels. The multi-display apparatus is characterized in that the two panels are disposed with a step difference so that pixel boundaries of display devices formed on substrates overlap, and a high refractive optical film having a refractive index in a range from 1.2 to 3.0 is formed on one of the two panels, which is farther than the other panel according to a perspective of a viewer. The multi-display apparatus not only improves the disconnection of an image at a seam between the two panels, however, also mitigates a perspective view of the image at the seam due to the step difference between the two panels, and thereby, realizing a large natural and smooth image. | 08-28-2008 |
20080218432 | Image display system and method - The disclosure is directed to image display system and apparatus. In one example, a system comprises a plurality of display apparatus each having a display area. The display apparatus are configured to display images based on image information supplied from a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to receive information descriptive of the display area for each of the plurality of display apparatus, manage integrated screen area information for the plurality of display apparatus based at least on the information descriptive of the display area for each of the plurality of display apparatus, and generate image information from the integrated screen area information for each of the plurality of display apparatus regardless of whether each of the display apparatus is operatively connected to the processing unit. | 09-11-2008 |
20080224948 | VISUAL INTERFACE CONTROL BASED ON VIEWING DISPLAY AREA CONFIGURATION - An visual interface ( | 09-18-2008 |
20080224949 | MULTI-DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A multi-display apparatus includes two panels disposed with a step difference so that pixel boundaries of display devices formed on substrates overlap, and at least one of the two panels includes a thin film encapsulation layer covering the display device and disposed on an adjacent surface of one of the two panels where there is the step difference to improve a disconnection of an image at a seam between the two panels, and mitigate a perspective difference of the image at the seam due to the step difference between the two panels, thereby realizing a large natural and smooth image. | 09-18-2008 |
20080224950 | Computer program and apparatus for display control - A computer program and apparatus for display control, which are capable of allowing a user to easily know the positional relationships among a plurality of display devices in the case where he/she uses the plurality of display devices to display content. An area information memory stores information on the display areas of display devices. An identification information memory stores a plurality of identification information. When information including the number of display devices to be used and content to be displayed is entered, a creating unit creates display data so as to match an entire usable display area. A dividing unit divides the display data into a plurality of partial display data according to the display areas of the display devices, and adds identification information to sides that are adjacent to other partial display data, out of the sides of the plurality of partial display data. An output unit outputs the obtained partial display data to the display devices. | 09-18-2008 |
20080238813 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY FOR COMPUTING DEVICE - A display system for a handheld computing device includes a processing unit having a first communication port, and a visual display unit separable from the processing unit. The visual display unit further includes a visual display, and a second communication port. The display unit can be expanded from an initial or storage state to present a larger visual display size. Further, the first communication port providing communication with the second communication port. | 10-02-2008 |
20080246692 | FOLDABLE MULTI-DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a foldable multi-display apparatus that forms a foldable type large screen by connecting housings in which unit display panels are supported. The foldable multi-display apparatus includes a sliding member that moves the unit display panel supported by the housing towards the adjacent unit display panel when an unfolding operation is completed. The foldable multi-display apparatus can prevent scratching between the unit display panels during unfolding operations, thereby having increased reliability and lifespan. | 10-09-2008 |
20080258996 | Image display system and image display method - A viewing angle can be broadened without causing degradation in resolution of a three-dimensional image by a retinal scanning display. An image display system includes a projector which displays an image in a first region by projecting an image onto a screen, and a retinal scanning display which displays an image in a second region provided in the first region by projecting the image onto a pupil of a user. A position for displaying a three-dimensional content out of the image to be displayed in the first region is determined. The three-dimensional content is displayed on the retinal scanning display when the position falls within the second region, while the three-dimensional content is displayed on the projector when the position falls outside the second region. | 10-23-2008 |
20080266206 | Modular System for a Display Panel Assembly - A modular system for a display panel assembly includes modular frame members connectable to form a network. Bus bars are connectable to the frame members and are configured to at least partially support the frame members in a row or column of frame members in the network. Modular display units are connectable to the frame members to form a display panel assembly. | 10-30-2008 |
20080284675 | CONFIGURABLE IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging system, comprising an image source and a plurality of microtile units for generating respective portions of an image, each microtile unit including a plurality of coupling mechanisms for connection to a plurality of other microtile units such that the microtile units may be arranged in multiple geometrical configurations, and each microtile unit including circuitry for communication with the other microtile units to control generation of each respective portion of the image. | 11-20-2008 |
20080284676 | Controller and Graphics Assemblies in Multi-Screen Display Systems - A multi-monitor display system is described having an arm adapted for supporting a plurality of monitors containing display screens. The system also includes a column for supporting the arm, a monitor controller assembly for electronically controlling images displayed on the screens, and a graphics assembly for sending signals to the monitor controller assembly to produce the images. The system is used in conjunction with a central processor located in a computer housing. The monitor controller assembly is disposed outside of the monitors and/or the graphics assembly is disposed outside the computer housing. | 11-20-2008 |
20080284677 | Modular Electronic Displays - Modular displays are made up of arrays of modules that include light sources and light modulators. The modules may include control circuits that perform some image processing functions. The modules may illuminate a screen directly or may include optical systems that project light onto a screen. | 11-20-2008 |
20080291119 | PC image distributing facility - A PC image distributing facility according to the present invention includes a transmitter | 11-27-2008 |
20080303747 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF LARGE SCALE VIDEO DISPLAY - In embodiments of the present invention, improved capabilities are described for displaying and managing dynamic, multi-media, video content presentation on an architectural scale. Methods and systems described include associating a video display with an advertising marketplace and leasing rights to a video display. A plurality of physical panel, rod, curtain, blade, and fin video display arrays are described, as are methods and systems for managing and editing video for display and powering a video display that is associated with an architectural feature. | 12-11-2008 |
20080309582 | RECEIVING ASSEMBLY WITH FUNCTION OF DISPLAYING DATA ABOUT OBJECTS THEREIN - A receiving assembly with a function of displaying data about objects therein, comprises: a container having at least one receiving unit; at least one sensor unit being installed in the receiving unit for sensing data about objects in the receiving unit and transferring the data; a display unit for receiving data from the at least one sensor unit and displaying the data on a screen of the display unit; the display unit being installed at an exterior of the container; and an operating unit for adjusting display ways of the display unit; and by the display unit to display data from the sensor unit; the object in the receiving unit can be known. The operating unit serves to divide the screen of the display unit into one frame or a plurality of sub-frames. | 12-18-2008 |
20090002263 | Providing a Composite Display - A composite display across multiple display means. A host computer system hosts an application capable of generating a graphics output and a plurality of rendering servers are provided, each connected to a display means for displaying a portion of the graphics output. A device driver includes means for encoding operating system primitive 2D drawing operations generated by the application on the host computer system into a wire protocol for sending to the rendering servers for execution. The rendering servers each include a graphics rendering device which renders the drawing operations in parallel with the other rendering devices. | 01-01-2009 |
20090009424 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING BROADCAST DATA USING PICTURE-IN-PICTURE - A method and apparatus for displaying broadcast data using picture-in-picture are disclosed. According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the inset window (secondary screen), that is displaying a second broadcast, is prevented from overlapping with an object selected from the first broadcast, that is displayed on the primary screen, when the object moves to a location of the first screen that is overlapped by the second screen. The method includes selecting at least one object from the first broadcast displayed on the first screen and displaying, when the selected object moves to a location of the second screen that overlaps the first screen, the selected object at the location of the second screen. | 01-08-2009 |
20090015513 | Expandable multi-module display apparatus - An expandable multi-module display device cuts block data corresponding to an identification code of the expandable multi-module display device itself, and transmits the data-cut result to a specific flat panel display corresponding to the expandable multi-module display device itself, such that it displays a total image. The expandable multi-module display device includes a multi-panel including a plurality of flat panel displays, several multi-driving boards installed in the flat panel displays, respectively, and a data bus line connected to each of the multi-driving boards. The expandable multi-module display device cuts data corresponding to an identification code of the multi-module display device itself, and provides a specific flat panel display with the cut data corresponding to the multi-driving board itself, and bypasses the remaining data other than the cut data to the multi-driving boards of the remaining flat panel displays other than the specific flat panel display. | 01-15-2009 |
20090021450 | Data synchronization of auxiliary display - A computing apparatus includes a network interface, a Central Processing Unit (CPU), an auxiliary controller and an activation controller. The CPU has active and switched-off operational states and is arranged, when operating in the active operational state, to accept data from a communication network using the network interface. The auxiliary display module is connected to the CPU and is arranged, when the CPU is in the switched-off operational state, to display auxiliary information to a user based on the data accepted by the CPU. The activation controller is coupled to intermittently switch the CPU to the active operational state and to cause the CPU to update the data from the communication network, so as to update the auxiliary information displayed by the auxiliary display module. | 01-22-2009 |
20090027303 | DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH RESISTOR MULTIPLEXER - Embodiments 1of an apparatus with first and second display panels and a resistor multiplexer are disclosed. | 01-29-2009 |
20090027304 | Projector alignment in a multiple-projector projection system - Projector alignment in a multiple-projector projection system is checked by determining a location of at least a portion of a boundary of an image field projected by at least one of the projectors and comparing the determined location of the at least the portion of the image field to a system-calibrated reference location of the at least the portion of the boundary of the image field. | 01-29-2009 |
20090033587 | DISPLAY - Various embodiments and methods relating to driving a stacked arrangement of display panels are disclosed. | 02-05-2009 |
20090046033 | Digital Collage Display System - The present invention describes methods and apparatus to efficiently and effectively provide for the convenient and simultaneous display of multiple digital images. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a digital collage display system having a housing. A first electronic display device is provided in communication with the housing, and a second electronic display device is provided in communication with the housing. Further, the digital collage display system includes a memory device in communication with the first electronic display device and the second electronic display device. The first electronic display device and the second electronic display device are enabled to display a plurality of digital images stored on the memory device. | 02-19-2009 |
20090058760 | MOBILE PANEL-TYPE OUTDOOR BILLBOARD AND NEON SIGNBOARD - A mobile panel-type outdoor billboard and a neon signboard each include a large mobile panel and a solar power generator connected by an electric wire to the large mobile panel. The large mobile panel is composed of a single large panel formed by assembling a plurality of liquid crystal panels and light-emitting diode panels. The large panel is provided with a built-in function device that has an IC chip or memory card insertion function and a short-distance wireless function or a mobile phone function. By operating a switch button on a mobile phone pointed towards the liquid crystal panels or light-emitting diode panels, the design of the advertisement or neon sign can be instantaneously changed. | 03-05-2009 |
20090066606 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND MULTI DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A display apparatus and a multi display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a display module having an opening through which an image is displayed and a non-display area to form around the opening, and a rear cover directly coupled to a side surface of the display module. The multi display apparatus includes the plurality of display apparatuses which are coupled with each other. | 03-12-2009 |
20090073079 | TILED PASSIVE MATRIX ELECTRO-LUMINESCENT DISPLAY - A tiled, passive-matrix, EL display, including two or more EL tiles, each EL tile including an array of rows and columns of light-emitting elements, each light-emitting element being formed from a light-emitting layer that is sandwiched between an orthogonal array of row and column electrodes wherein each of the two or more EL tiles further include at least one row driver; at least one column driver for operating in conjunction with each of the at least one row drivers to control the flow of electrons between the row and column electrodes to control the emission of light from each of the light-emitting elements, with a first exception that when the boundary between the two tiles is to be illuminated, then the number of rows of simultaneously illuminated rows of light-emitting elements within one tile is less than the predetermined number. | 03-19-2009 |
20090073080 | Seam hider for tiled displays - A tiled display ( | 03-19-2009 |
20090079664 | PORTABLE TERMINAL - A portable terminal comprises a first body | 03-26-2009 |
20090079665 | Power and Video Unit for a Multi-Screen Display System - A power and video unit for use in a multi-screen display system is described herein. The unit includes a splitter that inputs a video signal from a laptop or desktop computer and converts the signal to a plurality of signals suitable for a multi-screen display system. The unit also includes a power assembly to power the multi-screen display system. The unit can be mounted to a column, base or other part of the multi-screen display system, or a stand-alone unit. | 03-26-2009 |
20090085831 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device including a display element having a planar display face on which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix shape and an optical element arranged in close contact with or in close proximity to at least a partial region of the planar display face and optically transmitting image light incoming from the planar display face to a light-emitting face, characterized in that the light-emitting face of the optical element has a surface not parallel to at least the planar display face and forms a nonplanar display face and that the plurality of pixels on the planar display face do not have the same dimensions but different dimensions in accordance with the angle θ formed by the planar display face and the nonplanar display face corresponding to the pixels of the planar display face. | 04-02-2009 |
20090085832 | Direct view 3D display and method - A method for three-dimensional viewing includes the following steps: providing first and second stereoscopic video component signals representative of a three-dimensional scene; providing first and second orthogonally oriented two-dimensional liquid crystal display panels, and respectively coupling the first and second video component signals to the first and second LCD panels to produce first and second two-dimensional polarized images; providing a 90 degree polarization rotation with respect to one of the first and second images, so that the first and second images are orthogonally polarized; providing a polarization-sensitive reflector angularly between the first and second orthogonally polarized images to superimpose and direct both of the first and second orthogonally polarized images toward a viewer; and viewing the superimposed first and second orthogonally polarized images with Polaroid glasses. | 04-02-2009 |
20090096711 | Display device and driving method thereof - A display device including: a plurality of display panels being adjacent to each other, each display panel having a display region including a plurality of pixels and a non-display region formed in a circumference of the display region. The display device includes a panel driver which drives the plurality of display panels and a controller which converts an image signal inputted from the outside to correspond to the plurality of display regions and the non-display region disposed between the plurality of display regions, extracts an image signal from the converted image signal corresponding to the respective display regions and supplies the extracted image signal to the panel driver to be displayed on the respective display regions. | 04-16-2009 |
20090096712 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus displays first image data, received from a computer through a first interface, and second image data, received from the computer through a second interface, together. Accordingly, a single monitor can display image data from two or more interfaces together when the monitor receives image data from a single computer through the two or more interfaces. | 04-16-2009 |
20090102745 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device including a first display module, a second display module, a sensor, and a controller is provided. The second display module is independent from the first display module. The second display module and the first display module are located on the same surface of the electronic device. The sensor is used to detect an included angle between the electronic device and a basic axis and generates a display-switching signal in response to a result of detection. The controller is electrically connected to the sensor for receiving the display-switching signal and controllingly drives the first display module or the second display module for displaying according to the display-switching signal. | 04-23-2009 |
20090109124 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM - An image processing method and system are provided. The system includes a master communication terminal for assigning a master displaying region and one or more slave displaying regions of an image when displaying the image, for splitting the image into the master displaying region and the slave displaying regions, and for displaying the master displaying region, and at least one slave communication terminal for displaying any one of the slave displaying regions when the master communication terminal displays the master displaying region. A plurality of communication terminals can display an image with an enlarged size greater than the image displayed by a single communication terminal. | 04-30-2009 |
20090109125 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM - An image processing method is disclosed. The method is applied to a display device including a plurality of series connection sub display devices. A video chip of each of the sub display devices sets a device ID for each of the corresponding sub display devices according to a setting signal. An image frame is retrieved from an image output device and is divided to a plurality of sub image frames according to the device IDs of each of the sub display devices. It is determined whether a switch signal has been detected. If the switch signal has not been detected, the sub image frames are respectively displayed in the sub display devices with a first video mode. If the switch signal has been detected, the sub image frames are respectively displayed in the sub display devices with a second video mode. | 04-30-2009 |
20090121969 | Multi-display system for displaying identical information on multiple display screens situated in different viewing planes for monitoring or demonstrating the activity of the input device's operator - A multi-display screen device including a plurality of display screens with each display screen situated in alternative directions and each display screen displaying identical images. This device can be used with any input device. The preferred embodiment is a two panel display device in which the screen of each panel faces opposite directions. The described system would allow teachers, parents, and employers to inexpensively monitor computer use. The described system can also be used as a teaching and/or demonstration device to allow a person sitting at a different angle from the computer operator to view material on the operator's display screen. | 05-14-2009 |
20090135089 | In-Vehicle Display Apparatus - The present invention provides an in-vehicle display apparatus including a switching button | 05-28-2009 |
20090146910 | Modular lighting and video apparatus - Modular flexible panels for mounting lighting strands. In certain embodiments, each individual panel is an integral unit comprised of cables and node holders that combine to create a flexible, scalable and modular lighting surface. One or more of the panel edges can connect to an edge of another panel (either directly or indirectly) to tile multiple panels together to form a modular multi-panel assembly. Each panel provides a surface to which strands of LEDs can be mounted, such as in a uniform pattern. The panel design allows for easy replacement and serviceability of individual lighting strands, and ensures that all of the LEDs face in the same direction. The resulting robust and flexible system can provide full-motion video, graphics and messaging in a transparent single or multi-panel design. | 06-11-2009 |
20090146911 | PRESENTATION APPARATUS HAVING DUAL DISPLAYS - Disclosed is a dual-display presentation apparatus. The dual-display presentation apparatus comprises an auxiliary member having a first display unit on a side thereof, a main body having a second display unit on a side thereof and having a support member and a depression for receiving the support member on the other side thereof, and a connection member, which is a hinge unit, combining the auxiliary member and the main body, in which locations of the auxiliary member and the main body can be adjusted by swiveling and tilting the connection member. Using the dual-display presentation apparatus, work efficiency and deal-making efficiency can be enhanced. | 06-11-2009 |
20090153435 | Presentation System - A presentation system comprises a personal computer (PC) ( | 06-18-2009 |
20090153436 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A multifunctional display apparatus including a plurality of unit display modules is provided. The multifunctional display apparatus includes two or more unit display modules, one or more electrical connection units, and one or more sensing units. The unit display modules each include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD). The electrical connection units electrically connect the unit display modules in such a way that the unit display modules are movable and are not separated from each other. The sensing units are installed at each of the unit display modules to sense the other neighboring unit display module, so that the corresponding functions are executed according to various transforms of the unit display modules. | 06-18-2009 |
20090160733 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a cabinet, a first display section connected to the cabinet, a first display control section, integrated in the cabinet, which executes display control of the first display section, a second display control section, integrated in the cabinet, which executes display control of a second display section which can be connected to the cabinet, an identifying section which identifies connection of the second display section, and an output section which, when it is judged by the identifying section that the second display section is connected to the cabinet, stops the output of signals from the first display control section, and outputs signals to the second display from the second display control section. | 06-25-2009 |
20090160734 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A portable electronic apparatus is disclosed. The portable electronic apparatus comprises a shell, a first display module disposed on a first face of the shell, a second display module disposed on a second face of the shell, a detecting module, and a controlling module. The detecting module is used for detecting a first orientation and a second orientation of the portable electronic apparatus to determine an angle. Then, the controlling module compares the angle with a threshold angle and selectively controls the first displaying module to be in a first mode and the second displaying module to be in a second mode. | 06-25-2009 |
20090167634 | SYSTEMS HAVING DETACHABLE TWIN DISPLAY MONITORS - Systems for displaying a plurality of images. A system includes: a hollow post having a recessed portion; and a pair of pivot arms that include mounting protrusions pivotally mounted in the recessed portion. Each pivot arm is adapted to pivot about a first axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the hollow post. The system also includes a pair of mounting assemblies respectively affixed to the pivot arms and a pair of monitors respectively secured to the mounting assemblies. Each mounting assembly is adapted to allow one of the monitors to rotate relative to one of the pivot arms about a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis and includes a first signal connector. Each monitor frame includes two second signal connectors configured to respectively engage the first signal connector at portrait and landscape orientations thereof relative to the post. | 07-02-2009 |
20090189829 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes: a main unit having a flat boxed shape; a first display device that displays contents; a connecting portion that is configured to detachably attach and fix the main unit to another apparatus; a connection interface that communicates with the another apparatus; and a controller that operates to: determine whether the main unit is fixed to the another apparatus by the connecting portion in a manner covering a second display device that is provided in the another apparatus and that the main unit is positioned in a facing state where the first display device faces a user; control, when determined that the main unit covers the second display device of the another apparatus and that the main unit is positioned in the facing state, the another apparatus through the connection interface; and control the first display device to display given contents. | 07-30-2009 |
20090189830 | Eye Mounted Displays - A display device is mounted on and/or inside the eye. The eye mounted display contains multiple sub-displays, each of which projects light to different retinal positions within a portion of the retina corresponding to the sub-display. The projected light propagates through the pupil but does not fill the entire pupil. In this way, multiple sub-displays can project their light onto the relevant portion of the retina. Moving from the pupil to the cornea, the projection of the pupil onto the cornea will be referred to as the corneal aperture. The projected light propagates through less than the full corneal aperture. The sub-displays use spatial multiplexing at the corneal surface. | 07-30-2009 |
20090201223 | ELECTRONIC BOOK - A compact folding electronic book | 08-13-2009 |
20090201224 | READERBOARD SYSTEM - A graphic panel system for providing a message spanning all or substantially all of a readerboard is provided. According to embodiments of the present invention, panel elements may be combined to form larger graphic images and textual messages. The individual panel elements may be single track height, even though they contain graphics or images that, when the panels are attached to a readerboard, extend for more than one row of the readerboard. Graphic panels having first color images are also provided. | 08-13-2009 |
20090207096 | MULTI PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a multi panel display device comprising, at least two liquid crystal panels connected to each other at positions adjacent to each other and respectively composed of image display portions and non-display portions; and image shift films disposed above each of the liquid crystal panels with being spaced therefrom by a specific distance and connected to each other at positions adjacent to each other respectively have first and second bevels disposed to be symmetrical to each other, wherein the first and second bevels are repeatedly formed to face the display panels. | 08-20-2009 |
20090207097 | APPLICATION DISPLAY SWITCH - A bridge system for auxiliary display devices connected to a computer, including a computer running a plurality of mini-programs, each mini-program sending information of a specific nature from the computer to a corresponding auxiliary display device, for presentation to a user, a plurality of auxiliary display devices, each auxiliary display device including an auxiliary screen and each auxiliary display device having look & feel display parameters, for receiving information from the corresponding plurality of mini-programs, and for displaying the received information on the auxiliary screens according to the corresponding look & feel parameters, and at least one bridge device coupled to the computer, each bridge device coupled to at least one of the auxiliary display devices, each bridge device including a bridge screen, and each bridge device receiving information from a corresponding at least one of the mini-programs, forwarding the received information to the at least one of the auxiliary display devices, and displaying the received information on the bridge screen according to the look & feel display parameters of the at least one of the auxiliary display devices. A method is also described and claimed. | 08-20-2009 |
20090213035 | Notebook Computer System with Dual Integrated Displays and Method - A second display is integrated into a notebook computer system. The second display is mounted with the primary display and arranged for movement to various working positions which facilitate use with a second viewer or with programs which spread displays over two displays for clarity or working jointly with two programs such as a graphics program and a word processing program. | 08-27-2009 |
20090231232 | External graphic display adapter for express card computer system - A display adapter for a portable computer includes an interface module for insertion into an input port of the portable computer. A video output connection may be connected to a display device. A graphic controller is in communication with the interface module and the video output connection. The graphic controller receives display input signals from the portable computer, generates display command signals corresponding to the display input signals, and transmits the display command signals to any display device connected to the video output connection. | 09-17-2009 |
20090231233 | DIGITAL PHOTO ALBUM - A digital photo album includes, in one embodiment, a digital viewing unit for viewing digital media and a storage location for housing digital media viewable on the digital viewing unit. | 09-17-2009 |
20090243959 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF PROVIDING AN EXTENDED DISPLAY WITH DESIRED RELATIVE DISPLAY ORIENTATION - Device, system, and method of providing an extended display area with a desired relative display orientation. In some demonstrative embodiments, a mobile device may include a primary display that is extendible onto a remote display; a context sensor to provide an indication of the desired relative display orientation between first and second portions of the extended display area; and a connection module to determine the desired relative display orientation based on the provided indication, to associate the primary and remote displays, and to automatically configure the extended display area with the desired relative display orientation. The indication may be responsive to a manipulation of the mobile device, for example, a tilting or a rotation of the device in a direction generally corresponding to the desired orientation. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 10-01-2009 |
20090243960 | Dual Display Module - A dual display module for use in a display apparatus is provided. The dual display module includes a first display module, a first light source, a second display module, a second light source and a printed circuit board electrically connected with the first display module and the second display module. The second light source, which provides light to the second display module, is directly disposed onto the printed circuit board. | 10-01-2009 |
20090243961 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device including: first display elements each divided into at least a first region and a second region, for displaying a first image, and second display elements each divided into at least a third region and a fourth region, for displaying a second image, the first and second display elements being arranged such that each third region is disposed between the first region and the second region of the adjacent first display element and each second region is disposed between the third region and the fourth region of the adjacent second display element; a parallax barrier layer provided on a side of the display elements adjacent to a viewer, the parallax barrier having light transmitting regions at positions thereof corresponding to boundaries between adjoining first and third regions as well as between adjoining second and fourth regions; and a spacer layer separating the display elements from the parallax barrier layer. | 10-01-2009 |
20090243962 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROVISION APPARATUS THEREOF - A display system is provided with a display apparatus including a plurality of display panels arranged in a line, and connected in series, and connectors to connect the display panels in series, an storage unit to store therein a plurality of area image data on a plurality of areas into which the image to be displayed on the display apparatus is divided, a detection unit to detect a number of connections of the display panels on the basis of a connection state of the connectors, a selection unit to select area image data corresponding to the number from the storage unit, and an output unit to output the selected area image data to the display panels. | 10-01-2009 |
20090267868 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display screen including (i) a normal display area for normal display, and (ii) a DV display area for a DV display area. Pixel columns corresponding to the DV display area are provided in a fixed order in accordance with directions in which images are respectively displayed. Further, a barrier section is provided only for the DV display area so as to shield light, coming from the pixel columns corresponding to the DV display area, such that the images cannot be observed in a direction other than the display directions of the pixel columns. This makes it possible to provide a display device including a display screen provided with (i) a display area suitable for the normal display, and (ii) a display area allowing for the DV display. | 10-29-2009 |
20090273540 | System and Method for Providing Uniform Brightness in Seam Portions of Tiled Images - The present invention provides method for producing a substantially seamless video image on a display surface. The method comprises the steps of separately projecting at least a first and a second video image onto a display surface such that a seam is defined by overlapping portions of said first and second video images. Inside the seam, the brightness of video image is adjusted by adjusting pixels of said overlapping portions in accordance with a modulus determined by the number of overlapping portions defining the seam. | 11-05-2009 |
20090278764 | Imaging apparatus - An imaging apparatus | 11-12-2009 |
20090289874 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS OF WHICH DISPLAY IS DISPOSED ON BORDER AREA AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - An image display apparatus and an image display method are disclosed. The image display apparatus includes a first display unit which displays a main image, and a second display unit which is disposed on a border of the first display unit and forms at least one side of a bezel. A user can thereby modify the design of the image display apparatus more diversely and easily. | 11-26-2009 |
20090309808 | Providing a coherent user interface across multiple output devices - Exemplary embodiments of methods and apparatuses to provide a coherent user interface across output devices having various characteristics are described. Rendering into a first window back buffer is performed to output a window on a first output device having first characteristics, and rendering into a second window back buffer is performed to display the window on a second output device having second characteristics. Pixel values of the window outputted on the first output device are stored in the first window back buffer, and the pixel values of the window outputted on the second output device are stored in the second window back buffer. The size of the first window back buffer is associated with the first characteristics of the first output device, and the size of the second window back buffer is associated with the second characteristics of the second output device. | 12-17-2009 |
20090309809 | Automatic Method of Display Configuration-Reconfiguration for a Set of Viewing Devices - The field of the invention is that of systems comprising command or control facilities possessing a considerable set of viewing devices having to display a large number of parameters according to precise configurations such as, for example, the instrument panels of modern aircraft comprising several “displays”. The subject of the invention is a method of configuring or reconfiguring a plurality of displays on a set of viewing devices, configuration or reconfiguration being induced by an event, certain viewing devices being able to display several different formats simultaneously. Each elementary configuration is obtained essentially by means of a reconfiguration logic language and of an interpretation algorithm, the said logic language comprising essentially a reconfiguration domain, properties, transition rules and preferences and the said interpretation algorithm making it possible to transform each transition rule into a list of elementary reconfigurations. | 12-17-2009 |
20090309810 | LARGE SIZE TILED DISPLAY DEVICE - A large size tiled display device includes a plurality of display panels having an image display part including a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes at least three sub-pixels. A frame has a plurality of panel receiving portions to receive the plurality of display panels. The frame has an outer wall frame and a partition wall frame, each of which has a vertical surface and an inclined surface extending from the vertical surface that tapers the frame. A light guide plate is formed of a cluster of optical fibers. The light guide plate is disposed on the display panels to reproduce an image formed on the image display part of the display panels. Each optical fiber corresponds to one sub-pixel. | 12-17-2009 |
20090315807 | MULTI-DISPLAY OPERATING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - This present invention discloses a multi-display operating system and method thereof, which are applied to operate a plurality of screens respectively displayed on a plurality of display apparatuses, and these screens respectively display the interface image of at least one application program. The invention is characterized in that a focused screen is decided from these screens based on the location of a cursor on these screens or a focus switching signal, and then the operating signal inputted from the user will be only transmitted to the application program which is displayed on the focused screen, and only audio signal generated by the application program displayed on the focused screen will be outputted. Besides, the user also can choose two screens to swap. Therefore, the multi-display operating system and its method in accordance with the present invention allow users to operate the application programs displayed on the multiple screens more efficiently. | 12-24-2009 |
20090315808 | ELECTRONIC BINOCULARS - An electronic binoculars includes: first and second imaging units with a predetermined horizontal distance therebetween disposed in a housing; optical members that guide image light beams to the first and second imaging units; a sensor that detects angular acceleration or acceleration acting on the housing; an image processor that processes image signals produced by the first and second imaging units and corrects the image signals in terms of the change in motion of the housing in accordance with the angular acceleration or acceleration detected by the sensor; and first and second displays with a horizontal distance therebetween disposed in the housing, the first and second displays displaying the image signals processed by the image processor. | 12-24-2009 |
20090315809 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device comprising a plurality of plasma tube array-type display sub-modules joined with a high precision is provided. The shapes of the display electrodes on the display electrode support sheets are identical in all of the plasma tube array-type display sub-modules joined. The plurality of plasma tube array-type display sub-modules are joined by a first connector joining the plasma tube array-type display sub-modules to one another, and a second connector connecting the plasma tube array-type display sub-modules to drive circuit substrates. | 12-24-2009 |
20090322649 | TILED ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - A tiled display comprising: a plurality of display tiles aligned so that they provide the emissive image area; each display tile including: a plurality of light-emitting pixels arranged in groups of pixels; a plurality of sequentially arranged pixel drive circuits and each pixel drive circuit being electrically connected to a particular group of pixels for controlling the light emission of such pixels; one or more signal communication line(s) for providing data for controlling the operation of each pixel drive circuit; and each pixel drive circuit controlling the light emission of its corresponding group of pixels and providing information to the next sequential pixel drive circuit to cause such next sequential pixel drive circuit to respond to its corresponding data to control the operation of its group of light-emitting pixels and repeating this operation until a predetermined number of pixel drive circuits have caused the desired light emission. | 12-31-2009 |
20090322650 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - To provide a technology of moving and displaying an object concealed on a first display unit to and on a second display unit. An electronic device including a first display unit and a second display unit displays an object as a graphical user interface on the first display unit, detects that the object gets concealed, determines whether or not the concealed object is coincident with a predetermined condition, and displays the object coincident with the predetermined condition on the second display unit. When a detection unit detects that the object does not get concealed, the display of the object is deleted from on the second display unit. | 12-31-2009 |
20090322651 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR THE PRESENTATION OF VISUAL CONTENT - The invention relates to a display device for the presentation of visual content at big events and to a display method for the presentation of such content. The device comprises a plurality of display elements ( | 12-31-2009 |
20100001925 | MULTI DISPLAY SYSTEM AND MULTI DISPLAY METHOD - A multi display system which includes a plurality of display apparatuses in which partial images of an entire image are displayed is provided. The multi display system includes a plurality of display apparatuses which display partial images of an entire image, and an image distribution apparatus which generates the partial images based on a separation distance set between the partial images. | 01-07-2010 |
20100007576 | Handheld Electronic Devices with Moveable Displays and Dynamic Display Control - A handheld electronic device, such as a mobile terminal, PDA, media player or the like, includes a plurality of displays including at least one display moveable to variably overlap at least one other of the plurality of displays. A position sensor circuit is operatively associated with the at least one moveable display and is configured to detect movement thereof. A display controller circuit is configured to control respective images displayed on the plurality of the displays responsive to the position sensor circuit. | 01-14-2010 |
20100007577 | N-MODULATION DISPLAYS AND RELATED METHODS - A display has a light source, a spatial light modulator and an intermediate spatial light modulator. The display may be a front projection display or a rear-projection display. The spatial light modulator is illuminated with light from a light source. The intermediate spatial light modulator is located in a light path between the light source and the spatial light modulator. The light source may comprise an array of controllable light-emitters. The display may provide a high dynamic range. | 01-14-2010 |
20100013738 | IMAGE CAPTURE AND DISPLAY CONFIGURATION - A method for coordinating presentation of multiple perspective content data for a subject scene receives separate display perspective signals, each corresponding to one of a plurality of display segments and processes each of the separate display perspective signals to generate a corresponding content configuration data request. At least one image-content generating device is configured according to the corresponding content configuration data request. Image data content of the subject scene is obtained from the at least one image-content generating device. | 01-21-2010 |
20100033402 | Multiple Image Display Device And Image Display Device - In a multiple image display device that is provided with a plurality of image display devices and that displays a single input image, the image display devices each divide the input image into division images that are individually displayed on the image display devices, and enlarge and display them. In particular, the image display device provided in an edge portion of the multiple image display device enlarges the division image toward a side opposite from the side of the edge portion. In this way, the edge portion of the input image is displayed on the multiple image display. | 02-11-2010 |
20100039350 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR OPERATING HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICES INCLUDING MOVEABLE DISPLAYS AND RELATED DEVICES - In a method of operating a handheld electronic device including a housing having a fixed display on a surface thereof and a moveable display that is configured slide along the surface to variably overlap portions of the fixed display, a signal is received from a position sensor adjacent the surface of the housing. A relative position of the moveable display with respect to the fixed display is determined in response to the signal from the position sensor. An image displayed on the moveable display and/or the fixed display is selectively manipulated according to the determined relative position of the moveable display to the fixed display. Related devices are also discussed. | 02-18-2010 |
20100053027 | Multiple monitors - A multiple monitor computer system for facilitating user multitasking via a plurality of laptop monitors or PC monitors is disclosed. In one embodiment, a two-head or three-head laptop computer is disclosed wherein the second or third laptop monitor is connected to a swivel on a rise-up component of the laptop keyboard. In another embodiment, the second or third laptop monitor is a sliding monitor that can be stored inside a monitor housing of a laptop. Portable external monitors are also disclosed that add additional display screens to existing laptops and PCs. In another embodiment, a two-head or three-head desktop computer is disclosed wherein the second or third monitor is hinged to the center monitor and can be closed to protect the screens and save desk space. And such features apply to multiple-head desktop computer. Also, a multiple desktop monitor system comprises at least one sliding monitor inside at least one desktop monitor housing, wherein the sliding monitor(s) can be pulled out for display and pushed back into the monitor housing for storage. | 03-04-2010 |
20100053028 | SEAMLESS DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING A PLURALITY OF PANELS - A seamless display apparatus having a plurality of panels connected side by side is disclosed. A backlight module disposed under the panels emits a light and perpendicularly transmits the light onto the panels. The region between two adjacent panels is invisible without any light passing therethrough. A light-pervious hollow tube is disposed above a joint section of the two adjacent panels and a protection glass is provided over the light-pervious hollow tube. In such a way, the invisible region is eliminated from the protection glass by twice refraction occurring at the outer and inner sides of the light-pervious hollow tube. | 03-04-2010 |
20100060547 | Display Device and Method for Displaying Images in a Variable Size Display Area - An image is displayed on a variable display area defined by two or more relatively moveable displays. A detector detects movement of the displays that varies the size of the display area. A processor determines the size of the new display area created by the relative movement of the displays and dynamically alters the displayed image to fit the new display area responsive to the detection of movement. | 03-11-2010 |
20100060548 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and an operating method thereof are provided. The operating method includes providing a transparent flexible display having a first display region at the front of the transparent flexible display and a second display region at the rear of the transparent flexible display; displaying an image in the first display region; determining whether a bend signal indicating that the transparent flexible display is bent is detected; and if the results of the determining indicate that a portion of the second display region has the same display direction as that of the first display region, displaying information regarding the image in the portion of the second display region having the same display direction as that of the first display region. Therefore, it is possible to display various information not only using a display region at the front of a display device but also using a display region at the rear of the display device. | 03-11-2010 |
20100066643 | METHOD FOR INDICATING LOCATION AND DIRECTION OF A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE ELEMENT - In a particular embodiment, a method includes receiving a user input at a first display surface of an electronic device to move a graphical user interface element displayed at the first display surface. The electronic device includes a second display surface separated from the first display surface by a gap. The method also includes determining that at least a portion of the graphical user interface element is to be moved beyond an edge of the first display surface into the gap such that the at least a portion of the graphical user element will not be displayed at the first display surface. The method further includes displaying the at least a portion of the graphical user interface element at the second display surface based on a location and a direction of movement of the graphical user interface element at the first display surface. | 03-18-2010 |
20100079355 | MULTI-PANEL DEVICE WITH CONFIGURABLE INTERFACE - A multi-panel device is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the device includes a first hinge coupled to a first panel and coupled to a second panel. The first panel includes a first display surface and the second panel includes a second display surface. The second hinge is coupled to the second panel and coupled to a third panel that includes a third display surface. The device also includes a sensor coupled to the first hinge to detect a relative orientation of the first panel to the second panel. The device includes a processor responsive to the sensor to detect a device configuration. The processor is configured to adjust a user interface displayed at the first display surface, the second display surface, and the third display surface based on the detected device configuration. | 04-01-2010 |
20100085274 | MULTI-PANEL DEVICE WITH CONFIGURABLE INTERFACE - A multi-panel device with a configurable interface is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the device includes a hinge rotatably coupled to a first panel of the device via a first pin and rotatably coupled to a second panel of the device via a second pin. The first pin is engaged within a slot of the first panel to enable a lateral movement of the first panel relative to the second panel such that the first panel has a first range of motion relative to the second panel when the hinge is in an extended configuration and a second range of motion when the hinge is in a retracted configuration. The first range of motion is larger than the second range of motion. | 04-08-2010 |
20100090927 | Ladder Display System - A system and a method for creating a light emitting apparatus are disclosed herein. The light emitting apparatus includes at least one display module having at least one light emitting element, in which the display module is connected between one of a support and a support bar at one end and another of a support and a support bar at the other end. The display module may then be electrically connected to another display module and be configured to emit light using the light emitting element. | 04-15-2010 |
20100097294 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND DISPLAYING VISUAL CONTENT - A building element apparatus includes a display having physical pixels for displaying visual content; an embedded processing system for generating the visual content according to an image generation algorithm stored in a local or remote memory for execution by a processor of the processing system; and communication ports for communicating with adjacent building elements. The display is divided into display segments. The image generation algorithm, when executed by the processor, generates visual content depending on display segment data associated to display segments. The communication ports communicate display segment data associated to display segments with adjacent building elements. The image generation algorithm generates visual content in a way that takes into account display segment data associated to display segments of adjacent building elements. In one embodiment, the image generation algorithm generates new display segment data associated to a display segment depending mostly on display segment data associated to nearby display segments. | 04-22-2010 |
20100103074 | PORTABLE DUAL DISPLAY READER AND OPERATION SYSTEM THEREOF - The present invention provides a portable dual display reader including a first panel, a second panel, and an embedded system. The second panel attaches to one side of the first panel to be selectively in a folded configuration and an unfolded configuration. The embedded system is coupled to either the first panel or second panel. The embedded system has a microprocessor, a data source, and an operation system. The microprocessor processes or compiles a data string from the data source and displays the data string simultaneously on the first panel and the second panel. The operation system allows a user to enter at least one command to drive the related hardware apparatus of the embedded system, so as to accomplish the operation of the command. The data string further includes a first data string. The operation system cuts the first data string into several data segments and selectively displays the data segments on the first panel and the second panel in a sequential or non-sequential mode. | 04-29-2010 |
20100117928 | MULTI-DISPLAY APPARATUS - A multi-display apparatus includes; a first display panel including a first display device, and a second display panel including a second display device, wherein pixels of the first display panel are vertically aligned with pixels of the second display panel in an area where the first display panel and the second display panel overlap. | 05-13-2010 |
20100117929 | MULTI-DISPLAY SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSOR, AND IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD IN MULTI-DISPLAY SYSTEM - A multi-display system includes: a plurality of image display devices; and an information processor that outputs image data to the plurality of image display devices, wherein the information processor includes a composite image data generation unit that combines partial image data to generate composite image data having a higher resolution than that of each of the image display devices, and an image data output unit that outputs the composite image data, and each of the image display devices includes an image data input unit that receives the composite image data, a partial image data generation unit that cuts out partial image data corresponding to an partial image to be displayed by the image display device from the composite image data, and an image display unit that displays the partial image based on the partial image data cut out in the partial image data generation unit. | 05-13-2010 |
20100123646 | Handheld device with a user interface - A handheld device has a first body part with a first user interface element and a second body part with a second user interface element, and a link mechanism configured to interconnect the first body part and the second body part movably by a user between a first configuration and a second configuration. The first body part and the second body part being stacked in a first order in the first configuration and in a second order opposite to the first order in the second configuration. Each body part has a user interface on its upper surface so that either one can be exposed to a user by changing between the first and second configurations. | 05-20-2010 |
20100134383 | Plasma video scoreboard - A Plasma Video Scoreboard is an assembly of multiple plasma video display units to create one or multiple images, larger in surface area than any single plasma video display on the market, and is assembled with the intended capability to simultaneously displays live and pre-recorded video, advertising, player information, sports statistics, time clocks, and score for sports events. A Plasma Video Scoreboard is a melding of plasma video display technology with the conventional structure of a scoreboard. | 06-03-2010 |
20100134384 | MULTI-PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A multi-panel display device and a method of driving the same, which can simplify a driving circuit for driving multiple flat panel display devices, thereby decreasing the fabrication cost and reducing noise., are disclosed. In the multi-panel display device configured of an alignment of multiple flat panel display devices for representing a single image, the multi-panel display device includes at least one image display unit configured of the multiple flat panel display devices aligned in an n×m formation (wherein m and n are integers being equal to or different from one another, and wherein m≦0 and n≦0), and at least one data converter being configured to correspond to each image display unit, dividing externally inputted video data in accordance with offset information inputted by a user, and converting the size of the divided video data, thereby providing the converted divided video data to each flat panel display device. | 06-03-2010 |
20100141552 | Methods and Systems for Imaging Device and Display Interaction - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for composite wall display and imaging device interaction. | 06-10-2010 |
20100164837 | ELECTRIC DEVICE AND DISPLAY PANEL THEREOF - An electronic device and a display panel thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a first display panel and a casing. The first display panel has a first displaying part and a second displaying part. The first display panel includes a first bending mechanism which is disposed between the first displaying part and the second displaying part to bend or spread the first display panel. The casing has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The casing includes a rail mechanism which is disposed on the second surface. The second displaying part is slid on the rail mechanism to shift the first display panel relatively to the casing. | 07-01-2010 |
20100177018 | Electric Device with Multi-Screen - An electric device with multi-screen includes a plurality of display modules and a plurality of flexible printed circuit boards. The display modules are electrically connected to each other by the flexible circuit printed boards. The display modules may display different images simultaneously for providing user different purposes. Furthermore, the electric device with multi-screen not only uses flexible circuit printed boards for connecting the display modules, the flexible display panel may be used in the display modules, so that the portable electric device with multi-screen may be flexible and the applications thereof may be increased. | 07-15-2010 |
20100177019 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, SCANNER, DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY METHOD USING THE SAME - A display apparatus, a scanner, a display system, and a display method using the same are provided. The display apparatus includes a first display, a second display, a hinge unit, and a control unit which displays a scanned image on at least one of the first display and the second display. Therefore, a user can view images scanned by the scanner with greater ease and greater convenience. In addition, the scanner can be mounted in the display apparatus with maximized efficiency of space. | 07-15-2010 |
20100182218 | LOUVER DEVICE - A display has a louver shade having at least two louver segments, a display segment mounted on each louver segment, each display segment being a part of a larger display, drive electronics electrically coupled to each display segment to provide image data to display elements in the display segment, and a control circuit to provide the image data to the drive electronics, the control circuit arranged to provide display data when the louver segments are in a closed position. A method of displaying data includes receiving image data at control circuitry, segmenting the image data to produce segmented image data according to display segments, wherein each display segment is mounted to a louver segment, monitoring a signal indicating whether the louver segments are in an open state or a closed state, if the signal indicates that the louver segments are in the closed state, routing the segmented image data to the appropriate display segments on the louver segments, and continuing to provide the segmented display data until the signal indicates that the louver segments are in the open state. A display system has at least one camera to provide image data related to an external environment to a viewing environment, at least one louver shade mounted on the viewing environment, the louver shade having louver segments each louver segment having a display segment, the display segments oriented so as to face the viewing environment when in a closed position, a covering resistant to one or both of radiation and impact mounted on a side of the louver segment opposite the display segment arranged to provide protection from the external environment when the louvers are in a closed position, and control circuitry to provide the image data from the camera to the display segments when the louvers are in the closed position. | 07-22-2010 |
20100201603 | MULTI-DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a multi-display apparatus formed by connecting a plurality of display panels. The multi-display apparatus includes a first display panel, a second display panel disposed to overlap at least a portion of the first display panel, a transparent plate disposed only on the second display panel, or on both the first display panel and the second display panel, and a transparent window disposed on an area corresponding to the first display panel and the second display panel. The transparent window is foldable when the multi-display apparatus is folded. | 08-12-2010 |
20100201604 | MULTI-FOLDABLE MOBILE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A multi-foldable mobile display apparatus includes a first display panel, a second display panel, and a third display panel which are successively disposed in an unfolded state of the multi-foldable mobile display apparatus, and a transparent plate disposed on the second display panel. The second display panel is disposed on a same side of both the first display panel and the third display panel, so that opposing edges of the second display panel respectively overlap the first display panel and the third display panel, in a plan view of the multi-foldable mobile display apparatus. | 08-12-2010 |
20100207844 | FOLDING MULTIMEDIA DISPLAY DEVICE - An apparatus comprising a processor having an electronic output. The apparatus also comprises a display that is configurable into a plurality of configurations and is electronically coupled to receive information from the processor. The display comprises a plurality of portions adapted to display an electronic image. At least two of the portions share a first axis and are movable about the first axis. The apparatus also comprises a memory. The memory stores instructions which, when executed by the processor, direct the processor to receive a first indication that the display has been configured into a first configuration. The instructions also direct the processor to determine that the first configuration corresponds to a first device. The instructions also direct the processor to display, on at least one of the plurality of portions of the display, an electronic image relating to the first device. The act of displaying is in response to the processor determining that the display has been configured into the first device. | 08-19-2010 |
20100225564 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device includes plural display elements with display screens on which two-dimensional images are displayed. Optical paths of display light for forming the two-dimensional images are disposed to overlap each other. An image transmission panel is provided on the optical paths for transmitting the display light to display the two-dimensional images in a space on a side opposite to the display screens. An image pickup element is integrated with the display screens of the display element or provided in the vicinity of the display screens for picking up images of objects entering the space through the display panel. The image display device has a position specifying element for specifying positions of the picked-up objects in accordance with results of the images picked up by the image pickup element, and an image control element for controlling the display element to switch the two-dimensional images based on the specified positions. | 09-09-2010 |
20100238090 | SCREEN SEAMING DEVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention teaches a method for eliminating the visible gaps between screens in a multi screen video wall. This is done by placing optical bridges over the edges of the individual displays, which direct graphical information from the periphery of the individual displays to fill the gaps between said displays. Preferably, commercially available screens are thus combined to form a seamless video wall. | 09-23-2010 |
20100238091 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - It is decided whether an information processing apparatus is connected to an external device. When the information processing apparatus is connected to the external device, external display data is received from the external device. The external display data is a part of display data that forms a screen to be displayed on a display unit and includes a display element that does not hinder cooperation with the external device. A display control unit forms the screen by using the external display data and causes the display unit to display the screen. | 09-23-2010 |
20100245209 | MOBILE COMPUTER DEVICE DISPLAY POSTURES - Embodiments of mobile computer device display postures are described. In embodiments, a first display is integrated in a first housing of a dual-display mobile computer device, and a second display is integrated in a second housing of the dual-display mobile computer device. Position data can be sensed from a binding that movably connects the first housing and the second housing, and a position angle can be determined between the first housing and the second housing that correlates to a display posture of the first display and the second display. | 09-30-2010 |
20100253590 | PRESENTATION MODULE - The present invention relates to a presentation module, especially for use as an electronic selling aid for advertisements, for example in print media, or for insurance policies, the presentation module ( | 10-07-2010 |
20100253591 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND MULTI-DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display device comprises a display panel, an optical film and a convex lens. The display panel comprises a central axis, a display area, and a non-display area, wherein the non-display area is outside the region of the display area. The optical film is disposed near one side of the display panel and the convex lens is disposed near the other side of the display panel. The optical film comprises a microstructure configured to diverge incident light entered into the display panel and to redirect a portion of incident light near the border between the display area and non-display area to the non-display area. The convex lens is configured to converge the output light from the display panel and redirect the output light approximately parallel to the central axis. | 10-07-2010 |
20100259463 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH EXTENSIBLE SCREEN - An electronic device includes a first display, a second display, numerous of first and second guide rail members, a movable unit, and a driver unit. The first guide rail members are configured for guiding the first display to move between a first position and a second position, and the second guide rail members are configured for guiding the second display to move between a third position and a fourth position. The driver unit is configured for driving the movable unit to move the second display between the fourth position and a fifth position along a direction perpendicular to the sliding direction of the second display. When the first display is in the second position and the second display is in the fifth position, the first display and the second display are coplanar. | 10-14-2010 |
20100265160 | Composite Screens Formed by Tiled Light-Emitting Screens - Techniques and display devices that provide a composite display screen made up by placing multiple smaller constituent screens based on a light-emitting screen technology to minimize the gap between two adjacent constituent screens. | 10-21-2010 |
20100271286 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A VIDEO PLAYBACK DEVICE WITH A TELEVISION WALL FUNCTION, AND ASSOCIATED VIDEO PLAYBACK DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A method for providing a video playback device with a television (TV) wall function includes providing a user interface for setting the video playback device to correspond to a specific display area of a plurality of individual display areas of a TV wall, and utilizing the video playback device to derive a partial image of an enlarged image to be displayed by the TV wall, in order to display the partial image on the specific display area. An associated video playback device and an associated integrated circuit (IC) are further provided. | 10-28-2010 |
20100271287 | Dual-display transportable media cart - The claimed systems relate generally to a cart having repositionable displays, and more particularly to a mobile cart having a frame on which is affixed two or more fixtures having a display mount, the fixtures providing for the movement of displays affixed thereto in a position for viewing, and another position for cart movement, such as movement between rooms through a doorway or an elevator. Also disclosed are particular articulating arms for such fixtures, mounted to one or more posts, some having one or more pivotable arms allowing for repositioning of displays relative to a cart. Detailed information on various example embodiments of the inventions are provided in the Detailed Description below, and the inventions are defined by the appended claims. | 10-28-2010 |
20100302128 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes a first body comprising a first display area for displaying a first display image, a first sensor disposed in the first body for detecting a first curvature of the first body, and a control module disposed in the first body and electrically connected to the first sensor. When the first body is curved, the first sensor is used to generate a first sensing signal according to the first curvature, and the control module is used to execute a first function according to the first sensing signal. | 12-02-2010 |
20100302129 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AND DISPLAYING IMAGES - A system for generating and displaying images includes: (a) a plurality of active display modules; (b) a global controller; and (c) a global communication facility. Each active display module algorithmically generates and displays images depending on a respective local set of states. Each active display module updates its respective local set of states depending on a global state transition rule broadcasted by the global controller through the global communication facility. In an embodiment, the global controller broadcasts different global state transition rules over time. In another embodiment, the global controller has its own set of control states and determines a global state transition rule by applying a machine learning algorithm to control states of its own set of control states. | 12-02-2010 |
20100302130 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display system includes: a plurality of image supply devices each having an image display section, and an image transmission section adapted to generate a supply image and to externally transmit the supply image; and an image display device capable of dividing a common screen area into one or more screen areas, and of displaying the supply image supplied from each of the image supply devices in the one or more screen areas, wherein each of the image supply devices displays a common screen area operating image to operate a display state of the common screen area in the image display section, and supplies a display image of the image display section to the image display device as the supply image, and the image display device changes the display state of the common screen area in accordance with an operation in each of the image supply devices. | 12-02-2010 |
20100309093 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SINGLE UNIT ACCESS DISPLAY - A product display apparatus including a product supply module that includes a support frame and defines a storage area. A door assembly coupled to the support frame is structured to provide bulk access to the storage area in an open position and prevent bulk access to the storage area in the closed position. A return area is defined between the support frame and the top of the door assembly while a retrieval area is defined between the support frame and the bottom of the door assembly. A modular display portion is coupled to the door assembly that extends into the retrieval area to define a single unit retrieval opening. A load block member may be disposed in the retrieval area to permit retrieval of a product, but inhibit return of a product. A retrieval detector may be configured to detect when a product has been withdrawn through the retrieval area and generate an alert upon detection of rapid product removal. | 12-09-2010 |
20100315315 | OPTIMAL GRAPHICS PANELIZATION FOR MOBILE DISPLAYS - A system and method for panelizing an image allows the image to be provided to a mobile device and viewed panel by panel in accordance with a panel sequence. The image is initially processed to locate panels within the image. An optimal panel size is then determined which may be, for example, the most common panel size of the panels of the original image. The original panels are converted to a second set of panels of the optimal panel size, by reducing, enlarging or subdividing the original panels. A panel sequence is then applied that determines an order for viewing the panels. When the image is requested by a mobile device, the panels may be resized to a screen size of the device so that whole panels may be displayed. Navigating to the next panel may be made by reference to the panel sequence using the device interface. | 12-16-2010 |
20100321275 | MULTIPLE DISPLAY COMPUTING DEVICE WITH POSITION-BASED OPERATING MODES - Described is a multiple display computing device, including technology for automatically selecting among various operating modes so as to display content on the displays based upon their relative positions. For example concave modes correspond to inwardly facing viewing surfaces of both displays, such as for viewing private content from a single viewpoint. Convex modes have outwardly facing outwardly surfaces, such that private content is shown on one display and public content on another. Neutral modes are those in which the viewing surfaces of the displays are generally on a common plane, for single user or multiple user/collaborative viewing depending on each display's output orientation. The displays may be movably coupled to one another, or may be implemented as two detachable computer systems coupled by a network connection. | 12-23-2010 |
20100321276 | DISPLAY UNIT, METHOD OF DISPLAY AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR THIS METHOD - This display unit comprises screens ( | 12-23-2010 |
20100328191 | MULTIPLE-DISPLAY DEVICE - A multiple-display device comprises a front and a rear display. The front display includes a front image area facing a front direction. The rear display is mounted opposite the front display and includes a rear image area facing a rear direction, opposite the front direction. A display controller is provided for controlling the front and rear image areas to render images thereon, including a transfer port image on the front image area. A touch-sensitive panel is mounted on the front display in registration with the front image area. A panel controller is operable to detect a rendered element on the front image area being dragged by a user to the transfer port image and in response thereto to inform the display controller, so that the display controller can instantiate the rendered element on the rear image area. | 12-30-2010 |
20100328192 | IMAGE DISPLAY ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An image display element includes: a front panel; a back panel opposite to the front panel; a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix between both the panels, and to be selected to be in a display or non-display state; and plural electrodes for controlling the pixels. Both the panels are bonded together with the pixels and the electrodes interposed therebetween, and the electrodes are connected to a driving control circuit via metal wires. The back panel is divided such that electrode terminals connected to the electrodes are exposed between adjacent plural pixel lines, and a groove part having a shape wider at the top on the back side of the opposing surface from the front panel than at the bottom is formed at the divided portion. The metal wires are connected to the exposed electrode terminals of the groove part. | 12-30-2010 |
20100328193 | IMAGE DISPLAY ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An image display element includes: a front panel; a back panel opposite thereto; a plurality of pixels arranged between both the panels; and plural electrodes for controlling the pixels. The panels are bonded with the pixels and the electrodes interposed therebetween, and the electrodes are connected to a driving circuit via metal film wires. The back panel is divided so as to expose electrode terminals, and a groove part V-shaped in cross section is formed at the divided portion. The metal film wires are formed on the top surface of the back panel, and the electrode terminals and the metal film wires are connected by a conductive paste coated along the tilt surfaces forming the groove part. Partitions are disposed between the adjacent electrode terminals at the bottom of the groove part. | 12-30-2010 |
20110006971 | MULTIPLE DISPLAYS FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND A METHOD OF USE - A multiple display system having at least two mechanical arrangements such that in one of the at least two arrangements one of the multiple displays is stowed, out of the way mechanically and visually, when only a first display is in use; and one of the other of the at least two arrangements wherein the other of the multiple displays is substantially coplanar and adjacent to the one screen when both screens are in use. The other display in the one of the other of the at least two arrangements also runs the graphical user interface of an application, permitting the multiple display system to offer at least two programs running simultaneously, each with its own visual user-interface operating on its own display. | 01-13-2011 |
20110012812 | Multi View Display - A multi-view display apparatus that can display the designated partially area as arbitrary objects and background area for each display view by area setting function and display mode selection function in high freedom. The multi-view display apparatus has a display whose display area is divided into a plurality of divided display areas, the divided display areas being visible from respective different view point and each divided display area having at least one partial display area; data generator to generate coordinate data for designating the divided display areas and to generate display mode data to designate display mode in the divided display areas and in the partial display areas; and an allocator to synthesize a plurality of input image data to obtain an synthesized image by allocating the plurality of input image data in views of the divided display area and of the partial display areas in the divided display areas. | 01-20-2011 |
20110018785 | SLIDE-OUT INFORMATION DISPLAY - Slide-out and roll-up information displays and methods supply enlarged viewing areas. A slide-out information display device includes stacked display segments wherein each of the display segments except one is at least partially covered by the others. Separable bezel segments support the display segments, the stacked display segments being uncovered when the bezel segments are separated from a collapsed configuration to an un-collapsed configuration for use by a user. A roll-up display device includes flexible display membranes. Scrolling assemblies in the roll-up display include rotatably mounted scrolling assembly mechanisms for rolling up the flexible display membranes. Some scrolling assemblies are movable and can be extended beyond the housing members. At least one display membrane being covered by at least one other display membrane when the movable scrolling assemblies are not extended, and the covered display membranes being uncovered when the movable scrolling assemblies are extended. | 01-27-2011 |
20110032175 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND COMPLEX ENTERTAINMENT APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A display apparatus and a complex entertainment apparatus including the same. The display apparatus includes a main display unit and a sub display unit. The sub display unit is positioned at the rear of the main display unit. When the main display unit is slid up, the sub display unit moves frontward to constitute a single screen together with the main display unit. The main display unit is pulled to the sub display unit by a lever unit. The complex entertainment apparatus is operated in a picture mode in a state in which the main display unit is slid up and in a playback mode or a game mode in a state in which the main display unit is slid down. The size of the screen is adjusted according to use. | 02-10-2011 |
20110050543 | MOBILE DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE DISPLAY SCREENS - The present invention provides a mobile device with multiple display screens, which incorporates three display screens onto a common laptop with a single display screen; the mobile device at least includes: a first display screen, which is assembled at inner side of an upper cover; and one side adjacent to the second display screen is linked to the base; a second display screen, which is placed on the base; one side is abutted against the first display screen, and the other side abutted against the third display screen; the second display screen can also shift directionally in parallel with the base; and a third display screen, which is placed at inner side of the keyboard; the other side adjacent to the second display screen is linked to the base. The first display screen can be rotatably covered in tune with the second display screen, whilst the third display screen can be rotatably covered in tune with the second display screen. Hence, three display screens can be incorporated onto a mobile device, e.g. laptop, thereby improving its operational flexibility. | 03-03-2011 |
20110050544 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY DEVICES - An image display system includes a plurality of electronic paper display devices, each displaying an image thereon, a first determining unit that determines positions of the plurality of electronic paper display devices relative to each other, and a control unit that controls each of the electronic paper display devices in accordance with the positions determined by the determining unit such that the plurality of electronic paper display devices together display a single image. | 03-03-2011 |
20110057861 | TILED DISPLAY WITH OVERLAPPING FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES - A tiled display apparatus includes at least five functionally identical transparent partially-overlapped display tiles arranged in two dimensions, each display tile including pixels arranged in a two-dimensional array, and the display tiles being disposed so that light emitted by pixels located beneath a neighboring display tile at the edge of the pixel array passes through the neighboring display tile. | 03-10-2011 |
20110063193 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY MONITORS PROVIDED ON AN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is an electronic apparatus that can use not only an LCD monitor provided as a standard component, but also a DVI monitor. The apparatus incorporates a BIOS. The BIOS acquires display parameters from the DVI monitor if the DVI monitor is connected to the apparatus and causes the DVI monitor to function as display device of the apparatus. | 03-17-2011 |
20110084892 | MULTI DISPLAY APPARATUS AND HINGE DEVICE THEREFOR - A multi display apparatus is provided. The multi display apparatus includes a first display device and a second display device arranged adjacent to each other, and a hinge device provided to rotate the first display device and the second display device relative to each other, wherein the hinge device includes a first hinge member fixed to the first display device, and a second hinge member fixed to the second display device and connected to the first hinge member such that the second hinge member is movable in a circumferential direction with respect to an interface between adjacent side surfaces of the first display device and the second display device. | 04-14-2011 |
20110102300 | TILED DISPLAY SYSTEM AND IMPROVEMENT THEREIN - An imaging system and improvement therein for edge blending a composite image displayed by a plurality of configurable display devices in a tiled display system or between display devices and the surrounding environment, by at least one of modifying one or more light emission characteristics in a region of the composite image adjacent the gaps or generating a pattern within the composite image that coincides with the spacing of the gaps, such that the visual seam becomes camouflaged when viewed from a distance. The light emission characteristics can, for example, include brightness and/or colour and the pattern can, for example, be a grid pattern that coincides with the spacing of the gaps. | 05-05-2011 |
20110109526 | MULTI-SCREEN IMAGE DISPLAY - Techniques are described for displaying information over multiple display panels. The appearance of multiple points-of-view may be used to display information that would not be displayed because the information corresponds to a gap between the display panels. The appearance of multiple points-of-view may be provided such that information not displayed in one point-of-view is displayed in another point-of-view. | 05-12-2011 |
20110115688 | DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD ACCORDING TO OPERATION MODE OF DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DIGITAL DEVICE USING THE SAME - In a display control method, if an item displayed on a first display apparatus is moved to a second display apparatus, and if the operation mode of the second display apparatus is a mode capable of displaying the item, the item is moved to and displayed on the second display apparatus. Accordingly, the item is moved to the display apparatus and displayed on the display apparatus only when the display apparatus operates in a mode capable of displaying the item. An item is not moved to the display apparatus when that item cannot be shown. | 05-19-2011 |
20110122049 | Optoelectronic display system for transport vehicles - The Optoelectronic display system relating to automobile and other vehicles is proposed consisting of computer connected with sensors of parameters and certain signals to be represented by the system and display unit installed at place occupied by automobile (or other vehicle) unstrument panel. The display unit is provided with two display canals which are lower and upper and the image of pointer-type devices and navigation map is represented at lower canal by use of projecting or collimating optical systems simultaneously with collimated image of automobile movement parameters, which is represented at its windscreen. In order to perform visual information at the canals the unified image creator based on two LCD matrixes is utilized and the image for upper canal is represented at their upper parts and—for lower canal—at their lower parts. In order to improve its operational reliability the system is provided with device intended for monitoring of image creator functioning. If one of image creators' visualizers (LCD matrixes) is failed the operable visualizer is switched over to the mode which ensures representation of necessary parameters required for safe drive at corresponding parts of upper and lower canals. | 05-26-2011 |
20110122050 | LAPTOP COMPUTER - A laptop computer, which includes a body having a keyboard on an operative upper side thereof, a first display screen hingedly connected to one side of the body, the display screen hingedly displaceable between a stowed condition in which a display area is directed towards the keyboard, and an operative condition in which the display area is at an approximate right angle to the keyboard directed across the keyboard panel, and a second display screen, co-planar with, and back to back, with the first display screen, and displaceable in unison therewith, between a stowed condition in which a display area is directed away from the keyboard, and an operative condition in which the display area is at an approximate right angle to the keyboard directed away from the keyboard. | 05-26-2011 |
20110140991 | MULTI-MONITOR CONFIGURATION SYSTEM - A multi-monitor configuration system may include a plurality of monitors and a sensor carried by each of the plurality of monitors. The system may also include a controller to detect and/or configure the plurality of monitors to display at least one video signal image based upon individual monitor parameters provided by each respective sensor to the controller. | 06-16-2011 |
20110140992 | LED display - A LED display includes a plurality of LED units connected together; a plurality of unit controller connected one after another mounted to the plurality of LED units respectively, wherein each unit controller comprises a direction setup element, indicating position relationship with next connected unit controller, wherein the direction setup element is set up during physical connection of the unit controller; and a main controller, connected with each unit controller, determining position of each LED unit in the LED display via the position relationship information set up by the direction setup element. | 06-16-2011 |
20110148739 | Method and Apparatus for Determining Information for Display - An apparatus, comprising a processor and memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following, determining a first angle between a first display and a second display that is simultaneously viewable with the first display, causing display of a first information on the first display, determining a second information based, at least in part, on first information and on the first angle, and causing display of the second information on the second display is disclosed. | 06-23-2011 |
20110148740 | CONFIGURABLE IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging system is provided, the imaging system comprising at least a first and second input modules for distributing respective images and microtile units in communication with each other and the input modules, each of the input modules enabled to exchange command signals with each of the plurality of microtile units and each other in a self-organization process. When input modules encounter one another during the self-organization process, then a system master is designated based on at least one of: which of the input modules was a previous system master: which of the input modules has a newest firmware revision; which of the input modules has already organized a largest number of the microtile units in the self-organization process; and which of the input modules first discovers the other of the input modules. | 06-23-2011 |
20110148741 | CONFIGURABLE IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging system is provided. The imaging system comprises an image source providing a video data stream. The imaging system further comprises a plurality of microtile units for: generating respective portions of an image from the video data stream, each microtile unit connectable to a plurality of other microtile units in multiple geometrical configurations. Each microtile unit comprises circuitry for: communication with the plurality of other microtile units to control generation of each respective portion of the image; and sub-image capture from the video data stream. The imaging system further comprises a system control unit for: automatically detecting a configuration of connected microtile units to determine information indicating a portion of the image each individual microtile unit is to be responsible for; and relaying respective information comprising a respective portion of the image a respective microtile unit is to be responsible for to each the respective microtile unit in the sub-image capture. | 06-23-2011 |
20110148742 | CONFIGURABLE IMAGING SYSTEM - A method for use in an imaging system having an image source and a plurality of microtile units for generating respective portions of the image is provided, each microtile unit including a self-contained screen and a rear projector for projecting the image on the screen, the method for at least one of self-aligning, colour matching and brightness matching the image portions across successive adjacent microtile units. The screen is over-scanned so that a portion of an edge of each image spills over onto a side wall of the microtile unit adjacent a further one of microtile units. Light from the image is permitted to spill through the side wall into the further microtile unit. The light is detected within the further microtile unit. The image is adjusted in response to detection of the light within the further microtile unit so as to at least one of align, color match and brightness match the image between the plurality of microtile units. | 06-23-2011 |
20110169716 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND MULTI PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A plasma display panel and a multi plasma display panel are disclosed. The multi plasma display panel includes a plurality of plasma display panels that are positioned adjacent to one another. Each of the plurality of plasma display panels includes a front substrate, a back substrate positioned opposite the front substrate, and a plurality of barrier ribs positioned between the front substrate and the back substrate. The plurality of barrier ribs partition a plurality of discharge cells. A size of a discharge cell in a boundary portion between two plasma display panels of the plurality of plasma display panels is greater than a size of a discharge cell in other portions. | 07-14-2011 |
20110169717 | MINI MONITOR ON SHARED PERIPHERAL BUS - A system with a main monitor for a host computer and a second, mini monitor for displaying a portion of the display normally intended for the main monitor. In one embodiment, the mini monitor is connected to the computer over a shared, peripheral bus, such as the universal serial bus (USB). The smaller size of the mini monitor and either compression or slower refresh rates allow it to be connected to the USB just like other peripheral devices. | 07-14-2011 |
20110175796 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING A PANORAMIC VIEW TO AN OPERATOR - A method for displaying to an operator a rectangular image having a wide field of view of a scene, includes forming a virtual cylinder from the rectangular image, as if it was first printed on a transparent sheet such that it is visible from both sides of the sheet, and then rolled to form the cylinder. A perspective view of the cylinder is provided, vertically dividing the cylinder into two halves. One of the cylinder halves is vertically shifted until there is no overlap between the two halves. The ellipse which is formed between the two halves following the shifting step is defined as an orientation plane. | 07-21-2011 |
20110181493 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS RELATING TO AN ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - Systems, devices, and methods relating to an electronic display are disclosed. A method of operating a display system may include conveying visual content representing a contiguous image to a display system including a plurality of display panels, wherein each display panel is adjacent at least one mounting member. The method may further include selectively retrieving with each display panel of the plurality an associated subset of the visual content belonging thereto. In addition, the method may include displaying on a display device of each display panel the associated subset of the visual content. | 07-28-2011 |
20110181494 | Flexible LED Display Screens - Light emitting diode (LED) display modules, display screens comprising a plurality of display modules and methods of forming display screens are disclosed. Each display module | 07-28-2011 |
20110181495 | LED MODULE DESIGN - A light emitting diode (LED) display screen including a plurality of LED display modules is disclosed. Each of the plurality of LED display modules includes a flexible substrate having a first surface and a second surface, opposite to the first surface, on which a plurality of LEDs are disposed; a power cable having a socket or a plug, the power cable being disposed on the first surface; a data cable having a socket or a plug, the data cable being disposed on the first surface; a magnet disposed on the first surface; and a plurality of connectors fixed to the flexible substrate, the plurality of connectors being disposed on the first surface and including a male connector and a female connector. A height of the magnet from the first surface of the flexible substrate is higher than heights of any components disposed on the first surface. | 07-28-2011 |
20110210907 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING CONTENT FROM A DATA ITEM TO SEPARATELY DISPLAY PORTIONS OF SUCH DATA - A system and method are provided for extracting a portion of content from a data item and separately displaying such content on a secondary display screen such as an interactive display (e.g. touch-sensitive or clickable display) that enables interactive content portions to be extracted from the data item and provided separately from the remaining content to both free up space on a primary display screen and maintain visibility of the interactive content, while permitting navigation within the remaining content. Such extraction of content is particularly advantageous for separating logos (e.g. those used for brand recognition (passive), those providing home page links (active), etc.), advertising, and M-commerce (e.g. “buy now” or “add to cart” buttons). By using interactive secondary displays, the extracted content item can target interactive content portions that allow easy access to features without having to navigate within the main content each time. | 09-01-2011 |
20110215990 | Apparatus for Obscuring Non-Displaying Areas of Display Panels - An apparatus include an optical device having dimensions suitable for overlaying at least a portion of a non-displaying area between adjacent display panels of a tiled group of display panels. The optical device further has a bottom for contacting the adjacent display panels, sides and a top. A plurality of optical elements are substantially disposed within the optical device where the plurality of optical elements are operable for directing light, emitted by the adjacent display panels, to the top to obscure the portion of the non-displaying area with the directed light. The apparatus further includes means for processing information to be displayed on the display panels to produce a substantially uniform and seamless display of information on the tiled group of display panels. | 09-08-2011 |
20110227810 | PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH SECONDARY PERIPHERAL DISPLAY - A portable communication device includes a primary display and a secondary display where the secondary display surrounds the primary display. The secondary display is translucent allowing at least some light to pass through the display to form a clear, or nearly clear, bezel around the primary display. A dot matrix system or clear LCD generates images on the secondary display and a sensing mechanism, such as a set of capacitor sensors, detects user input. User interaction with objects presented on the secondary display allows the user to manage content in the primary display. | 09-22-2011 |
20110234474 | PROJECTOR, PROJECTOR SYSTEM, DATA OUTPUT METHOD OF PROJECTOR, AND DATA OUTPUT METHOD OF PROJECTOR SYSTEM - A projector includes: a data input section which input the data of an image and/or sound; a data output section which outputs the input data; and a data transfer section which captures the data before being output by the data output section, and transfers the captured data to one or more other projectors, wherein the data output section transfers the data by the data transfer section and then outputs the data input from the data input section. | 09-29-2011 |
20110241973 | FOLDING MULTIMEDIA DISPLAY DEVICE - Various configurations of an electronic display, and devices incorporating the display, are provided. The display may have multiple portions connected along one or more axes, lines, points, or other connecting areas. The portions are movable about the connections. In various configurations, the display portions emulate different media and/or communication and computing devices. Two or more of the display devices may be coupled in an array. | 10-06-2011 |
20110241974 | FOLDING MULTIMEDIA DISPLAY DEVICE - Various configurations of an electronic display, and devices incorporating the display, are provided. The display may have multiple portions connected along one or more axes, lines, points, or other connecting areas. The portions are movable about the connections. In various configurations, the display portions emulate different media and/or communication and computing devices. Two or more of the display devices may be coupled in an array. | 10-06-2011 |
20110260949 | MULTI DISPLAY DEVICE - A multi display device is disclosed. The multi display device includes a first display panel, a first frame positioned on a back surface of the first display panel, a first electromagnetic shielding layer including a first portion positioned on a front surface of the first display panel and a second portion positioned on the side of the first display panel, a second display panel positioned adjacent to the first display panel, a second frame positioned on a back surface of the second display panel, and a second electromagnetic shielding layer including a first portion positioned on a front surface of the second display panel and a second portion positioned on a side surface of the second display panel. | 10-27-2011 |
20110273363 | COMPOSITE DISPLAY MODULES - The present invention provides composite display modules which have reduced visible dead space between display modules. This is of particular interest for the price rail, where it is desirable to achieve a long (about 3-4 ft) section of an active module. The present invention is directed to a composite display module comprising: (a) more than one single display module, wherein said single display modules are not edge-sealed and they are mounted on a single back support structure and are kept tightly close to each other right up to their edges; and (b) said composite display module is edge sealed. | 11-10-2011 |
20110279352 | THERMAL ACTUATOR FOR CONFIGURABLE IMAGING SYSTEMS - For use in an imaging system having a plurality of adjacent display units, the improvement comprising a thermal actuator in at least one of the display units for moving a screen thereof away from a chassis thereof when the said display unit exceeds a predetermined temperature, so as to prevent mechanical interference between the adjacent display units. | 11-17-2011 |
20110285607 | PORTABLE DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of using two display panels as a single screen is provided. More particularly, a structure for minimizing the size of a joint between two display panels and an algorithm for coping with a situation where a text line or a text image is located at the joint are provided. A portable display device has at least two panel housings and first and second display panels mounted on the panel housings, respectively, in which the display panels are joined to each other to form a single screen when the panel housings are unfolded. When a text line or a text image is located at the joint between the first and second display panels, a screen is shifted so that the joint is located in a space between the text lines. | 11-24-2011 |
20110291915 | PORTABLE TERMINAL APPARATUS - A portable terminal apparatus is provided. The portable terminal includes a first unit including a first display part, a second unit including a second display part, and a switching part configured to cause the first unit and the second unit to switch between a first position in which the first unit covers the second display part and a second position in which at least a part of the second display part is exposed to an outside. The first unit is configured such that an opposite side of the first unit is visible through the first display part. | 12-01-2011 |
20110298691 | Flexible Display Security CAPTCHA Bends - An approach is provided that receives a request to perform an action by an information handling system that includes a processor. In response to the request, a captcha request that corresponds to a captcha is transmitted to a foldable display screen. A response is received from the foldable display screen with the response including one or more bends of the foldable display screen. The received one or more bends are compared to one or more expected bends included in the captcha. The requested action is performed in response to the comparison revealing that the received one or more bends match the one or more expected bends. On the other hand, performance of the requested action is inhibited in response to the comparison revealing that at least one of the received one or more bends fails to match at least one of the one or more expected bends. | 12-08-2011 |
20110298692 | Variable geometry display module - Apparatus and methods for lighting and displays as well as to a display module for use in the lighting or displays are described. The display can have a variable geometry frame and the display does not require obscuring elements nor is it limited to being viewed from certain orientations. The display modules can have a front face, at least one light emitting and/or light reflecting surface, being arranged on the front side of the front face and covering a first partial area of said front face, and an anti-glare structure covering a second partial area of said front face. Furthermore, the invention relates to a display having a plurality of such display modules. | 12-08-2011 |
20110304523 | COINCIDENT FASTENERS FOR CONFIGURABLE IMAGING SYSTEMS - A coincident fastener for use with a display unit of a configurable imaging system, comprising a screw for insertion through the display unit, wherein the screw includes a head portion, a threaded male portion at an end of the screw opposite the head portion, and an anti-rotation locking mechanism for locking the screw relative to the display unit. | 12-15-2011 |
20120001831 | Multi-screen personal communication device - The invention is a portable communication device having a primary display screen and one or more auxiliary display screens, which may be folded into the body of the device when not required by the user so as to retain the convenient size expected of a hand-held device. The screens are rotatably attached to the body of the device in a manner that does not obscure the primary display screen, so that the user need not deploy them unless needed. | 01-05-2012 |
20120013523 | Sensor Driven Automatic Display Configuration System And Method - A system that senses the geometric layout of a multi-display system and then automatically configures a graphics adaptor to drive the proper ports to each display in the sensed layout. The present system and method eliminates the interactive configuration step described above by using a sensor (e.g., a camera) to determine the layout of the screens. The graphics adaptor is then automatically programmed with the appropriate display device configuration. | 01-19-2012 |
20120019434 | DUAL VIEW DISPLAY SYSTEM USING A TRANSPARENT DISPLAY - A dual view display system to display two different images in substantially opposite direction using a single transparent display to time-multiplex the images and shutter devices to alternately block each side from being viewed according to the image being displayed. | 01-26-2012 |
20120026070 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection display apparatus displays an image on a projection surface in cooperation with a second projection display apparatus. The projection display apparatus includes: a detection unit that detects the position of the second projection display apparatus; and a switching unit that performs switching between a stack display mode and a tile display mode on the basis of the position of the second projection display apparatus. In the stack display mode, an image projected by the projection display apparatus and an image projected by the second projection display apparatus are displayed on a projection surface in a stacked manner. In the tile display mode, an image projected by the projection display apparatus and an image projected by the second projection display apparatus are displayed on a projection surface in a side-by-side manner. | 02-02-2012 |
20120044126 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY UNIT HAVING A PLURALITY OF DISPLAY PANEL AND MOBILE TERMINAL OPERATED BASED THEREON - A method and a mobile terminal for controlling a display unit having a plurality of display panels are provided. The method for controlling a display unit having a plurality of display panels, includes collecting screen data to be output on the display unit, generating a data enable signal to determine a time period during which the screen data in each of the display panels is to be output, and outputting the screen data on a corresponding display panel during time periods in which the data enable signals are transferred. | 02-23-2012 |
20120062442 | COMBINING MULTIPLE SLATE DISPLAYS INTO A LARGER DISPLAY MATRIX - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for automatically combining multiple displays on multiple portable electronic computer devices to form a larger display matrix. For each device, a first display configured to combine with additional displays of additional electronic devices to form a larger display from a matrix of the first display and the additional displays. A display orientation module automatically determines an orientation of the first display with respect to the one or more additional displays that form the larger display matrix. The display orientation module determines a location of the first display in the larger display matrix. | 03-15-2012 |
20120062443 | ARRANGEMENT FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION, METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC TERMINAL DEVICE - The invention relates to an arrangement and a method for displaying information with a first and a second display element, wherein for a user the information of the first display element is visible through the second display element. The invention further relates to an electronic terminal device and a security element for providing trustworthy information. | 03-15-2012 |
20120081269 | GRAVITY DROP - A dual-screen user device and methods for controlling data displayed thereby are disclosed. Specifically, the data displayed by the multiple screens of the dual-screen user device is conditioned upon the relative position of the multiple screens and whether the data being displayed originated from a single-screen application or a multi-screen application. | 04-05-2012 |
20120081270 | DUAL SCREEN APPLICATION BEHAVIOUR - A multi-screen user device and methods for logically controlling the display behavior of applications and other displayable data are disclosed. Specifically, when a dual-screen application is displayed to the primary and secondary screens of a device the dual-screen application can be minimized to a single screen by closing the device. When the device is reopened, the minimized dual-screen application is maintained in a minimized state on the screen to which it was minimized. Specific rules can be implemented to determine whether the dual-screen application will be maximized to run on the primary and secondary screens of a device upon reopening. | 04-05-2012 |
20120081271 | APPLICATION DISPLAY TRANSITIONS BETWEEN SINGLE AND MULTIPLE DISPLAYS - A multi-screen user device and methods for controlling data displayed are disclosed. The data displayed by the multiple screens of the device is dependent on the physical orientation of the device, whether the content for an application is displayed across a plurality of the multiple screens, and whether the data being displayed for the application originated from a single-screen application or a multi-screen application. | 04-05-2012 |
20120092234 | RECONFIGURABLE MULTIPLE-PLANE COMPUTER DISPLAY SYSTEM - A reconfigurable multiple-plane computer display system and method for repositioning computer displays with respect to each other. Embodiments of the system and method include using at least two computer displays that move relative to each other and are anchored in the same data space. Some displays may be fixed, but at least one of the displays is movable relative to other displays in the system. The displays are anchored to each other in data space, meaning that each display shows interesting data that is somehow tied or related to the information being displayed on the other displays. Embodiments of the system and method include displays that may be capable of actively displaying information on it own (active) or that has no way of displaying information on its own (passive). In addition, a display may include a positioning device to sense its location and display data based on that location. | 04-19-2012 |
20120092235 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING DEVICE BASED ON INTUITIVE SELECTION - A method and apparatus of a first device for selecting at least one of a plurality of second devices to be accessed. The method includes transmitting pieces of media data to the corresponding plurality of second devices one-to-one, and determining at least one of the plurality of second devices to be accessed by the first device according to a user's selection on the basis of the pieces of media data being reproduced by both the first device and each of the plurality of second devices. | 04-19-2012 |
20120105308 | SPHERICAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A spherical display device includes a frame, a plurality of first display units and a plurality of second display units fixed on the frame. The first display panel units and the second display panel units being joined together and electrically connected to each other to cooperatively form a spherical structure with a spherical display surface. When the first display units and the second display units work together to corporately display an object, viewers can view the object in view angle of 360 degree. | 05-03-2012 |
20120105309 | INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEM, INFORMATION SHARING METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE AND PROGRAM - [PROBLEMS] To share information in one of divided screens of a terminal device with members performing PoC communications. | 05-03-2012 |
20120112985 | MEASURING INSTRUMENT AND MEASURING METHOD FEATURING DYNAMIC CHANNEL ALLOCATION - A measuring device including a control device, at least two ports, at least two measurement channels and at least two display devices. The control device assigns ports to the measurement channels and connects the measurement channels to these ports internally, at least logically. In this context, one display device is assigned to every port. The display devices allocated to the ports display information, which relates to the present assignment and/or utilisation of the respective ports. | 05-10-2012 |
20120119977 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device has liquid crystal display panels aligned in a horizontal scan direction. The liquid crystal display panels constitute one virtual display area. A decoder decodes image data, to thereby generate pieces of pixel data having addressees corresponding to the virtual display area. A bridge circuit specifies a target (display destination) on which the pixel data is to be displayed on the basis of a parameter table indicating a correspondence between the virtual display area and each of display areas of the liquid crystal display panels. The pixel data are stored in line buffers corresponding to the specified display destinations and outputted to the liquid crystal display panels. Out of the pixel data, pixel data corresponding to a gap formed between two liquid crystal display panels are discarded. | 05-17-2012 |
20120139815 | PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF - An information processing device including a plurality of rectangular-shaped casings each including a first principal surface, and a second principal surface opposing the first principal surface and including a display panel having a predetermined aspect ratio. The information processing device including a connecting portion connecting each of the plurality of rectangular-shaped casings in a closed state in which each of the plurality of rectangular-shaped casings are mutually overlaid and a display panel of at least one of the plurality of rectangular-shaped casings is externally exposed, and in an open state in which wall portions of mutually adjacent rectangular-shaped casings abut and the display panels of each of the plurality of rectangular-shaped casings face a similar direction. The information processing device further includes a terminal state detecting unit that detects the closed state and the opened state, and a display control unit that controls display of each of the display panels. | 06-07-2012 |
20120154255 | COMPUTING DEVICE HAVING PLURAL DISPLAY PARTS FOR PRESENTING PLURAL SPACES - A computing device is described which includes plural display parts provided on respective plural device parts. The display parts define a display surface which provides interfaces to different tools. The tools, in turn, allow a local participant to engage in an interactive session with one or more remote participants. In one case, the tools include: a shared workspace processing module for providing a shared workspace for use by the participants; an audio-video conferencing module for enabling audio-video communication among the participants; and a reference space module for communicating hand gestures and the like among the participants, etc. In one case, the computing device is implemented as a portable computing device that can be held in a participant's hand during use. | 06-21-2012 |
20120162048 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to an aspect, a portable electronic apparatus includes a housing, a first display unit, a first operating unit, a second display unit, a second operating unit, and a control unit. The housing is configured to change between a first form and a second form. The first display unit and the first operating unit are exposed to the outside in the first form, and the second display unit and second operating unit are exposed to the outside in the second form. the second display unit is configured to display information in a system different from the first display unit. The control unit is configured such that first information displayed on the first display unit is updated based on an operation received by the first operating unit, and second information displayed on the second display unit is updated based on an operation received by the second operating unit. | 06-28-2012 |
20120162049 | FOLDING ELECTRONIC DEVICEWITH CONTINUOUS DISPLAY - In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes an apparatus that includes two panels pivotally connected together. The panels can pivot from an open arrangement where the two panels lay side by side to a closed arrangement where the two panels lay one on top of another. The apparatus also includes a flexible display connected to the two panels and having a portion that is mechanically free from the two panels. The apparatus further includes a cavity to receive at least a portion of the free portion of the display when the panels are pivoted into the closed arrangement. | 06-28-2012 |
20120176295 | TRIPLE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND COMPUTER EMPLOYING SAME - Disclosed are a triple display device and a computer employing same. The triple display device of the present invention comprises a main display, a first auxiliary display, and a second auxiliary display. The main display has a first input port connected, via a first cable, to a first output port of a dual graphic card installed on a main board of a computer, to display status information of the program being run on the computer. The first auxiliary display has a second input port connected, via a second cable, to a second output port of the dual graphic card, to display data (for example, advertisement content or company intranet information) automatically executed on the computer and provided by a specific site connected via the Internet. The second auxiliary display has a USB video module which has a USB output port connected, via a third cable, to a USB output port of the main board, to display data being executed in the main board in accordance with the command inputted by a user. According to the present invention, an increased number of workspaces can be ensured without additional costs, and the first auxiliary display is employed to enable the dedicated display of specific information, and also to enable the constant display of advertisement content to achieve advertisement effects. | 07-12-2012 |
20120182203 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD - According to an aspect, a display system includes a first display unit, a second display unit, an operating unit, and a control unit. The second display unit is provided with a first icon arranged thereon. The operating unit detects an operation. When an operation of moving the first icon to a first area on the second display unit is detected by the operating unit, the control unit displays a first image associated with the first icon on the first display unit and in a second area on the second display unit. | 07-19-2012 |
20120206319 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING MEDIA IN A MULTI-DEVICE ENVIRONMENT - An approach is provided for sharing media in a multi-device environment. A group of devices for sharing one or more media files is determined. A shared media manager causes joining of one or more displays of the devices. The shared media manager then determines to generate a common user interface for presenting the one or more media files on the joined one or more displays. | 08-16-2012 |
20120212397 | MULTI-SCREEN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A multi-screen electronic device includes a first electronic device having a first electronic device screen and a second electronic device having a second electronic device screen. The first and second electronic device screens are stacked and on different planes when the multi-screen electronic device is in a compact form. The first and second electronic device screens are unstacked and on the same plane when the multi-screen electronic device is in an expanded form. A translation mechanism is coupled to the first and second electronic devices. The translation mechanism is configured to guide a motion of at least one of the first and second electronic devices along a nonlinear path such that a travel along the nonlinear path in a forward direction transforms the multi-screen electronic device from the compact form to the expanded form and a travel along the nonlinear path in a reverse direction transforms the multi-screen electronic device from the expanded form to the compact form. | 08-23-2012 |
20120218170 | Method and Apparatus for a Wide Field of View Display - A method and apparatus for a uniform resolution display screen. In one embodiment, the uniform resolution display screen comprises a surface of the uniform resolution display screen having a curvature configured to display images with a uniform resolution across the display screen. The curvature is based on a projection distance from a projector to the uniform resolution display screen and a viewing distance from an eyepoint of an observer to the uniform resolution display screen. The geometry of the display screen is configured to display images associated with a high definition imaging format. | 08-30-2012 |
20120223872 | MULTIPLE MONITOR DISPLAY APPARATUS - A multiple monitor apparatus in the form of a laptop PC, a desktop monitor, a mobile device, and the like. In dual screen mode, the user sits centered between the two monitors. In single screen mode, the additional display enclosure(s) are retracted and stored in such a manner that they do not present themselves to the user. A guiderail assembly is used to center both display enclosures relative to the user. The guiderail assembly may be motorized or manually effected and may be located above or below the primary enclosure hinge. The secondary enclosure(s) may be extended and retracted from the primary enclosure by the use of slider arms. The secondary enclosure(s) may also be hinged to the primary enclosure, utilize pegs, ride on its own guiderail, or detach from the primary enclosure or the apparatus. In one embodiment, the monitors may be rotated from landscape to portrait view. | 09-06-2012 |
20120268350 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, MULTI-DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR DETERMINING LIGHT INTENSITY, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The liquid crystal display device | 10-25-2012 |
20120274541 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A first cabinet comprising a first display module and a second cabinet comprising a second display module are provided. A switching is allowed between: a first state in which the first cabinet is placed on top of the second display module and the first display module faces outside, and a second state in which the first cabinet and the second cabinet are arranged next to each other and the first display module and the second display module face outside. A first screen to be displayed by the first display module and a second screen to be displayed by the second display module are stored and a screen switching operation is detected. Displaying of the first screen on the first display module is canceled and the second screen is displayed on the first display module, when the screen switching operation is detected in the first state. | 11-01-2012 |
20120280891 | DISPLAY AND DISPLAY ASSEMBLY - A display includes a frame component, a display module, a first outer frame and a second outer frame. The frame component includes a first side and a second side. The display module is configured on the frame component. The first outer frame is configured at the second side, while the second outer frame is configured at the first side. The length of the second outer frame is shorter than or equal to the length of the first side, so that the two sides of the second outer frame are adapted without exceeding the two ends of the first side. By means of such a design structure, two displays may be connected into a display assembly with a larger display area. When connecting two displays, the first outer frames are able to be removed and the second sides of the two displays are inclined close to each other. | 11-08-2012 |
20120280892 | Multi-Directional Multi-Screen Display System - A multi-screen display system is described that includes a base, a column coupled to the base and an arm coupled to the column. The system also includes a first monitor, a first monitor connector for connecting the rear of the first monitor to the arm, a second monitor, and a second monitor connector for connecting the rear of the second monitor to the arm. The system further includes an extension, such that the first monitor and the second monitor are capable of being a) removed from the arm, b) connected together by connecting the first monitor connector to the second monitor connector via the extension, and c) supported on a work surface by resting the bottom edge of the first monitor and the bottom edge of the second monitor thereon, such that the angle between the first screen and the second screen can exceed two hundred and seventy degrees. | 11-08-2012 |
20120287021 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR CONNECTING PLURALITY OF LCD PANELS - The invention provides a display device including a plurality of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels connected together, wherein each of the LCD panels has a standardized structure while being cut in an invisible region where there is no gate integrated circuit (IC), one of the cut LCD panels is set as a reference LCD panel, and another one of the cut LCD panels, which laterally adjoins the reference LCD panel, is 180° rotated such that a lateral cut portion of the reference LCD panel and a lateral cut portion of the adjoining LCD panel come into contact with each other, and an image branch relay board is connected to the LCD panels, to communicate with the LCD panels such that image information is branched to the reference LCD panel and the adjoining LCD panel. A plurality of LCD panels, which is provided in the form of generally-standardized products, are connected to constitute a display device having a large screen such that the display device has an extension region extended not only in a lateral direction, but also in a downward direction with respect to a reference panel. Accordingly, there is an effect of providing a display panel having a relatively large screen while overcoming a drawback encountered in a conventional tiled LCD device in which the tiled LCD device is extended only in one direction, so that it only has a rectangular shape. | 11-15-2012 |
20120293393 | MOBILE IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A mobile image display system includes multiple movable panels, each including a video display. Using a position sensor, the system knows when a particular panel reaches a position in which the displayed image is distorted due to overlapping or misalignment of the panels. Then, a central processing unit provides the panels in the region where distortion is present with a modified image to correct for this distortion. Additionally, the panels may include light and/or weight sensors. In response to these sensors, an image in any location the carousel can be revised in response to the presence of an article such as a suitcase. | 11-22-2012 |
20120299800 | PROJECTOR FOR ADVERTISING IMAGES - The present invention relates to a projector for outputting advertisement images, and it is an aim of the present invention to provide a projector for advertisement images which can project advertisement images onto surfaces of windows in a train. For this purpose, the projector of the present invention comprises: an image-processing unit installed in the engine room of the train to play back advertisement images; image distribution units installed in the respective passenger cars of the train to receive the advertisement images by communicating with the image-processing unit; and a plurality of image output(display) units arranged at a predetermined interval and close to the windows in the passenger cars so as to output, onto the windows, the advertisement images transmitted from the image-processing unit and received by the image distribution units, such that the advertisement images can be projected onto the surfaces of the windows. | 11-29-2012 |
20120306723 | Multi-Angle Image Display Device - A multi-angle image display device has a display box, two shading panels, two baffle-panels, an imaging space and an image output unit. The display box has a base, a rear panel, a sidewall, a top panel and a chamber. The sidewall is formed perpendicular to the rear panel. The chamber is formed in the display box between the base, the rear panel, the sidewall and the top panel. The shading panels are mounted respectively on the rear panel and the sidewall. The baffle-panels are mounted in the chamber and are connected perpendicular to each other, and each of the baffle-panels has an inner surface and a slant angle. The imaging space is formed in the chamber between the base, the top panel, the baffle-panels and the shading panels. The image output unit is mounted in the top panel and projects an image onto the baffle-panels. | 12-06-2012 |
20120306724 | PORTABLE DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a portable display device. The display device of the present invention comprises a main unit comprising a first display unit, a sliding second display unit joined to the first display unit, whose action allows display of a separate screen or an extension of the screen of the first display portion, and a sliding component formed between the main unit and the second display unit which enables the sliding of the second display portion against the main unit. | 12-06-2012 |
20120313838 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an information processor includes a display controller and a detector. The display controller virtually arranges screens of a plurality of display devices to form a continuous screen for display. The detector detects whether an operation object moves to a periphery of a main screen of the screens a predetermined number of times. The display controller sets the display position of one of the screens other than the main screen to a position corresponding to the periphery where the movement of the operation object is detected by the detector. | 12-13-2012 |
20120319926 | MULTI-CHANNEL LED SIGN MODULE - An electronic display includes a controller transmitting display data from a data communication port. Modules are electrically connected to each other in a series connection. Each of a first module and a last module in the series connection receives the display data directly from the controller and transmits the display data to intermediate modules in the series connection. The intermediate modules pass the display data along the series connection in a first direction until the display data is received for a second time by the last module, and in a second direction until the display data is received for a second time by the first module. Each of the modules controls activation of a respective plurality of lighting elements based on the received display data. | 12-20-2012 |
20120326946 | Three dimensional imaging system - A display system comprising first and second panels, where the second panel is maintained at a different orientation with respect to the first panel such that the first panel is non-coplanar with the second panel. The display system projecting the image onto the first and second display panels in such a manner so as to reduce geometric distortions of a viewer when viewing the image. | 12-27-2012 |
20120326947 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An information processing terminal includes a plurality of displays, each displaying an application screen, and control means. The control means determines a display on which a new application is to be started from the plurality of displays on the basis of the amount of the resources consumed by the information processing terminal. | 12-27-2012 |
20130002523 | DIGITAL READING DEVICE AND METHOD - A digital reading device comprises a pair of tablet portions each having a display screen, with the tablets being foldable relative to each other between a closed position wherein the display screens are protected and not visible and an open position wherein the screens are adjacent and coplanar with respect to each other so as the present a book-like viewing area. A receiver is provided for receiving text and graphics separable into units or pages from a remote source and displaying the text and graphics on the display screens. The text and graphics received from the remote source may be stored in memory. A set of simple navigation keys is provided for storing the text and graphics in the memory and reading the text and graphics. | 01-03-2013 |
20130002524 | SMART PAD OPERATION WITH DIFFERING ASPECT RATIOS - A computational device divides, by a seam, a screen into first and second logical displays; in a first mode, moves the seam to a first position to provide logical displays having different selected aspect ratios, viewing angles, and/or a viewable image sizes and, in a second mode, moves the seam to a second different position to provide logical displays having still different selected aspect ratios, viewing angles, and/or a viewable image sizes. | 01-03-2013 |
20130016031 | DISPLAY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMAANM Kirihara; SatoshiAACI Kawasaki-shiAACO JPAAGP Kirihara; Satoshi Kawasaki-shi JP - The display management system includes an operation display apparatus, a master display apparatus, and a management server. The management server has a selection unit that causes the user to select image processing that is executed by the master display apparatus when the image edited by the user by using the operation display apparatus is checked using the master display apparatus, and an instruction unit that instructs the operation display apparatus to execute the image processing selected by the selection unit in a case where this image processing can be executed by the operation display apparatus. The operation display apparatus has an image processing unit that subjects the inputted image to the image processing performed under instruction by the instruction unit and a display unit that displays on a display unit the image subjected to the image processing by the image processing unit. | 01-17-2013 |
20130021222 | Large-Scale Display Device - A large-scale display device having a plurality of display units which each include a plurality of elongated plasma tubes each filled with a discharge gas, and at least one pair of display electrodes disposed outside the plasma tubes, voltage applying means which applies a drive voltage to the display electrodes to cause electric discharge in the plasma tubes for display. | 01-24-2013 |
20130027279 | COLOR DISPLAY SYSTEM - A high-visibility display system includes two or more sign sections with each sign section being supplied with display data by a single computer transmitting the display data concurrently. | 01-31-2013 |
20130033415 | DISPLAY SYSTEM USING AT LEAST TWO SIMILAR DISPLAY DEVICES AND METHOD THEREOF - A display system includes a primary display device and a secondary display device. The display system further comprises a first detecting unit, a storage unit, and a processor. The first detecting unit is configured for detecting if the secondary display device is adjacent to the primary display device. The first detecting unit generates a detecting signal in the condition that the secondary display device is detected to be adjacent to the primary display device. The storage unit configured for storing a picture. The processor receives the detecting signal, divides the picture into a primary part and a secondary part according to the detecting signal. The processor controls the primary display device to display the primary part of the picture and controls the secondary display device to display the secondary part of the picture. A method of dividing and displaying a picture using the display system is also provided. | 02-07-2013 |
20130038509 | METHOD FOR COORDINATING TABLET COMPUTER WITH AT LEAST ONE OTHER TABLET COMPUTER TO PLAY AUDIO/VIDEO FILE AND PLAYING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A method for coordinating a tablet computer with at least one other tablet computer to play an audio/video file and a playing system using the same are proposed. The method includes: establishing a wireless connection between a tablet computer acting as a master computer and at least one other tablet computer acting as a slave computer; the master computer generating an arrangement signal at least according to an arrangement of positions of the tablet computers; the master computer generating at least two divisional signals according to the arrangement signal and an audio/video file, each corresponding to a portion of video frame in the audio/video file; the master computer transmitting the divisional signals to the slave computer to enable the master computer and the slave computer to respectively display the portion of video frame corresponding to the divisional signals; and the master computer transmitting a synchronizing signal to the slave computer. | 02-14-2013 |
20130050061 | DISPLAY DEVICE - According to an aspect, a display device includes a first display unit, a second display unit, a first detecting unit, a second detecting unit, and a control unit. The first display unit three-dimensionally displays a first display object in a first space. The second display unit three-dimensionally displays a second display object associated with the first display object in a second space. The first detecting unit detects a move of a first object in the first space. The second detecting unit detects a move of a second object in the second space. The control unit changes the first display object and the second display object according to a first move of the first object in the first space. | 02-28-2013 |
20130050062 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING HAPTIC-BASED NETWORKED VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT WHICH SUPPORTS HIGH-RESOLUTION TILED DISPLAY - An apparatus and method of implementing haptic-based networked virtual environments supporting high-resolution tiled displays. A haptic rendering process of detecting collision between a user of a haptic-device over a virtual environment and each of at least one virtual object and providing a physical force corresponding to a detection result to the haptic-device is performed, and a graphic rendering process of converting each virtual object represented as 3-D data into an object stream represented as 2-D data such that each virtual object is displayed as a 2-D image, and assigning a priority and a frame rate to each converted object stream according to a preset assignment criterion is performed. A plurality of displays provide a display image, including object streams of the virtual objects and background pixels, so that a virtual environment allowing the user of the haptic-device to visually and tactilely immerse thereto is effectively realized by utilizing limited resources. | 02-28-2013 |
20130057454 | User Configurable Apparatus - An apparatus including a central part, comprising a front face including a central display, a first side and a second side; peripheral parts including a first peripheral part, including a front face including a first display, and connected at the first side of the central part for rotation and a second peripheral part, including a front face including a second display, and connected at the second side of the central part for rotation; and a controller configured to control the displays and configured to initiate a first command in response to an actuation of a peripheral part and configured to initiate a second command in response to an actuation of a peripheral part | 03-07-2013 |
20130076591 | DETAIL ON TRIGGERS: TRANSITIONAL STATES - A multi-display device is adapted to turn on and off certain device functionality based on one or more of device state and triggers. These triggers include a transition trigger, an open trigger and a closed trigger. Furthermore, and based on one or more of these triggers and device state, the device can provide feedback to a user, such as visual feedback, audio feedback and vibration feedback to assist a user with determining when the device is changing state. The operation of the primary screen, secondary screen, system and feedback options are also described relative to the beginning and endpoint of the device transition. Furthermore, the trigger corresponding to a transitional trigger where primary and secondary screens have a certain angle orientation and the trigger corresponding to a trigger point where the primary and secondary screens have a second angle orientation relative to one another are described. | 03-28-2013 |
20130076592 | UNIFIED DESKTOP DOCKING BEHAVIOR FOR VISIBLE-TO-VISIBLE EXTENSION - Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface or “desktop” across two devices are provided. More particularly, a unified desktop is presented across a device and a computer system that comprise a unified system. The unified desktop acts as a single user interface that presents data and receives user interaction in a seamless environment that emulates a personal computing environment. To function within the personal computing environment, the unified desktop includes a process for docking and undocking the device with the computer system. The unified desktop presents desktops or windows based on a set of pre-determined rules. | 03-28-2013 |
20130076593 | UNIFIED DESKTOP DOCKING BEHAVIOR FOR WINDOW STICKINESS - Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface or “desktop” across two devices are provided. More particularly, a unified desktop is presented across a device and a computer system that comprise a unified system. The unified desktop acts as a single user interface that presents data and receives user interaction in a seamless environment that emulates a personal computing environment. To function within the personal computing environment, the unified desktop includes a process for docking and undocking the device with the computer system. The unified desktop presents desktops or windows based on a set of pre-determined rules. | 03-28-2013 |
20130076594 | UNIFIED DESKTOP LAPTOP DOCK SOFTWARE OPERATION - Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface or “desktop” across two devices are provided. More particularly, a unified desktop is presented across a device and a computer system that comprise a unified system. The unified desktop acts as a single user interface that presents data and receives user interaction in a seamless environment that emulates a personal computing environment. To function within the personal computing environment, the unified desktop includes a process for docking and undocking the device with the computer system. The unified desktop presents desktops or windows based on a set of pre-determined rules. | 03-28-2013 |
20130076595 | SMARTPAD - DESKTOP - A multi-display device is adapted to be dockable or otherwise associatable with an additional device. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, the multi-display device is dockable with a smartpad. The exemplary smartpad can include a screen, a touch sensitive display, a configurable area, a gesture capture region(s) and a camera. The smartpad can also include a port adapted to receive the device. The exemplary smartpad is able to cooperate with the device such that information displayable on the device is also displayable on the smartpad. Furthermore, any one or more of the functions on the device are extendable to the smartpad, with the smartpad capable of acting as an input/output interface or extension of the smartpad. Therefore, for example, information from one or more of the displays on the multi-screen device is displayable on the smartpad. | 03-28-2013 |
20130076596 | SMARTPAD - SUSPENDED APP MANAGEMENT - A multi-display device is adapted to be dockable or otherwise associatable with an additional device. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, the multi-display device is dockable with a smartpad. The exemplary smartpad can include a screen, a touch sensitive display, a configurable area, a gesture capture region(s) and a camera. The smartpad can also include a port adapted to receive the device. The exemplary smartpad is able to cooperate with the device such that information displayable on the device is also displayable on the smartpad. Furthermore, any one or more of the functions on the device are extendable to the smartpad, with the smartpad capable of acting as an input/output interface or extension of the smartpad. Therefore, for example, information from one or more of the displays on the multi-screen device is displayable on the smartpad. | 03-28-2013 |
20130076597 | SENSING THE SCREEN POSITIONS IN A DUAL SCREEN PHONE - A handheld communication device includes first and second screens, a hinge to rotate the first and second screens between open and closed positions, and a position sensor to determine the relative position of the first and second screens. The position sensor can be a Hall-Effect sensor. | 03-28-2013 |
20130076598 | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE STATE TRANSITIONS - Methods and devices for configuring and displaying individual display screens of a multi-display device relative to the device state and/or user orientation of the device. More particularly, the device is equipped with one or more sensors that facilitate the detectability of the relationship of the primary screen to the secondary screen, and the general orientation of the device. The method includes correlating or controlling device state to management of windows, and correlating or controlling transitional states between open and closed states to device behavior and/or window operations. The method and device may present, for example, a closed state with both windows viewable, an open state with both windows viewable or a semi-open state with one or more of the windows viewable. | 03-28-2013 |
20130082901 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, PROGRAM, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND LIGHT GUIDE ELEMENT - An interface ( | 04-04-2013 |
20130082902 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A mobile terminal is provided as a solution to a problem in which ease use is low. Display part | 04-04-2013 |
20130088411 | DEVICE WAKEUP ORIENTATION - Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface after waking from a stand-by mode. More particularly, the method includes a device entering a stand-by mode while in a first orientation or state. While in the stand-by mode, the device changes orientation or state. The device can determine the new orientation or state upon waking and provide the appropriate display for the new orientation or state. | 04-11-2013 |
20130093646 | Electronic display tiling apparatus and propagation based method thereof - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for substantially eliminating the appearance of seams between tiled panels of a display. Non-imaging magnification may be used to substantially eliminate the appearance of seams. Additionally, the appearance of seams between the tiled panels of a display may be substantially eliminated by employing propagation based elimination. The methods disclosed can be used to generate substantially seamless 2D and 3D displays. Additionally, a method and apparatus for achieving substantially uniform panel brightness and color correction may be addressed. The substantially seamless tiled displays may employ specific data formats for use in displaying images on the individual displays which may be tiled together to form a larger, substantially seamless tiled display and may employ other techniques not utilized in known video wall applications. These functions may include an intensity envelope in addition to substantially complying with the Digital Cinema Initiative (“DCI”) security concerns. | 04-18-2013 |
20130093647 | Electronic display tiling apparatus and method thereof - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for substantially eliminating the appearance of seams between tiled panels of a display. Non-imaging magnification may be used to substantially eliminate the appearance of seams. Additionally, the appearance of seams between the tiled panels of a display may be substantially eliminated by employing propagation based elimination. The methods disclosed can be used to generate substantially seamless 2D and 3D displays. Additionally, a method and apparatus for achieving substantially uniform panel brightness and color correction may be addressed. The substantially seamless tiled displays may employ specific data formats for use in displaying images on the individual displays which may be tiled together to form a larger, substantially seamless tiled display and may employ other techniques not utilized in known video wall applications. These functions may include an intensity envelope in addition to substantially complying with the Digital Cinema Initiative (“DCI”) security concerns. | 04-18-2013 |
20130100001 | DISPLAY CLIPPING - Embodiments are described for handling situations when a window or application is repositioned and clipped in a multi-screen device. In embodiments, if the window is repositioned such that it cannot be displayed entirely on one display, but would otherwise spillover or spill onto another display, the window or application is clipped. Such clipping is performed based on the size and location of the window and the size and location of the display. | 04-25-2013 |
20130135177 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND CONTROL PROGRAM FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes: a first display configured to display an image; a second display configured to display and has lower power consumption than the first display; an application starting module configured to start an instructed application; and an output module configured to acquire display designation information that is included in the started application and designates a display for displaying the application, and output the started application to one of the first and second displays based on the acquired display designation information. | 05-30-2013 |
20130135178 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An information processing terminal includes display unit and control unit. The display unit includes a first screen and a second screen. The control unit displays a pair icon where a first application indication designating a first application and a second application indication designating a second application are arranged in a predetermined positional relationship on the first screen or the second screen. When the pair icon is designated by a user, the control unit activates the first application and the second application in an arrangement according to the positional relationship between the first application indication and the second application indication on the first screen and the second screen, respectively. | 05-30-2013 |
20130162503 | DUAL DISPLAY STRUCTURE - A dual display structure including a light source, a light guide plate, a first display module and a second display module is provided. The light guide plate includes a light incident surface, a first light exiting surface and a second light exiting surface. The first and second display modules are respectively disposed at one side of the first and second exiting surfaces in parallel and back to each other. Light emitted from the light source enters the light guide plate through the light incident surface and emits to the first display module and the second display module through the first light exiting surface and the second light exiting surface. | 06-27-2013 |
20130162504 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes display units arranged with a predetermined space therebetween, each being capable of independently displaying an image, protection plates each being disposed at a front of each of the display units with a back surface thereof facing a display surface of each of the display units, a connecting sheet having flexibility and being stuck to the back surface of each of the protection plates to connect the protection plates to each other, and translucent adhesive layers each being disposed so as to cover the display surface of each of the display units. The protection plates connected by the connecting sheet are bonded to the display units by the translucent adhesive layers with the connecting sheet interposed therebetween or directly, so that the display units are connected to each other. | 06-27-2013 |
20130169509 | HANDHELD CONTROL DEVICE WITH DUAL DISPLAY SCREENS - A portable operator control unit (OCU) includes a main portion disposed between handle portions extending from the main portion; the main portion has a front side, an opposing back side, and a top surface. The OCU includes a plurality of display devices including a primary display disposed on the front side of the main portion, and a secondary display movable with respect to the main portion. The secondary display is viewable by the operator along with the primary display while the secondary display is in use, and is stowed out of the operator's view while the secondary display is not in use. | 07-04-2013 |
20130169510 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - The present information processing system processes information through communication between a first information processing device and a second information processing device. The first information processing device is provided with a device detection unit that, if the case where the first information processing device and second information processing device are in proximity or in contact, the detection unit detects the position of the second information processing device. The first information processing device is provided with a first monitor unit that displays information, a first selection unit that selects information displayed by the first monitor unit, and a first communication unit that transmits the selected information to the second information processing device if first selection unit has selected information and moved the selected information across a first region a screen edge of the first monitor unit in a selected state. | 07-04-2013 |
20130181884 | CONFIGURABLE IMAGING SYSTEM - A configurable imaging system and methods therefor are provided. For each respective display unit in an imaging system having an image source and display units, presence of adjacent display units is detected, each of the display units configured to generate respective portions of an image, the display units arranged in a geometrical configuration. A map of the one of the geometrical configurations is generated based on detection of the presence of the adjacent display units. | 07-18-2013 |
20130181885 | PORTABLE TERMINAL, A CONTROL METHOD AND A PROGRAM - The problem addressed by the present invention is to increase usability at the same time as causing the usable time to be a long period of time in a portable terminal that is battery driven and that is mounted with two image display devices. The dual-screen portable terminal ( | 07-18-2013 |
20130187831 | SMARTPAD WINDOW MANAGEMENT - A multi-display device is adapted to be dockable or otherwise associatable with an additional device. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, the multi-display device is dockable with a smartpad. The exemplary smartpad can include a screen, a touch sensitive display, a configurable area, a gesture capture region(s) and a camera. The smartpad can also include a port adapted to receive the device. The exemplary smartpad is able to cooperate with the device such that information displayable on the device is also displayable on the smartpad. Furthermore, any one or more of the functions on the device are extendable to the smartpad, with the smartpad capable of acting as an input/output interface or extension of the smartpad. Therefore, for example, information from one or more of the displays on the multi-screen device is displayable on the smartpad. | 07-25-2013 |
20130187832 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method for controlling a display apparatus being used in conjunction with a tiled display system is provided. The method for controlling a display apparatus includes receiving contents from a host device, and when a reproduction preparation of the received contents has been completed, transmitting a completion message to the host device, and if a command to reproduce the contents is received from the host device, reproducing the contents based on sync information received from the host device. | 07-25-2013 |
20130187833 | PORTABLE DISPLAY DEVICE - A portable display device is provided in which two display panels are joined to each other to form a single screen when two panel housings are unfolded from a folded state. The portable display device includes at least two panel housings and display panels that are mounted on the panel housings, respectively. When the panel housings are unfolded, the display panels are joined to each other to form a single screen. The distance between the display panels when the display panels are contiguous to each other is less than 3 mm and the distance between input units or between input sensors is less than 3 mm. | 07-25-2013 |
20130194162 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The invention relates to a display device designed like a tower comprising display panels ( | 08-01-2013 |
20130214995 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A USER INTERFACE ACROSS MULTIPLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A system and method are provided for displaying a user interface using multiple electronic devices. The method comprises providing a first user interface framework on a first electronic device having a first display screen; the first user interface framework determining that a second display screen on a second electronic device is available via a connection between the first and second electronic devices; the first user interface framework using application logic from an application on the first mobile device to determine a first user interface portion to be displayed on the first display screen and a second user interface portion to be displayed on the second display screen; and the first user interface framework providing data associated with the second user interface portion to the second electronic device. | 08-22-2013 |
20130214996 | UNIFIED DESKTOP DOCKING RULES - Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface or “desktop” across two devices are provided. More particularly, a unified desktop is presented across a device and a computer system that comprise a unified system. The unified desktop acts as a single user interface that presents data and receives user interaction in a seamless environment that emulates a personal computing environment. To function within the personal computing environment, the unified desktop includes a process for docking and undocking the device with the computer system. The unified desktop presents desktops or windows based on a set of pre-determined rules. | 08-22-2013 |
20130214997 | MULTI-SCREEN DISPLAY APPARATUS - A multi-screen display apparatus includes image display apparatuses. A cooling device is thermally connected to semiconductor light sources that are respectively installed in image display apparatuses. | 08-22-2013 |
20130222209 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a display control apparatus includes a communication module, a detector and a display. The communication module is configured to communicate with an external display control apparatus. The detector is configured to detect a positional relationship of the external display control apparatus with respect to the display control apparatus. The display controller is configured to control a setting of extended display for a display screen of the external display control apparatus, based on the detected positional relationship. | 08-29-2013 |
20130229324 | DISPLAY METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A display method and an electronic device are provided. The display method is applied to the electronic device, and includes: displaying each display object of the display unit according to a first display parameter, monitoring the operation state of the electronic device to obtain a monitored result; acquiring a display adjusting command if the monitored result indicates that a fold or unfold operation is performed on the electronic device; adjusting the first display parameter of at least one display object of the display unit according to the display adjusting command to generate a second display parameter, and displaying the at least one display object according to the second display parameter. | 09-05-2013 |
20130241802 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A technology that realizes a browser that is highly convenient for information processing terminals provided with a plurality of displays is provided. An information processing terminal includes a display section and a control section. The display section has a plurality of displays. The control section causes a first browser screen to appear on a first display of said display section and, if the first browser screen is locked and an operation is performed on the first browser screen, causes a second browser screen to appear on a second display of said display section. | 09-19-2013 |
20130257684 | SCREEN IMAGE TRANSFER DEVICE AND SCREEN IMAGE TRANSFER SYSTEM - A screen image transfer device includes a screen image data storage module that stores screen image data of a screen image displayed on a display device, a connection allotment module that allots/assigns a different connection to each of multiple screen regions of the display device, and a communications module that transmits the stored screen image data to the screen regions of the display device over the different connections assigned by the connection allotment module. | 10-03-2013 |
20130257685 | PORTABLE DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of using two display panels as a single screen is provided. More particularly, a structure for minimizing the size of a joint between two display panels and an algorithm for coping with a situation where a text line or a text image is located at the joint are provided. A portable display device has at least two panel housings and first and second display panels mounted on the panel housings, respectively, in which the display panels are joined to each other to form a single screen when the panel housings are unfolded. When a text line or a text image is located at the joint between the first and second display panels, a screen is shifted so that the joint is located in a space between the text lines. | 10-03-2013 |
20130265211 | NOTIFICATION BOARD AND LABELING APPARATUS - The present invention generally relates to a notification boards. Specifically, this invention relates to a notification board configured to organize and display papers, photographs and other documents for viewing. Embodiments of the present invention may include a labeling apparatus configured to describe or otherwise detail the displayed contents of the notification board. | 10-10-2013 |
20130271355 | MULTI-SEGMENT WEARABLE ACCESSORY - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided to facilitate the use of a multi-segment wearable accessory. In this regard, methods, apparatus and computer program products are provided for controlling and, in some instances, interacting with a multi-segment wearable accessory. In particular, a method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided that determine an angle between at least two segments of the wearable accessory and cause one or more of the segments to operate in a manner that is at least partially dependent upon the angle between the at least two segments. In some cases, a determination may be made as to whether the wearable accessory is in a worn state or in an unworn state. For example, in the worn state, the segments may have separate functionality, whereas in the unworn state the segments may act as a single display or present an idle screen. | 10-17-2013 |
20130278482 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH SHARABLE SCREEN IMAGE - Disclosed is a display device for sharing one virtual screen image with other display devices, comprising display means for displaying a physical screen image corresponding to a portion of the virtual screen image; computing means for executing computations of the display device; and communication means for communicating with other display devices, so that those display devices are capable of interacting with each other via the virtual screen image. | 10-24-2013 |
20130285882 | MECHANISM FOR FACILITATING A TABLET BLOCK OF A NUMBER OF TABLET COMPUTING DEVICES - A mechanism is described for facilitating a tablet block of a number of tablet computing devices. A method of embodiments of the invention includes monitoring a connection between a plurality of tablet computers. The monitoring includes detecting user inputs relating to one or more software applications running on the plurality of tablet computers, the user inputs being made via one or more of the plurality of tablet computers. The method may further include dynamically adjusting, in real-time, parameters of the connection based on the user inputs, and displaying changing contents of the one or more software applications, via a shared display screen provided by two or more of the plurality of tablet computers, based on the adjustment of the parameters. The contents are changed in response to an adjustment made to a parameter. | 10-31-2013 |
20130293444 | MOBILE TERMINAL - An information processing apparatus including a first case including a first display unit having a first display screen; and a second case including a second display unit having a second display screen. The first and second cases are rotatably linked by a hinge so that both of the first and second display screens are exposed to an outside in a closed state and both the first and second display screens are adjacently placed on substantially same plane in an open state. The information processing apparatus also includes a detector that detects whether the first and second cases are in the open state or the closed state. Based on an output of the detector selected functions of the first and second display units may be enabled or disabled. | 11-07-2013 |
20130314300 | Graphics and Monitor Controller Assemblies in Multi-Screen Display Systems - A multi-monitor display system is described having an arm adapted for supporting a plurality of monitors containing display screens. The system also includes a column for supporting the arm, a monitor controller assembly for electronically controlling images displayed on the screens, and a graphics assembly for sending signals to the monitor controller assembly to produce the images. The system is used in conjunction with a central processor located in a computer housing. The monitor controller assembly is disposed outside of the monitors and/or the graphics assembly is disposed outside the computer housing. | 11-28-2013 |
20130321243 | Displaying Method of Integrating Multiple Electronic Devices in a Display Device and a Display Device Thereof - A displaying method of integrating multiple electronic devices in a display device is disclosed. At least one of the electronic devices or the display device has compatible data. The displaying method includes steps: establishing a connection between the electronic devices and the display device, respectively; transferring the compatible data to the electronic devices or the display device without compatible data by the electronic device or the display device which includes the compatible data via the connection; generating a plurality of display areas at the display device according to the compatible data and displaying display information of the electronic devices at the display areas, respectively; and transmitting an input signal to the electronic device by the display device according to the display area corresponding to an occurring position of the input event, wherein the input signal corresponds to an input event and the electronic device corresponds to the display area. | 12-05-2013 |
20130321244 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND DISPLAY METHOD - A portable terminal has a first display and a second display, and is transformable between a first form and a second form. The first form is formed by arranging the first display and the second display to form a combined display, and the second form is formed by overlaying the second display upon the first display. In the first form displaying is performed on the combined display and in the second form displaying is performed on only the second display. The portable terminal detects a tilt of the portable terminal at a primary surface of the second display. When the portable terminal is in the first form, the tilt that is detected is corrected and displaying is performed based on the corrected tilt. When the portable terminal is in the second form, displaying is performed based on the detected tilt. | 12-05-2013 |
20130328745 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZATION APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING OF DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method of synchronizing of a plurality of display apparatuses. The method includes determining a victim function, receiving a count value counting a number of times that the victim function is called in a predetermined period of time from at least one display apparatus, determining a minimum count value by comparing the received count values with each other, and synchronizing the plurality of display apparatuses based on the determined minimum count value such that the plurality of display apparatuses synchronize to the display apparatus with the slowest display execution speed. | 12-12-2013 |
20130335298 | NOTIFICATION METHOD - Method of providing notification messages on a bar form factor display device operating at low power, the bar form factor display device comprising front and back major faces, the front major face arranged to present a first display screen and the back major face arranged to present a second display screen different to the first display screen, wherein the second display screen is a bi-stable display screen, comprising the steps of: i) Executing software on the device, the software operating the device in a low power notification mode in which the first display screen is off and in which the device is operable to receive a notification message; ii) The software on the device receiving a notification message; iii) Displaying the notification message on the bi-stable display screen. | 12-19-2013 |
20130342426 | FACILITATING USE OF A DEVICE BASED ON SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY - Various devices may include a short-range wireless transmitter and/or one or more short-range wireless readers. When a first device including the transmitter is placed near a second device including the one or more readers, a relative location of the first device may be determined. Information regarding the relative location of the first device, may be used to facilitate use of the first device with a processing device. In one embodiment, the processing device may automatically configure itself, such that the first device may be used with the processing device. In another embodiment, the processing device may provide feedback, such as, for example, step-by-step instructions to facilitate setup and use of the first device with the processing device. In some embodiments, an application program interface may provide information about the device to an application executing on the processing device. | 12-26-2013 |
20140022145 | CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE DISPLAYING AND DISPLAY SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A control method for image displaying applicable for use to a dual-side transparent display. The control method includes the following operations each required to be executed at least one time in a display period. The operations are: providing a left-eye signal of an image displayed on a first display surface of the dual-side transparent display, to a first side thereof; providing a right-eye signal of an image displayed on the first display surface of the dual-side transparent display, to the first side thereof; providing a left-eye signal of an image displayed on a second display surface of the dual-side transparent display, to a second side thereof; providing a right-eye signal of an image displayed on the second display surface of the dual-side transparent display, to the second side thereof; and configuring the dual-side transparent display to present a transparent state. A display system is also provided. | 01-23-2014 |
20140035794 | DUAL DISPLAY COMPUTING DEVICE - In one general aspect, an apparatus can include a first electronic-ink display on a first electronic-ink display on a first side of the computing device, and a second electronic-ink display on a second side of the computing device. The second electronic-ink display is configured to selectively reflect ambient light to create a desired image. The apparatus can also include a sensor configured to produce an indicator that the first electronic-ink display of the computing device is rotated from facing in a first direction toward facing in a second direction opposite the first direction, and a refresh module configured to trigger the second electronic-ink display to refresh the image display by the second electronic-ink display in response to the indicator. | 02-06-2014 |
20140035795 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display apparatus of a display system which includes a plurality of display apparatuses including: a display unit; a signal processor which processes an image signal supplied from outside, based on setting information stored in advance in the display apparatus, which displays an image on the display unit based on the processed image signal; a connector which is connected to an external storage device which stores the setting information of the display apparatus; and a controller which, if the external storage device is connected to the connector at a time when the setting information of the display apparatus is initially set, obtains the setting information from the external storage device and stores the setting information in the display apparatus, and updates the setting information stored in the external storage device corresponding to another display apparatus of the plurality of display apparatuses. | 02-06-2014 |
20140049448 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OMNIDIRECTIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY - The invention generally relates to the display of images viewable from any direction and devices therefor. In some aspects, the invention provides an apparatus for displaying a hologram-like image. The apparatus includes an inverted, truncated pyramid bearing semi-reflective facets visible from outside of the apparatus in all horizontal directions. A base frame supports the truncated pyramid, houses an imaging system, and provides image source surfaces that display images beneath each of the facets to be reflected by each of the facets. | 02-20-2014 |
20140049449 | DUAL-DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A dual-display device includes a flexible substrate comprising first and second surfaces opposing each other, the first surface comprising a first area and a second area, the flexible substrate being bent to allow the first and second areas of the first surface to face each other, the second surface comprising first and second areas opposing the first and second areas of the first surface, respectively. The device further includes a first display unit formed over the first area of the second surface of the bent flexible substrate, and realizing an image; a second display unit formed over second area that is opposite to the first area of the second surface of the bent flexible substrate, electrically connected to the first display unit via lines, and realizing another image; and a common driver unit electrically connected to a pad area that extends from the first display unit, and configured to transmit at least a signal to drive the first display unit and the second display unit. | 02-20-2014 |
20140049450 | FOLDING MULTIMEDIA DISPLAY DEVICE - Various configurations of an electronic display, and devices incorporating the display, are provided. The display may have multiple portions connected along one or more axes, lines, points, or other connecting areas. The portions are movable about the connections. In various configurations, the display portions emulate different media and/or communication and computing devices. Two or more of the display devices may be coupled in an array. | 02-20-2014 |
20140062836 | VIDEO DISPLAY MODULE, SPLINE AND VIDEO DISPLAY ARRAY STRUCTURE USING SAME - Disclosed is a video display array structure comprising at least two spaced apart splines having a plurality of opposing pairs of catches regularly spaced along the opposing sides of adjacent splines and a latch notch for each pair of catches and a video display module releasably mounted between the at least two splines, the video display module including first and second handles rotatable between an open and a locked position for releasably mounting the video display to a spline. | 03-06-2014 |
20140098004 | Display System Including DC Locally Synchronized Power Line Communication - According to an example embodiment, a display system includes, among other things, a plurality of displays. A corresponding plurality of processors are associated with the displays. Each processor is configured to control a displayed image on one of the associated displays. A controller is configured to provide a control signal to each of the processors. The control signal indicates a desired image to be displayed on the displays. Each of the processors is configured to receive the control signal and determine whether the control signal satisfies at least one criterion. Each processor is configured to determine a portion of the desired image to be displayed on the associated display based on the control signal. Each controller is also configured to control the associated display to display the portion of the desired image at a time corresponding a timing indicator. | 04-10-2014 |
20140098005 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE FOR FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE - In an aspect, an array substrate for a flexible display device is provided, the array substrate including: a mother substrate; a plurality of display units that are spaced apart from each other on the mother substrate, the plurality of display units each including a display region for displaying an image and a non-display region extending from the display region; a sealing unit covering the display region of each of the plurality of display units; and a plurality of test wire lines formed in a wire region between the adjacent display units on the mother substrate, that are electrically connected to each of the plurality of display units, and having a pattern. | 04-10-2014 |
20140098006 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR HIGHLY INTERACTIVE LARGE IMAGE DISPLAY AND MANIPULATION ON TILED DISPLAYS - Display units which can be arranged to form a single arrayed display system, thereby allowing the display of much larger images than can be shown on a single display. Each display unit can include an image display, a communication mechanism, such as a network interface card or wireless interface card, and an image display module, such as a video card and an image processor. Each display module can be configured to selectively process and display portions of large digital images. | 04-10-2014 |
20140104139 | INTERACTIVE SYNCHRONIZED MULTI-SCREEN DISPLAY - Systems and method for displaying interactive content. The systems and method include a host device configured to receive register commands from a plurality of client devices, the register commands including arrangement information of the plurality of client devices. The host device registers the plurality of client devices with the host device. The host device is further configured to determine a position for each of the plurality of client devices based on the arrangement information, and transmit display instructions to the plurality of client devices to start display of respective portions of a whole presentation corresponding to the position of the client devices in a synchronized fashion. | 04-17-2014 |
20140118221 | TWO SIDE DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A two side display device includes: a flexible substrate including a first substrate part, a second substrate part under the first substrate part, and a bending part coupling the first substrate part to the second substrate part; a first display panel on the first substrate part and configured to display a first image in a first direction; a second display panel under the second substrate part and configured to display a second image in a second direction opposite the first direction; and a driving chip coupled to the first substrate part. | 05-01-2014 |
20140125553 | MULTI DISPLAY DEVICE WITH PANEL HOUSINGS - A multi display device includes panel housings having displays. The panel housings are foldable on each other and the displays are disposed adjacent to each other when the panel housings are unfolded. A key input part is further provided to be foldable on the panel housings. Accordingly, the multi display device is easy to grasp for the user while providing the folding/folding convenience. | 05-08-2014 |
20140132481 | MOBILE DEVICES WITH PLURAL DISPLAYS - Disclosed herein are embodiments of mobile devices having plural displays. In some embodiments a mobile computing device comprises a body comprising a front side, a rear side, and four lateral sides, a main display on the front side of the body, and a secondary display on one of the four lateral sides of the body. An edge of the secondary display can be adjacent to an edge of the main display and the adjacent edges can positioned in contact with each other, can be joined together with an adhesive, and/or can be joined together with a compliant gasket. The main display and the secondary display can be controlled independently of each other based on predetermined display preference logic. The device can further comprise a cover layer that covers and protects both the main display and the secondary display. | 05-15-2014 |
20140132482 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING ADJACENT PARTIAL IMAGES OUT OF A PLURALITY OF PARTIAL IMAGES THAT CONSTITUTE ONE IMAGE ON DISPLAY UNITS OF A PLURALITY OF ADJACENT INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSES - An information processing apparatus displays, in cooperation with a display unit of another apparatus adjacent to the information processing apparatus, adjacent partial images out of a plurality of partial images that constitute one image. The information processing apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect information about movement of the information processing apparatus, an identification unit configured to identify a site of the information processing apparatus that adjoins the another apparatus based on the information about movement which has been detected by the detection unit, and a display control unit to cause a display unit of the information processing apparatus to display a partial image that is identified based on the site identified by the identification unit out of the plurality of partial images that constitute the one image. | 05-15-2014 |
20140145910 | MULTI-PANEL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a first display panel. The first display panel includes a first display area and a first non-display area. The first display area includes a first pixel part and a second pixel part. The second pixel part is configured to display a first image. The display apparatus further includes a second display panel. The second display panel includes a second display area and a second non-display area. The second display area including a third pixel part and a fourth pixel part. The fourth pixel part is configured to display a second image. The display apparatus further includes an optical member. The optical member includes a first set of optical units and a second set of optical units. The first set of optical units is connected to the second set of optical units. The first set of optical units is connected to the second pixel part for displaying a third image, the third image corresponding to the first image. The second set of optical units is connected to the fourth pixel part for displaying a fourth image, the fourth image corresponding to the second image. | 05-29-2014 |
20140168032 | ARCHITECTURE FOR SEAMLESS INTEGRATED DISPLAY SYSTEM - Embodiments of systems and methods of seamless displays are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a backpanel device comprising display drive circuitry can be removably coupled with a display device via an array of contact members. The display device can include image-producing elements or pixels that can be selectively driven by the backpanel device via corresponding portions of the array of contact members. Multiple display devices can be disposed adjacently on one or more backpanel devices such that an image displayed across the multiple display devices appears seamless. | 06-19-2014 |
20140176394 | SCREEN OUTPUT SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus, a screen output system, a screen output control method, and a program control output are disclosed. The information processing apparatus includes an image acquiring unit, a differential region extracting unit, a designation accepting unit, and an image output unit. The image acquiring unit acquires a first image to be output to a first display. The differential region extracting unit extracts a differential region that differs between the first image and a second image to be output to a second display. The designation accepting unit accepts a designation of whether to output each differential region to the second display. The image output unit incorporates a portion of the first image that corresponds to a differential region for which a designation to output has been accepted into the second image and outputs the updated second image to the second display. | 06-26-2014 |
20140184472 | DEVICE FOR ELIMINATING DEAD BEZEL OF A DISPLAY SCREEN - An apparatus for eliminating splicing frames of a display screen includes a first display device, a second display device, and a processing circuit. The first display device, a first display driver coupled to the first display screen, and a frame at an edge of the first display screen for supporting the first display screen. The second display device includes a second display screen covering the frame, and a second display driver coupled to the second display screen. The processing circuit is configured to receive data of the first image, determine pixels to be displayed in the first display device and pixels to be displayed in the second display device, and provide the pixels to the first display device and the second display device. | 07-03-2014 |
20140184473 | IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD AND DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY - First and second division patterns are defined so that main areas A and A′ are similar to each other in shape, having the same horizontal-to-vertical ratio. Even if an image output apparatus is connected to a display unit having both first and second display screens, the image output apparatus generates an identical image for the main area A or A′ regardless of the aspect ratio of the display screen. The main areas A and A′ display important information and the like. Sub areas B and B′ display auxiliary information. The first and second division patterns may be determined so that the sub areas B and B′ are similar to each other in shape like the main areas. | 07-03-2014 |
20140210689 | GLASSES AND MEDIA PLAYING FUNCTION - A pair of eyeglasses includes an eyeglass frame, a left lens, a right lens, a processor, a memory, an orientation sensor, and a location tracker. The eyeglasses contain left and right display screens. The memory stores image files, each image file is marked so as to be associated with a preset location information. The location tracker identifies a current location of the orientation sensor and transmits information as to a current location information of a user to the orientation sensor. The orientation sensor transmits the current location information to the processor, the processor presents for a set period a sequence of image files displayed on the display screens within the left and the right lenses. | 07-31-2014 |
20140210690 | REAL-TIME MULTITASK OPERATING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A real-time multitask operating method for an electronic device. The electronic device has a first display device and a second display device. The first display device and the second display device are respectively disposed on two surfaces of the electronic device corresponding to each other. In the method, a signal is received when a first function is executed by the electronic device to display a first frame corresponding to the first function by the first display device. The first frame and a second frame corresponding to the signal are displayed on the first display device and the second display device according to the signal when the first function is still executed. The first frame and the second frame are displayed on different display devices. | 07-31-2014 |
20140210691 | SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH A PLURALITY OF DISPLAY DEVICES - An image processing apparatus includes display panels included in each of an operation unit | 07-31-2014 |
20140218266 | Display Method, Terminal Device And Multi-Terminal Device System - Disclosed are a display method, a terminal device and a multi-terminal device system. The display method is applied to a first terminal device and the first terminal device includes a first display unit. The method includes the first display unit displaying a first display interface; detecting a connection with a second terminal device, and obtaining a detection result, the second terminal device including a second display unit displaying a second display interface, and when the detection result indicating that the first terminal device and the second terminal device are connected, one of the first display unit and the second display unit displaying the first display interface, and the other of the first display unit and the second display unit displaying a third display interface, the third display interface and the first display interface being different. | 08-07-2014 |
20140232617 | COMPUTERIZED DEVICE WITH A PLURALITY OF VARIABLY CONFIGURED DISPLAY SCREENS - A method for providing multiple display screens for a computerized device. Here a plurality of display screens, often four are more, created, each with edges that contain mechanical or magnetic clasps, as well as electrical connectors for communicating display information and optionally power. These screens are stacked in a receptacle in the device's body, usually with at least one screen capable of facing the user and displaying information in the stacked configuration. Upon removal from the stack, the various displays may be snapped together to form a larger planar multiple-display surface, which often may be disposed in various configurations depending upon user preference. Each display may optionally have its own battery, orientation sensor, or camera, and can receive and show display information from the devices' processor, as well as optionally transmit display orientation or camera information back to the processor, which in turn may adjust the display accordingly. | 08-21-2014 |
20140240200 | Transforming Modular Display Systems And Methods Of Using Same - Modular display monitor systems are disclosed that employ a multi-purpose base component that may be used in a first configuration as part of a stand riser assembly for supporting a display monitor component in an upright viewing position with a separate riser component, and that may be used in a second configuration together with a separate support arm as part of an arm mount assembly for attaching a display monitor component to a wall or desktop without the riser component. | 08-28-2014 |
20140240201 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHODS THEREFOR - There is provided an image display apparatus that configures, together with another image display apparatus, a multi-screen display system. The image display apparatus includes a light emitting unit, an acquiring unit configured to acquire information concerning light emission brightness of the light emitting unit of the image display apparatus and the other image display apparatus, and a correcting unit configured to correct, on the basis of the information acquired by the acquiring unit, at least one of the light emission brightness of the light emitting unit of the image display apparatus and the other image display apparatus to thereby determine the light emission brightnesses of the light emitting units of the image display apparatus and the other image display apparatus. | 08-28-2014 |
20140240202 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present invention provides information processing method and apparatus. The method includes detecting, at a first electronic device, whether a first operation for adjusting a first parameter of a first component of the first electronic device is received; generating an adjustment instruction based on the first operation; and executing the adjustment instruction and transmitting the adjustment instruction to a second electronic device capable of exchanging data with the first electronic device for multi-device cooperation, so as to enable the second electronic device to adjust the first parameter of a second component of the second electronic device by executing the adjustment instruction. The second component and the first component are of the same type. | 08-28-2014 |
20140240203 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A DISTRIBUTED MANIFESTATION IN AN ENVIRONMENT - The present invention concerns a projection system for providing a distributed manifestation within an environment. The projection system includes a data generator for generating a plurality of data sets of associated state data and spatial coordinate data. The projection system also includes a projector in communication with the data generator for receiving the data sets. The projector is provided with a signal generating module for generating a plurality of electromagnetic signals, and a projecting module for projecting each of the electromagnetic signals towards a target location within the environment. The projection system also includes a plurality of receiving units distributed within the environment, each receiving unit having a receiver for receiving one of the electromagnetic signals when the receiving unit is positioned in the corresponding target location, each receiving unit being adapted to perform a change of state in response to the state data. | 08-28-2014 |
20140253413 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR REPRESENTING A GROUP OF MONITORS PARTICIPATING IN A DESKTOP SPANNING ENVIRONMENT TO AN OPERATING SYSTEM - A system, method, and computer program product for representing a plurality of display devices configured to participate in a desktop spanning environment is disclosed. The method includes the steps of simulating a hot-unplug event for a plurality of display devices configured to participate in a spanned desktop environment and simulating a hot-plug event for a logical display device that represents the plurality of display devices. | 09-11-2014 |
20140253414 | Flexible LED Panel System - An improved LED display panel system ( | 09-11-2014 |
20140266979 | CONTROL PANEL FOR USE IN CONTROLLING A LARGE AREA DISPLAY - In one aspect, an aircraft instrumentation system for a cockpit instrument panel of an aircraft is provided. The system includes a first display operable to display at least one of flight mission data or aircraft systems monitoring data, and a second display operable to control a plurality of display options of the first display. The first display and the second display are positioned outside an ejection envelope of the aircraft. | 09-18-2014 |
20140266980 | Providing an Altered Shopping Experience in Retail Environments - An altered shopping experience can be provided in a retail store. Various devices can be used to provide a stimulus (e.g. a smell or sound) to encourage the customer to purchase a product, to entertain the customer, or to provide information to the customer. Devices can also be provided for creating a forced perspective to give the appearance that an aisle is shorter than it is. Devices can also be provided to automatically identify ingredients in a recipe and identify retail stores that offer the ingredients at the best price, or to accept reservations for particular products in the case of an emergency. | 09-18-2014 |
20140285400 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a housing which has a polyhedron shape and includes at least one surface on which an output section is provided, a communication section which communicates with at least one mobile terminal, and a control section which performs output control from the output section in cooperation with the mobile terminal by communicating with the mobile terminal. | 09-25-2014 |
20140292619 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROVISION APPARATUS THEREOF - A display system is provided with a display apparatus including a plurality of display panels arranged in a line, and connected in series, and connectors to connect the display panels in series, an storage unit to store therein a plurality of area image data on a plurality of areas into which the image to be displayed on the display apparatus is divided, a detection unit to detect a number of connections of the display panels on the basis of a connection state of the connectors, a selection unit to select area image data corresponding to the number from the storage unit, and an output unit to output the selected area image data to the display panels. | 10-02-2014 |
20140306862 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION - A display system is disclosed herein. The display system includes, but is not limited to, a rear projection screen. The display system further includes, but is not limited to, a first projector arranged to project a first image on the rear projection screen. The display system further includes a second projector arranged to project a second image on the rear projection screen. The display system still further includes a processor that is operatively coupled with the first projector and the second projector. The processor is configured to control the first projector to project the first image and to control the second projector to project the second image, and is further configured to align the second image with the first image in an overlaying manner so as to create the appearance of a single image, a portion of the second image being substantially identical to a portion of the first image. | 10-16-2014 |
20140306863 | TRANSFERRING STATE INFORMATION BETWEEN ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Some embodiments enable a first electronic device (e.g., a notebook computer) to obtain state information directly from another electronic device (e.g., a smartphone) so that the first electronic device may replicate a state of content of the other computing device. This is useful when a user of an electronic device desires to switch between one device and another device such that the user may continue an activity (e.g., playing a video game) on another device without having to restart the activity. This is also useful when a user of a first electronic device attempts to replicate the state of the activity on a second device from another user such that both users may participate in the same activity. In some embodiments, a user of a device may obtain content from a server and state information from another device to replicate the state of content on the other device. | 10-16-2014 |
20140306864 | JOINING STRUCTURE OF MULTI-SEGMENT HOUSING AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THAT JOINING STRUCTURE - A joining structure of superposed first to fourth segment housing of an electronic device each having a display screen equipped with two shafts arranged between first and second housing segments and third and fourth housing segments, a first hinge which joins end faces of the second and third housing segments to be able to rotate and a second hinge which joins opposite side end faces of the first and fourth housing segments, two shafts make the second and third housing segments slide with respect to the first and fourth housing segments, then make one rotate 180 degrees with respect to the other in the finished slid state, by using the first and second hinges to make the second and third housing segments and the first and fourth housing segments rotate about the shafts, and superposed first to fourth segment housing are opened to form a single flat display surface. | 10-16-2014 |
20140313101 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMAGE CONTENT ASSIGNMENT - In a method for assigning image content displayed on electronic devices connected to a server, each electronic device has display screens. The server determines image content for each electronic device, organizes the determined image contents of each electronic device according to configuration information of display screens of each electronic device, packets the organized image contents of each of the electronic devices into a data packet according to the configuration information, with each data packet being associated to a destination electronic device, and sends the data packets to the electronic devices. Each electronic device can obtain image content from the data packet if the electronic device is a destination electronic device of the data packet, in addition, can assign image content for each display screen of the current electronic device to display according to the configuration information of the display screens. | 10-23-2014 |
20140313102 | MULTI-SCREEN POWER MANAGEMENT - The invention provides for an electronic device having a first surface area offering a first display and a second surface area offering a second display, the device being arranged to display different images on the first and second displays and having independent power management functionality for the first and second displays and operative while the displays are displaying the said different images, and to a method of active power management control for respective multiple screens within such a device. | 10-23-2014 |
20140327600 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CALIBRATION METHOD THEREOF - A display device and a calibration method thereof are provided. The device may wirelessly receive an image source, display an image based on the image source, convert the received wireless image into a wired image and output the wired image to other display devices which are connected thereto to thereby receive the image source wirelessly and may display an image through a plurality of display devices. A display apparatus includes: a wireless receiver which receives a wireless image signal from an image source device; an image processor which processes an image based on the received wireless image signal; a display which displays the processed image thereon; a signal converter which converts the received wireless image signal into a wired image signal; a wired output part which outputs the converted wired image signal to other display devices connected to the display device; and a controller which outputs the wired image signal to the other display devices and controls the display in order to display the processed image thereon in response to the wireless image signal being input. This may prevent signal deterioration resulting from a long signal cable, long installation time and high installation costs which may arise when the plurality of display devices are connected in a wired manner. | 11-06-2014 |
20140333507 | MODULAR MULTI-PANEL DIGITAL DISPLAY SYSTEM - A coiled coil geometry of modular concave LED/OLED panels or “tiles” can effectively display a simulated barreling wave. The structure of the coiled coil LED/OLED modules allows one or more users/participants to stand on and/or sit in a motion or non-motion seating platform to observe the simulation. | 11-13-2014 |
20140340282 | SOC FOR SUPPORTING MULTIPLE DISPLAY SCREENS AND CONFIGURATION METHOD THEREOF - A system on a chip (SOC) for supporting multiple display screens includes a microprocessor controller module and an e-book display screen controller module, wherein, the e-book display screen controller module includes at least two e-book display screen controllers for controlling an e-book display screen (EPD) panels in different modes. | 11-20-2014 |
20140368409 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display system is disclosed. The display system includes a plurality of display apparatuses which are rotated in a vertical direction and disposed parallel to each other, wherein the plurality of display apparatuses may reverse and change the width and height of one received image, and may display each of the divided sub images by as many as the number of the plurality of display apparatuses, according to a location of disposition. Accordingly, the plurality of display apparatuses may display an image in the same ratio of a screen ratio of a received image without ratio readjustment or data distortion. | 12-18-2014 |
20140375529 | ADHESIVE DISPLAY PANEL, CONNECTOR, AND ADHESIVE DISPLAY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE ADHESIVE DISPLAY PANEL AND CONNECTOR - An adhesive display system includes at least one adhesive display panel including a flexible display unit and an adhesive layer, at least one connector connected to the at least one adhesive display panel to apply a data driving signal thereto, and an external device configured to apply data to the at least one connector. The at least one adhesive display panel is connected to each other using the at least one connector. | 12-25-2014 |
20140375530 | RECONFIGURABLE TOUCH SCREEN COMPUTING DEVICE - A reconfigurable touch screen computing device with folding configurations and an alignment locking mechanism. The touch screen display is made up of segments coupled to a flexible circuit and can be reconfigured from a compact state to an expanded state. The form factor of the compact state is roughly the size of a typical handheld phone, with an integrated speaker and microphone. The form factor of the expanded state is roughly the size of a tablet computer which may also include the mechanical functionality of a laptop. Both states provide a configuration which includes a touch screen display on a front side and a protective housing on a back side. The computing device may further include sensors to indicate the state of configuration. In one embodiment, a module attached to, situated within, or otherwise associated with at least one segment may contain all or substantially all processing and memory, along with a communications system, all of which may be used in either state. | 12-25-2014 |
20150009094 | MODULAR AIRBORNE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A modular airborne display system, the system comprising: a plurality of airborne display modules (ADMs) such that each ADM comprises a display unit, a local control unit and a lifting unit; and a central control unit for synchronizing the plurality of ADMs to generate a combined image to be displayed by separately instructing each one of the plurality of ADMs to present a portion of the combined image and to arrive at a respective presentation location. | 01-08-2015 |
20150015456 | MULTI-DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY MODULES - A multi-display device ( | 01-15-2015 |
20150022424 | BEZEL PIXEL LAYER IN MULTI-PANEL DISPLAY - A multi-panel display system includes an array of display panels arranged to be viewed as a multi-panel display. The multi-panel display includes a bezel pixel layer covering a bezel region of the multi-panel display. The bezel region is between pixel regions of the display panels in the array. The multi-panel display system also includes a display engine communicatively coupled to drive the display panels to display image sections and communicatively coupled to drive the bezel pixel layer to display a bezel shaped image section. The image sections and the bezel shaped image sections are subsections of a unified overall-image to be displayed on the multi-panel display. | 01-22-2015 |
20150022425 | DISPLAY SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a display system is provided. The display system may include a first display, and a plurality of second displays. The second displays may be arranged around the first display. A resolution of the first display may be higher than a resolution of the second displays. | 01-22-2015 |
20150029076 | SHARING AN OVERLAPPING REGION IN A DISPLAY - A method, system, and/or computer program product enables the sharing of an overlapping area on a shared projection. A system detects an overlapping area on a shared projection, which presents content from a first projection and a second projection. A computing device identifies any redundant resources, which perform the same function as one another, in the first projection and the second projection. A consolidated resource, which provides the same function as the redundant resources, is defined and/or created, and then displayed in the overlapping area. | 01-29-2015 |
20150029077 | SHARING AN OVERLAPPING REGION IN A DISPLAY - A method, system, and/or computer program product enables the sharing of an overlapping area on a shared projection. A system detects an overlapping area on a shared projection, which presents content from a first projection and a second projection. A computing device identifies any redundant resources, which perform the same function as one another, in the first projection and the second projection. A consolidated resource, which provides the same function as the redundant resources, is defined and/or created, and then displayed in the overlapping area. | 01-29-2015 |
20150035723 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A display unit that moves into a first position and a second position with respect to a main body portion includes
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20150042538 | USING INFORMATION HANDLING DEVICE FOOTPRINT FOR TRANSFER - An embodiment provides a method, including: displaying content on a display screen of a first device; determining a position of a second device relative to the display screen of the first device; selecting a portion of the display screen of the first device based on a determined position of the second device; and transferring the portion of the display screen selected to one or more devices. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 02-12-2015 |
20150042539 | DUAL SCREEN VISIBILITY WITH VIRTUAL TRANSPARENCY - Generally, this disclosure provides devices, systems and methods to provide dual screen visibility with virtual transparency. A device may include a dual-sided display element to display a first image on a first side of the display element and to display a second image on a second side of the display element; an activation detection module to detect a user request to initiate the dual screen visibility mode; an image processing module to generate a horizontally transposed version of the second image; and an image rendering module. The image rendering module may be capable of, in response to the initiation request, displaying the horizontally transposed version on the first side of the display element and adjusting a relative transparency between the first image and the displayed horizontally transposed version. | 02-12-2015 |
20150042540 | MULTI-USE WIRELESS DISPLAY TAG INFRASTRUCTURE AND METHODS - A multiuse system for use with Wireless Display Tags (WDTs) includes, in one or more exemplary arrangements, techniques for automatically maintaining synchronicity between pricing data for a product and advertising, marketing or promotional data associated with that product, and for detecting the proximity and location of a customer within a category of goods displayed within a managed environment. A messaging format suitable for such low power operation among a large number of peers is also disclosed, as is a technique for integrating a plurality of smaller displays to yield a single large display. An access point capable of serving as a communications hub within such a network, while at the same time offering visual and audio surveillance capabilities, is also disclosed. | 02-12-2015 |
20150049000 | Electronic Device And Display Method - An electronic device and a display method includes a main body apparatus with a processing unit which generates a first image and performs display control; a first fixing apparatus connected with the main body apparatus, which maintains a relative location relationship between the electronic device and at least a part of body of a user when the user wears the electronic device; and a first display unit arranged on the main body apparatus and/or the first fixing apparatus, which outputs the first image; wherein the first display unit comprises a first display component which displays the first image, and a first optical component which receives light corresponding to the first image emitted from the first display component, and changes the light path of the light corresponding to the first image to form a magnified virtual image corresponding to the first image. | 02-19-2015 |
20150054714 | METHOD FOR SYNCHRONOUS REPRESENTATION OF A VIRTUAL REALITY IN A DISTRIBUTED SIMULATION DEVICE - A method for synchronous representation of a virtual reality terrain in the form of polygons on a plurality of display devices by a plurality of connected simulation computers, may include generating position data specifying which region of the terrain was changed by a first computer; generating elevation data of the changed region by the computer; communicating position and elevation data the first computer to a second computer; selecting, on the basis of the position data, those polygons of the terrain which lie in the changed region by a control unit of the second computer; subdividing the selected polygons in each case into a plurality of sub-polygons by a tessellator unit of the second computer; calculating spatial coordinates of the sub-polygons in accordance with the elevation data by the second computer; and displaying the sub-polygons on a display device connected to the second computer. | 02-26-2015 |
20150061967 | IMAGE ADJUSTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING IMAGE CALIBRATION USING A PATCH IMAGE - An image adjusting apparatus is provided. The image adjusting apparatus includes: a first interface configured to be connected to a plurality of display apparatuses; a second interface configured to be connected to a calibrator; and a controller configured to generate a plurality of different patch images and provide the generated plurality of different patch images to each of the plurality of display apparatuses through the first interface. | 03-05-2015 |
20150077310 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - There is provided an image display apparatus, including: a display unit capable of displaying an image; a plurality of adjacent portions arranged on the display unit at a predetermined positional relation; senders capable of sending data via near field communication, the senders being arranged on at least two of the plurality of adjacent portions, respectively; and a receiver capable of receiving data via the near field communication from a sender of another image display apparatus, the receiver being arranged on at least one of the plurality of adjacent portions. | 03-19-2015 |
20150077311 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display system having a projector and a projection plate and adapted to project an image from the projector toward the projection plate to thereby display the image includes a proximity detection section adapted to detect a proximity of another display system, which has a projector and a projection plate, and is adapted to project an image from the projector toward the projection plate to thereby display the image, and a control section adapted to make the image, which is displayed on either one of the projection plate and the projection plate of the another display system, be displayed on the other of the projection plate and the projection plate of the another display system in a case in which the proximity detection section detects the proximity of the another display system. | 03-19-2015 |
20150084837 | COORDINATION OF MULTIPLE MOBILE DEVICE DISPLAYS - Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for coordination of multiple mobile device displays to display any image(s) so that each device displays an image based on its relative position in an arrangement of a plurality of mobile devices. Random configurations of uniform and non-uniform mobile device displays may be adapted as display elements in a larger display or in a related display, such as game pieces. | 03-26-2015 |
20150091778 | MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A display system for displaying medical images across a plurality of separate display devices, the system comprising a layout unit for providing layout data concerning the display of medical images, an allocation unit for allocating a plurality of medical images amongst a plurality of separate display devices according to the layout data, wherein at least one of the plurality of display devices comprises a mobile display device. | 04-02-2015 |
20150091779 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES - The disclosure discloses an information processing method and an electronic device. The information processing method is applied in a first electronic device capable of communicating with a second electronic device, and includes: acquiring a first position parameter of the first electronic device and a second position parameter of the second electronic device; judging, based on the first position parameter and the second position parameter, whether a relative position relationship between the first electronic device and the second electronic device meets a preset condition, to acquire a first judgment result; when the first judgment result is YES, establishing, by the first electronic device, a communication connection with the second electronic device; acquiring data of a first part of a first object needed to be displayed on a first display unit of the first electronic device; and synchronously executing a first application program corresponding to the first object in the second electronic device, and displaying the data of the first part on the first display unit while displaying data of a second part in the first object different from the data of the first part on a second display unit of the second electronic device. | 04-02-2015 |
20150097755 | FOLDABLE MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A foldable mobile device and a method for controlling a display of the same are disclosed herein. Herein, the foldable mobile device includes a first display unit configured to display a first image or a first zoomed-in first image while the foldable mobile device is in a folded state, a second display unit configured to display a second image corresponding to a predetermined display mode or a second image including a second zoomed-in first image when the foldable mobile device is unfolded, and a controller configured to control a display of the first display unit and the second display unit. | 04-09-2015 |
20150097756 | WIDE ANGLE PERSONAL DISPLAYS - An embodiment of a wide angle personal display projector is configured for positioning in relation to a user's eyeball, and includes a curved display layer. A curved micro lens array having a curvature generally matching the display curvature is positioned relative to the display layer so that the micro lens array is between the display layer and the user's eyeball. In another embodiment, a binocular personal display system includes a frame structure for supporting left and right personal display projectors in relation to the user's left and right eyeballs. | 04-09-2015 |
20150102979 | Image Displaying Apparatus and Image Displaying Method - According to one embodiment, an image displaying apparatus has a first and a second flat magnification display devices. These devices form a central screen. First and second mirrors are provided on a left side and a right side. First and second polarization filters alternately provided in fragmented positions in the central screen and these are different from each other in polarization direction. An image signal shaping module divides an image signal into a central and left and right regions, supplies a first image signal of the central to pixel circuits in a position of the first polarization filter, and supplies second and third image signals of the left and right to pixel circuits in a position of the second polarization filter. | 04-16-2015 |
20150116188 | MULTIPLE DISPLAYS FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND A METHOD OF USE - A multiple display system having at least two mechanical arrangements such that in one of the at least two arrangements one of the multiple displays is stowed, out of the way mechanically and visually, when only a first display is in use; and one of the other of the at least two arrangements wherein the other of the multiple displays is substantially coplanar and adjacent to the one screen when both screens are in use. The other display in the one of the other of the at least two arrangements also runs the graphical user interface of an application, permitting the multiple display system to offer at least two programs running simultaneously, each with its own visual user-interface operating on its own display. | 04-30-2015 |
20150123875 | POWER MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD - A power management device and method are provided. The power management device for a flip electrical device, which has a lid part and a main part, includes: a sensing unit, configured to detect whether the lid part and the main part are overlapped, and generate a notification signal when the lid part and the main part are overlapped; an operation unit, configured to detect whether the flip electrical device is connected to an external display device according to the notification signal, and generate a detecting result, and when a defined condition is conformed, the operation unit is operated in an operating mode and transmits image data to the external display device, wherein the defined condition includes a set function being enabled, and the detecting result is that the flip electrical device is connected to the external display device. | 05-07-2015 |
20150130684 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a video display device includes a display panel and a light source modules, for example. The display panel includes a video display area capable of displaying video and is arranged adjacent to another display panel. The light source module includes a light source that irradiates the video display area with light. The light source module is configured to control an amount of light irradiated against the video display area such that a first area located on a side of a border with the other display panel is brighter than a second area other than the first area in the video display area. | 05-14-2015 |
20150138038 | MULTI-SCREEN DISPLAY SYSTEM AND IMAGE SIGNAL CORRECTING METHOD FOR THE SAME - Disclosed are a multi-screen display system and a method of correcting a time synchronization of image signals respectively played by unit display panels. The multi-screen display system includes a multi-screen display apparatus configured to include a plurality of unit display panels and a timing sensing apparatus configured to sense, outside the multi-screen display apparatus, time synchronization information about the unit image frames respectively played by the unit display panels. The timing sensing apparatus calculates a time synchronization error between the unit image frames respectively played by the unit display panels, based on the time synchronization information, and transmits the time synchronization error to the multi-screen display apparatus. | 05-21-2015 |
20150138039 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display device includes: a display unit that includes a plurality of display lines; a detection unit that detects presence of an input of a predetermined position information signal; a signal output control unit that instructs whether or not to output a position information signal in accordance with a detection result by the detection unit; a signal output unit that outputs the position information signal in a case of being instructed; a display direction switching control unit that instructs switching of a vertical display direction to the display unit in accordance with the detection result; an image data input unit that receives image data including data for each display line; and an image data transmission switching unit that switches a transmission order of the data for each display line in accordance with the detection result, and transmits to the display unit the image data. | 05-21-2015 |
20150138040 | MULTIVISION DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND MULTIVISION SYSTEM - An operating section receives a first operation relating to a group display position that is a position of display videos formed by a plurality of videos belonging to a video group on a multivision screen, and a group display size that is a size of the display videos. A display controller determines video display positions that are positions of the plurality of videos on the plurality of display screens and video display sizes that are sizes of the videos based on the group display position and the group display size, display information including sizes and positions of a plurality of display screens, and a relative position and a relative size of the plurality of videos in the video groups, generates video signals for the plurality of displays based on the video display positions and the video display sizes, and outputs the video signals to the plurality of displays. | 05-21-2015 |
20150138041 | DISPLAY PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A display panel includes a flexible substrate, a first display region, a second display region, and a third display region. The first display region has a quadrangle outline and includes a first side and a second side forming a first corner portion of the outline. The second display region is in contact with the first side and the width of the second display region in a direction parallel to the first side coincides with the length of the first side. The third display region is in contact with the second side and the width of the third display region in a direction parallel to the second side coincides with the length of the second side. The substrate includes a notch portion corresponding a region facing the first display region with the first corner portion provided therebetween. | 05-21-2015 |
20150138042 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHODS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICES AND SYSTEM FOR A SCALABLE MULTI-PROJECTION SYSTEM - An image processing device processes a first sub-image of an image split into sub-images. Each sub-image is displayable by a display device. The image processing device is associated with a first display device and connects to a source device through a first network and to another image processing device through a second network. The image processing device includes first and second receiving units and a generating unit. The first receiving unit receives the first sub-image from the source device via the first network. The second receiving unit receives, via a second network, at least one part of at least one second sub-image to be displayed by another display device, wherein the received at least one part is adjacent to the received first sub-image. The generating unit generates a first clustered sub-image to be displayed by the first display device, based on the received first sub-image and adjacent part. | 05-21-2015 |
20150145749 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an image processing apparatus including a content analysis unit configured to analyze a display range of an object included in content displayed in a plurality of displays, and an image processing unit configured to generate drawing information for drawing the object and to transmit the drawing information to only an apparatus responsible for display processing in at least one of the displays that includes the display range acquired through the analysis by the content analysis unit. | 05-28-2015 |
20150294610 | MULTI-DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFORE - A multi-display device comprising: a plurality of display panels wherein each display panel is arranged in a housing; and a single video processor arranged within one of the housings and configured to output a different video signal to each of the plurality of display panels. | 10-15-2015 |
20150301780 | Method, mobile terminal and system for implementing multimedia playing - A method, system and mobile terminal for implementing multimedia playing are described, which includes that a mobile terminal sends multimedia stream data to be played to another-end mobile terminal via a connection established based on NFC technology, and the mobile terminal and the another-end mobile terminal decode the multimedia stream data to be played, and respectively play corresponding parts of the decoded multimedia stream data in accordance with the respective part playing mode. In this way, two mobile terminals can respectively playing part of a multimedia image based on NFC technology, a multimedia image can be clearly amplified and displayed via the splicing of mobile terminal screens, thereby helping a user quickly solve the problem that a mobile terminal screen is small and not good for amplifying and displaying the multimedia image. | 10-22-2015 |
20150301782 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a first display unit and a second display unit disposed parallel with the first display unit in a first position or a second position, wherein the first display unit and the second display unit overlap in the first position and are extended out in the second position. The display device further includes a sliding unit having at least one engaging groove which the first display unit and the second display unit are inserted into and slide through, a first driving unit disposed on one side of the first display unit, and a second driving unit disposed on one side of the second display unit. | 10-22-2015 |
20150301783 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHODS THEREOF - A method of controlling a display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus displays a screen comprising a plurality of content areas which indicate different content, in response to a predefined control signal being received, displays a UI screen for selecting a content area to be controlled based on an attribute of the received predefined control signal, among the plurality of content areas, and in response to at least one content area being selected, controls a display operation of the selected at least one content area according to the control signal. | 10-22-2015 |
20150309537 | MULTIPLE DISPLAY MOUNTING USING A SINGLE BASE - An embodiment provides a device, including: a primary display unit; and at least one mounting mechanism operatively coupled to at least one side of said primary display unit that allows the mounting of at least one additional display unit; the mounting mechanism including electrical connections that facilitate detection of said additional display unit. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 10-29-2015 |
20150309763 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE DISPLAY - An image display system includes a plurality of unit display devices, an image data buffer, and a location recognition unit. The location recognition unit recognizes the locations of the unit display devices and provides the image data buffer with location data. When the image data driver determines that the unit display devices are arranged in a first pattern, the plurality of unit display devices together displays a first image that corresponds to the first pattern. | 10-29-2015 |
20150309764 | MOBILE TERMINAL, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A mobile terminal provided with a plurality of display devices arranged such that frame parts surrounding display screens come in contact with each other and an image control section which switchably executes (i) a normal display mode where one display image is divided into display images according to the respective sizes of the display screens of the plurality of display devices and displayed on the plurality of display devices, and (ii) a complementary display mode where one display image is divided into display images according to the respective sizes of the display screens of the plurality of display devices with an image corresponding to a non-display portion formed by skipping the frame parts and displayed on the plurality of display devices. Accordingly, a sense of incongruity due to discontinuity of a displayed image by frame parts can be reduced and a lack of display information can be prevented. | 10-29-2015 |
20150312560 | Variable Resolution Eye Mounted Displays - A display device (e.g., in a contact lens) is mounted on the eye. The eye mounted display contains multiple sub-displays, each of which projects light to different retinal positions within a portion of the retina corresponding to the sub-display. Additionally, a “locally uniform resolution” mapping may be used to model the variable resolution of the eye. Accordingly, various aspects of the display device may be based on the locally uniform resolution mapping. For example, the light emitted from the sub-displays may be based on the locally uniform resolution mapping. | 10-29-2015 |
20150317120 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OUTPUTTING CONTENTS USING A PLURALITY OF DISPLAYS - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a plurality of displays, at least one processor configured to select a first display including at least one of the plurality of displays, based on relative positions of the plurality of displays, user information, an application to be executed, or a component associated with a function of the application, and a display control module configured to output contents to the first display and at least one object associated with the contents to at least one other second display of the plurality of displays. | 11-05-2015 |
20150317121 | Mobile, Personsize Display System and Method of Use - A mobile personsize display system and method of use; in general, a platform, a support frame, a module display frame, an LED panel display formed of a plurality of LED display modules having a plurality of pixels, four or more casters, a battery powered supply, a media player (electrically communicating with the plurality of display modules for controlling the display of an image(s) on the LED panel display, and a removable content storage device and; thus, functions as a rugged person size mobile, light weight, battery powered display to inform customers and passers-by about product and service offerings via a rugged person size mobile light weight battery powered display. | 11-05-2015 |
20150317948 | ONBOARD DISPLAY SYSTEM - An onboard display system includes two display groups; each display group includes a display apparatus and a control apparatus. The first control apparatus of the first display group includes the following: a first state acquisition section that acquires a first operating state of the first control apparatus itself; a second state acquisition section that acquires a second operating state of the second control apparatus of the second display group; a state determination section that determines whether a display prioritization state takes place based on the first operating state and the second operating state; and an image update section that updates, in chronological order, images in a video displayed in the first display apparatus of the first display group when the display prioritization state takes place or that suspends the updating when the display prioritization state does not take place. | 11-05-2015 |
20150324164 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING THEREOF - A user terminal device and a display method thereof are provided. A user terminal device may include a display configured to display an e-book content, a bezel configured to house the display, the first touch detector configured to detect a user interaction input to the display, the second touch detector configured to detect a user interaction input to the bezel, and a controller configured to in response to detecting a user interaction on at least one side of the bezel through the second touch detector, control a display of the e-book content corresponding to a type of the user interaction and the number of sides where the user interaction is detected. | 11-12-2015 |
20150325211 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A method for controlling a display device comprising a touch screen is provided. The control method displaying, on the touch screen, a plurality of windows that do not overlap one another and that respectively correspond to executing, displaying a center button disposed at an intersection of a plurality of dividing lines that distinguishes the plurality of windows, receiving an input of a window size change command for changing a size of at least one of the plurality of windows, changing the size of at least one of the plurality of windows in response to the window size change command, and discontinuing the displaying of less than all of the plurality of windows and enlarging a size of at least one remaining window. | 11-12-2015 |
20150331652 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A MULTI-DEVICE MEDIA PRESENTATION - An approach is provided for multi-device media presentation. One or more neighboring devices are detected based, at least in part, on a request to present one or more media files at at least one device. One or more media presentation capabilities of the one or more neighboring devices are determined. At least one subgroup of the at least one device, the one or more neighboring devices, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the one or more media presentation capabilities is formed. A layout comprising the at least one subgroup for a multi-device presentation of the one or more media files is determined. | 11-19-2015 |
20150331654 | DISPLAYING IMAGES ACROSS MULTIPLE DISPLAYS - An aspect provides a method, including: receiving, using a processor, data to be displayed across at least two hingedly coupled display devices; determining, using a processor, the display mode of the data, the display mode being selected from the group consisting of an occluded mode and a non-occluded mode; in the occluded mode, processing, using a processor, the data to occlude pixels of the data based upon the determined display mode, the pixels being occluded at a location where a physical separation exists between the at least two hingedly coupled display devices; and displaying, using the at least two hingedly coupled display devices, the data according to the display mode determined. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 11-19-2015 |
20150340009 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING PIXELS ON DISPLAY DEVICES - A method for displaying pixels on display devices, comprising: generating one or more pixels by one or more pixel sources; Providing one or more display devices for displaying pixels; transmitting the one or more generated pixels to one or more display devices for displaying the pixels via a network based on a network transmission protocol; and displaying the pixels on the display devices, wherein a plurality of the display devices are synchronized with each other for displaying the pixels and that preferably based on the synchronized display devices a plurality of the pixel sources are synchronized with the plurality of synchronized display devices via the network for synchronous displaying the pixels on the plurality of the display devices. The present invention further relates to a system for displaying pixels on display devices. | 11-26-2015 |
20150347078 | ASSEMBLING FRAME FOR DISPLAY UNIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - An assembling frame for display units and a display apparatus are provided. The assembling frame comprises: two rectangular side frames disposed opposite to each other in a longitudinal direction, each of top cross beams and bottom cross beams of the two rectangular side frames being provided with at least one first fitting hole extending in a height direction, and each of front side cross beams and rear side cross beams of the two rectangular side frames being provided with at least one second fitting hole extending in the longitudinal direction; at least one front side cross beam connected between two front side vertical posts of the two rectangular side frames; at least one rear side cross beam connected between two rear side vertical posts of the two rectangular side frames; and at least one hanging member mounted to at least one of the front side cross beams for detachably connecting to a back side of the display units. A display apparatus that is arbitrarily extendable in the transverse and/or the longitudinal directions can be formed by using such an assembling frame, and thereby flexibility of application of the display apparatus is improved. | 12-03-2015 |
20150353032 | DECORATIVE LICENSE PLATE FRAME AND CUSTOMIZED METHOD THEREOF - An embodiment of the invention provides a decorative license plate frame and its customized method and system. The decorative license plate frame is fixed on a vehicle. The decorative license plate frame comprises a rectangular body, holding a license plate, and a first window, and a second window, wherein a first graphic card is connected to the first window and a second graphic card is connected to the second window, and the first graphic card and the second graphic card are detachable. In one embodiment, the first graphic card and the second graphic card are electronic cards with a display panel thereon for showing images which are transmitted from the vehicle owner or user. | 12-10-2015 |
20150363154 | CONTROL FOR MULTI-MONITOR DISPLAY - An example system includes a multi-monitor display ( | 12-17-2015 |
20150378393 | MOBILE DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE INTERCONNECTED DISPLAY UNITS - The subject matter discloses a mobile device comprising a body, comprising a processor and a memory; a plurality of display units, at least one of the plurality of display units receives data from the body; a plurality of connectors configured to connect the plurality of display units such that data flows from one display unit to another display unit via a connector of the plurality of connectors; a designation unit to designate what is displayed on each display of the plurality of display units; at least one display unit compartment inside the body for storing the plurality of display units, a display unit of the plurality of display units is slide-able out of the at least one display unit compartment. In some cases, some of the display units are transparent. | 12-31-2015 |
20150378395 | FOLDING MULTIMEDIA DISPLAY DEVICE - Various configurations of an electronic display, and devices incorporating the display, are provided. The display may have multiple portions connected along one or more axes, lines, points, or other connecting areas. The portions are movable about the connections. In various configurations, the display portions emulate different media and/or communication and computing devices. Two or more of the display devices may be coupled in an array. | 12-31-2015 |
20160011843 | INTERACTIVE SYNCHRONIZED MULTI-SCREEN DISPLAY | 01-14-2016 |
20160019018 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLABORATIVELY DISPLAYING MEDIA CONTENT - Various aspects of a system and a method for collaboratively displaying media content on multiple display devices comprises a plurality of display devices. A first display device of the plurality of display devices determines a portion of the media content to be displayed by the plurality of display devices, respectively. The portion of the media content is determined based on at least one parameter associated with the plurality of display devices. The first display device assigns at least a portion of a second display device of the plurality of display devices to display additional content. The portion of the second display device is determined based on the at least one parameter associated with the plurality of display devices. | 01-21-2016 |
20160026039 | MIRROR DISPLAY, HALF MIRROR PLATE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present invention provides a mirror display which prevents the boundary line between a frame region and a display region from being observed in a mirror mode and which thus has improved design quality. The mirror display of the present invention includes a half mirror plate including a half mirror layer, and a display device disposed behind the half mirror plate, the display device including a display panel and a frame component that supports a peripheral portion of the display panel, and the mirror display including a reflectance adjuster that makes equal the reflectance in a display region where the half mirror layer and the display panel face each other and the reflectance in a frame region where the half mirror layer and the frame component face each other. | 01-28-2016 |
20160026424 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus including a plurality of display devices and a control system is provided. Each of the display devices has at least two sensing units. When the display devices are arranged in sequence to commonly constitute a display interface, at least one of the sensing units of each of the display devices is aligned to one of the sensing units of another one of the display devices to generate a sensing signal. The control system is electrically connected to each of the display devices. The control system determines an arranged position of each of the display devices according to each of the sensing signals, and controls a displayed image of each of the display devices according to the arranged position of each of the display devices. In addition, a controlling method of the display apparatus is also provided. | 01-28-2016 |
20160034239 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, MULTI DISPLAY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus, a multi display system including the same, and a control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a display configured to display a first image corresponding to a first image signal on a main screen, and a second image corresponding to a second image signal on a picture in picture (PIP) screen overlapping an area of the main screen. The display apparatus further includes a communication interface configured to transmit and receive information of a movement of the PIP screen to and from another display apparatus, and a controller configured to control the display to move the PIP screen based on the information. | 02-04-2016 |
20160034242 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus constituting a video wall system is provided. The display apparatus includes a display, a first communicator configured to perform communication with at least one adjacent display apparatus, and a processor configured to allocate identification information corresponding to the display apparatus based on identification information received from the adjacent display apparatus and information on a location relationship of the display device relative to the adjacent display apparatus and display a sub-image of an image through the display based on the allocated identification information. | 02-04-2016 |
20160041804 | Electronic Apparatus - An electronic apparatus includes a frame body, a fixing device, and a functional main section. The fixing device is connected with the frame body and configured to fix the electronic apparatus to a support body, and the frame body and the fixing device form an annular space when the electronic apparatus is fixed to the support body by the fixing device. The functional main section includes a display device provided within the frame body and having a first display area and a second display area, with the first display area being larger than the second display area. | 02-11-2016 |
20160048168 | PORTABLE DISPLAY DEVICE - A portable display device including a display unit, the display unit including a light-emitting surface that displays an image and a non-light-emitting surface opposite to the light-emitting surface; a drive unit, the drive unit controlling the display unit; and a flexible film, the flexible film electrically connecting the display unit and the drive unit, wherein the drive unit includes a first surface on which the flexible film is disposed, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and wherein the portable display device is embodied in a first folding mode in which the flexible film is bent in such a way that the non-light-emitting surface and the second surface face each other, or a second folding mode in which the flexible film is bent in such a way that the light-emitting surface and the first surface face each other. | 02-18-2016 |
20160055830 | HOST AND MULTI-DISPLAY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A system on chip (SoC) for transmitting data packets to a display driver integrated circuit (IC) controlling a plurality of displays is provided. The SoC includes a first register, and a central processing unit (CPU) configured to set first values in the first register to adjust a frame rate of each of the displays. A tearing effect (TE) signal detection circuit is configured to detect a TE signal output from the display driver IC. A data transmission circuit is configured to generate a plurality of frame rate adjustment signals using the detected TE signal and the first values and to control transmission timings of the data packets transmitted to the displays using the frame rate adjustment signals. | 02-25-2016 |
20160062395 | MULTI-SCREEN DISPLAY DEVICE - A multi-screen display device includes a first display unit and a second display unit. The first display unit includes at least one first display screen, and the second display unit includes at least one first display screen. The first display unit is rotatably coupled to the second display unit so that the first display screen and the second display screen are positionable substantially on a single plane. When the first display screen and the second display screen are positioned on a single plane, the first display screen is in close proximity to the second display screen and the first display screen and the second display screen cooperate to form a combined display area larger than the first display screen. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062720 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes an image processor, a display portion, and a lens portion. The image processor processes an image. The display portion includes at least two panels and a gap between the two panels, the panels display the image. The lens portion is coupled to the display portion and faces to a user, and includes a plurality of protruding sections and a plurality of recessing sections formed between adjacent protruding sections, one of the recessing sections is aligned to the gap. The panels emit light to the lens portion, the light is refracted to an area adjacent to the recessing section corresponding to the gap by the lens portion, thus the light renders the gap invisible to the user. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062725 | MULTISCREEN DISPLAY APPARATUS - A calculating unit of a master apparatus that comes first in a transmission sequence calculates coordinates of a plurality of video display apparatuses on a multiscreen on the basis of arrangement information and the transmission sequence. The calculating unit an identification number on the basis of an identification setting rule. A setting unit performs a processing for setting the identification number of each of the video display apparatuses with the calculated coordinates to the video display apparatus concerned. | 03-03-2016 |
20160071490 | ELECTRONIC INFORMATION LABEL FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electronic label electronically displaying information, and a display control method of the electronic label. The electronic label includes a first display configured to have front and back surfaces with polarizing filters attached on the both surfaces, respectively, and display, on the front surface, information that is able to be seen with bare eyes, a second display configured to have front and back surfaces with a polarizing filter attached only on the back surface, and display, on the front surface, information that is unable to be seen with bare eyes, a communication module configured to communicate with a server or a gateway, a memory configured to store information received through the communication module, and a controller configured to control operations of the first display and the second display. | 03-10-2016 |
20160078591 | DISPLAY CLIPPING - Embodiments are described for handling situations when a window or application is repositioned and clipped in a multi-screen device. In embodiments, if the window is repositioned such that it cannot be displayed entirely on one display, but would otherwise spillover or spill onto another display, the window or application is clipped. Such clipping is performed based on the size and location of the window and the size and location of the display. | 03-17-2016 |
20160085497 | DISPLAY APPARATUS CONSTITUTING DISPLAY SYSTEM INCLUDING PLURALITY OF DISPLAY APPARATUSES, CONTENT DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY SYSTEM INCLUDING PLURALITY OF DISPLAY APPARATUSES - A content display method for a display system including a plurality of display apparatuses is provided. The content display method includes transmitting first content pre-stored in a first display apparatus of the plurality of display apparatuses to a second display apparatus of the plurality of display apparatuses in order to display the first content on the second display apparatus, receiving second content stored in the another display apparatus, the second content being different from the first content, and displaying the pre-stored first content or the received second content based on an arrangement position of the plurality of display apparatuses. | 03-24-2016 |
20160086582 | AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION METHOD FOR VIDEO WALL AND RELATED SYSTEM - An automatic installation method for video wall comprises the following steps. In the step (a), it employs a control system to output a plurality of identifiable images to a plurality of video devices of the video wall. In the step (b), it employs an image capturing device to capture the plurality of identifiable images. In the step (c), based-on the plurality of identifiable images, it employs the image capturing device to determine position data for the video devices, frame dimension of each of the video devices and spacings between adjacent video devices, and calibrate the identifiable images to obtain a setting value thereof. In the step (d), based-on the position data for the video devices, the frame dimension of each of the video devices and spacings between adjacent video devices and the setting value, it employs the control system to install and set-up the video wall automatically. | 03-24-2016 |
20160093244 | MASKING MECHANICAL SEPARATIONS BETWEEN TILED DISPLAY PANELS - A tileable display panel includes an array of display pixels including central display pixels near a center of the array having a center pixel pitch and perimeter display pixels along a perimeter of the array. A perimeter region surrounds the array. The perimeter region includes a first side that is joinable to a second side of another instance of the tileable display panel to form a multi-panel display. The perimeter region has a width that is greater than at least half the center pixel pitch such that a gap between adjacent perimeter display pixels of the tileable display panel and the other instance of the tileable display panel when forming the multi-panel display is greater than the center pixel pitch. The gap is visually masked by increasing a characteristic of the perimeter display pixels adjacent to the gap relative to the same characteristic of the central display pixels. | 03-31-2016 |
20160093271 | MEDIA PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR MULTI-DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - Apparatuses and methods for reproducing an image in a plurality of displays are provided. The method includes obtaining a display identifier that identifies a position of a display among the plurality of displays, based on information on an arrangement of the plurality of displays transmitted by the image reproduction control apparatus; obtaining an image segment to be reproduced in a display corresponding to the display identifier among the plurality of displays, from the image; determining the importance factor of the image segment based on at least one of the image and the viewing environment of the plurality of displays; generating an encoded image segment by encoding the image segment according to an encoding method corresponding to the importance factor; and transmitting a bitstream including the display identifier, the importance factor and the encoded image segment to the image reproduction control apparatus. | 03-31-2016 |
20160098240 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display apparatus, a controlling method thereof and a controlling method of a display system are provided. The controlling method of a first display apparatus includes receiving setting information from an external storage medium in response to the first display apparatus being connected to the storage medium; and in response to the first display apparatus being set as a master device according to the setting information, transmitting reproduction time information of image contents to a second display apparatus, synchronizing the second display apparatus with the first display apparatus with respect to the image contents, and reproducing the synchronized image contents. | 04-07-2016 |
20160103319 | VEHICLE IMAGE DISPLAY - A heads up display system includes a computer that is programmed to receive data from one or more sources in a vehicle. The computer is further programmed to identify respective subsets of the data to be provided to respective ones of a plurality of display devices, and to provide the respective subsets of the data to the respective display devices. | 04-14-2016 |
20160103476 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM HAVING PLURAL DISPLAY APPARATUSES, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display apparatus, a display system having a plurality of display apparatuses, and a method for controlling the display system are disclosed in which a first voltage of a first transmission channel of a first display apparatus is changed according to transition from a power saving state to a wake-up state and a second display apparatus electrically connected to the first display apparatus detects variation of voltage of a first reception channel corresponding to voltage variation of the first transmission channel and transitions from a power saving state to a wake-up state according to the detection. | 04-14-2016 |
20160104455 | DISPLAY MATRIX, DISPLAY DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED DISPLAY METHOD - A display matrix, a display device and an associated display method are provided. The display matrix includes a first display device and a second display device. The first display device transmits a source image at a first transmitting time point. The second display device is serially connected to the first display device via a daisy chain. The first display device and the second display device are arranged in a matrix. The second display device receives the source image via the daisy chain at a second receiving time point. The first display device displays the source image at a first display time point. The first display time point is the same as or later than the second receiving time point. | 04-14-2016 |
20160110149 | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE STATE TRANSITIONS - Methods and devices for configuring and displaying individual display screens of a multi-display device relative to the device state and/or user orientation of the device. More particularly, the device is equipped with one or more sensors that facilitate the detectability of the relationship of the primary screen to the secondary screen, and the general orientation of the device. The method includes correlating or controlling device state to management of windows, and correlating or controlling transitional states between open and closed states to device behavior and/or window operations. The method and device may present, for example, a closed state with both windows viewable, an open state with both windows viewable or a semi-open state with one or more of the windows viewable. | 04-21-2016 |
20160116946 | MOBILE COMPUTER DEVICE BINDING FEEDBACK - In embodiments of mobile computer device binding feedback, an application interface for a device application is displayed on a first display that is integrated in a dual-display mobile device. The application interface can also be displayed on a second display that is integrated in the dual-display mobile device. Binding position data is received from a binding system that movably couples the first display to the second display. Application context data that is associated with the device application is also received. Feedback can then be generated based on the binding position data and the application context data, where the feedback can be generated as audio feedback, video feedback, display feedback, and/or haptic feedback. | 04-28-2016 |
20160119613 | DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH SPECULAR REFLECTIVE MODE - A display system includes a first image display, a second image display, a specular reflective polariser disposed between the first image display and the second image display, and an optical diffuser layer disposed between the first image display and reflective polariser. The reflective polariser and optical diffuser may be combined into a single film with the reflective polariser disposed on a viewing side of the display system, and the optical diffuser disposed between the first image display and reflective polariser. A controller is configured to address image data to the first image display and the second image display. The controller, the first image display and second image display are configured to selectively operate to pass light through the specular reflective polariser and the optical diffuser layer in accordance with multiple display functions in which the first image display and the second image display have different viewing properties to a viewer. | 04-28-2016 |
20160120507 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - Provided is a compact ultrasound diagnostic device having a high degree of freedom in a viewing position and a viewing angle of a display panel and having excellent operability. The ultrasonic diagnostic device includes a main body ( | 05-05-2016 |
20160124699 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH PLURAL DISPLAYS - In accordance with the present invention, in a display device having a plurality of displays arranged therein and causing a whole of said plurality of displays to display a single display screen, a plurality of typical small-size displays can be cascaded even on a portion where their shapes and the number of displays are arbitrary, and the whole of the displays can be caused to produce a single screen display while synchronization is achieved among the display timings. | 05-05-2016 |
20160124700 | IMAGE/AUDIO PLAYBACK DEVICE OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - In an image/audio playback technology in a mobile communication terminal, a single image is divided into two halves, i.e., left-half and right-half images, which are displayed on two mobile communication terminals, respectively. In addition, two mobile communication terminals can play left-side and right-side audio data, respectively, which compose stereo audio data, according to the relative locations of the two mobile communication terminals. | 05-05-2016 |
20160132281 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display system or a display device that is suitable for increasing in size. The display system includes a first display panel, a second display panel, a detection means, and a compensation means. The first display panel includes a first display region. The second display panel includes a second display region. The first display region and the second display region include a first region where they overlap. The detection means has a function of detecting the size of the first region. The compensation means has a function of compensating an image displayed on the first display region in accordance with the change in the size of the first region. | 05-12-2016 |
20160132282 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHODS THEREOF - A display apparatus which constitutes a display system configured of a plurality of display apparatuses is provided. The display apparatus includes a communication unit configured to receive screen change parameters in which image information of partial images divided from one image is analyzed from one or more other display apparatuses, and a controller configured to calculate a screen change value using the received screen change parameters and control the communication unit to transmit the calculated screen change value to the one or more other display apparatuses. The image information is screen change information according to change in frames of the divided partial images. | 05-12-2016 |
20160133203 | DISPLAY DEVICES - A display device includes a base structure, a plurality of modules coupled to the base structure, where each of the modules include a plurality of actuator assemblies. Each of the actuator assemblies is individually controllable to move the actuator assemblies between a retracted state and a plurality of extended states. A controller is coupled to each of the modules and is programmed to control the actuator assemblies to move the actuator assemblies between the retracted state and the plurality of extended states. | 05-12-2016 |
20160139869 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - This invention provides a technique capable of efficiently setting a projector. A display instruction to display the setting window of at least one of a plurality of projectors is accepted. If a predetermined area on a multi-projection area in which the setting window of the projector is displayed crosses display areas of a plurality of second projectors of the plurality of projectors, each of the plurality of second projectors displays a partial image of the setting window in response to acceptance of the display instruction. | 05-19-2016 |
20160147493 | MANAGING OBSTRUCTED VIEWS OF MULTIPLE DISPLAY SURFACES - Embodiments of systems and methods for managing multiple overlapping electronic displays are disclosed, including the electronic displays of electronic paper, electronic books, computer monitors, and other electronic display devices. In one embodiment, a method includes sensing an overlap area of a first display and a second display relative to a specified view location, determining a nearest unobstructed display to the specified view location, and displaying within the overlap area of the nearest unobstructed display a highest priority information from among first and second information. | 05-26-2016 |
20160147495 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF INFORMATION - A method of controlling display of information arranged in tiles on a display includes arranging the tiles in rows by setting a height of each row to a largest minimum height of the tiles of that row, receiving selections of a first group of tiles in a first row and a second group of tiles in a second row. In response to determining that the first group width is equal to the second group width, the groups are exchanged by moving the first group of tiles to the second row and the second group of tiles to the first row. A new height of the first row and a new height of the second row are set. In response to determining that the first group width differs from the second group width, an adjacent tile is added to the one of the first group and the second group that has a smaller width. | 05-26-2016 |
20160147496 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display apparatus and a display method are provided. The display apparatus includes a display configured to display a multi-window screen image comprising windows. The display apparatus further includes an audio output interface, and a controller configured to detect a movement of focus from a window to another window among the windows, analyze a stream of content that is reproduced in the focused other window, in response to the controller detecting the movement of focus, and control the audio output interface to output audio data based on the analysis. | 05-26-2016 |
20160162240 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING MULTI-SCREEN DISPLAY - Disclosed herein are a method an electronic device for constructing a multi-screen display. A plurality of client devices are registered to be included in the multi-screen display and an image is split. Portions of the split image are distributed among the registered devices. | 06-09-2016 |
20160162241 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY THEREOF - A method of operating an electronic device may include: an operation of detecting an arrangement state of a main display unit and a sub-display unit; and an operation of controlling display of data that are being displayed on a main display included in the main display unit or a sub-display included in the sub-display unit based on the detected arrangement state. | 06-09-2016 |
20160162244 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-ANGLE VIDEOS - Systems, methods, and computer program products for cube graphical user interfaces are disclosed. A cube may be a two dimensional representation of a three dimensional object. The cube may contain a file or application on each face of the cube. The cube may be rotated such that a user may view the desired cube face. Each cube face may contain a single-angle video. The single-angle videos may be synchronized. A user may rotate the cube to view videos of an object or event from different angles. | 06-09-2016 |
20160162245 | VIDEO WALL SYSTEM - A video wall system including a first display apparatus configured to output a first portion of an image; and a second display apparatus disposed below the first display apparatus and configured to output a second portion of the image with a first predetermined time delay after the first display apparatus outputs the first portion of the image to reduce a visible step difference between the images output by the first and second display apparatuses. | 06-09-2016 |
20160162246 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A display control apparatus causes a plurality of images to be arranged and projected by a plurality of projection units. An obtaining unit obtains an overlap value for indicating a width at which a portion of a first image and a portion of a second image overlap. A control unit causes the plurality of projection units to project the plurality of images which includes at least the first image and the second image by overlapping the portion of the first image and the portion of the second image by a width based on the overlap value. Also, the control unit causes the portion of the first image and the portion of the second image to overlap by the width based on the overlap value by changing a size of a projected image. | 06-09-2016 |
20160162247 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING VIDEO REDUNDANCY - A redundant display system includes a communication network, display devices, first and second display nodes, a control node, a monitoring node, and a system node. Display devices each include first and second display inputs. First display nodes include first display outputs, each connected to a first display input to display digital content on display devices and can be assigned the role of main or redundant display node. Second display nodes include second display outputs, each connected to a second display input to display digital content on display devices and can be assigned the role of main or redundant display node. The control node sends digital content to the display nodes. The monitoring node collects operational information of the display nodes and generates alerts if the operational information indicates a failure. The system node receives alerts from the monitoring node and reassigns roles of the display nodes based on the alerts. | 06-09-2016 |
20160170701 | COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DISPLAY AND DEVICE UTILIZING A COMMUNICATION AND DISPLAY PROTOCOL | 06-16-2016 |
20160179133 | Folding Display Panels For Large-Format Displays | 06-23-2016 |
20160188278 | DISPLAY DEVICE CONSTITUTING MULTI-DISPLAY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display device constituting a multi-display system is provided, which includes an input connector configured to receive an input image; a main processor configured to process an image corresponding to a display device from an input image; a display configured to display a processed image; an output connector configured to transmit an input image to an adjacent display device connected to a display device; and a sub-processor configured to transmit, when a display device wakes up, a booting command to a main processor, transmit a wakeup signal to an adjacent display device, extract information that is necessary for image processing from an input image, and then transmit an input image to a main processor. | 06-30-2016 |
20160202945 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MULTIPLE DISPLAY DEVICES BASED ON SPACE INFORMATION THEREOF | 07-14-2016 |
20160253142 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SCREEN MIRRORING SERVICE | 09-01-2016 |
20160253930 | MULTI-VISION AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME | 09-01-2016 |
20160253935 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | 09-01-2016 |
20160378137 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH COMBINABLE IMAGE INPUT DEVICES - In one example an electronic device comprises a first section comprising a first image input device to generate a first image output, a second section comprising a second image input device to generate a second image output, a hinge assembly to couple the first section and the second section such that the second section is rotatable about the first section and a controller comprising logic, at least partially including hardware logic, to determine when the hinge assembly is in a position in which the first section and the second section are substantially coplanar and in response to a determination that the hinge assembly is in a position in which the first section and the second section are substantially coplanar, route the first image output and the second image output to a depth sensor module. Other examples may be described. | 12-29-2016 |
20160378419 | VISUAL OR USER INTERFACEABLE KIOSK OR INFORMATION APPARATUS - An apparatus (e.g., kiosk, information wall, stand, etc.) for displaying an executed software application. The apparatus may be used to display search results regarding real estate properties and allow a user to interface therewith to input desired criteria. The apparatus may include multiple displays (e.g., synchronized) or a single display, multiple users that may simultaneously interface with the apparatus (e.g., either via a single user per display and/or multiple users using a single display), and/or may include sound (e.g., directional sound). The apparatus may be connected (e.g., hard-wired and/or wireless connections) with one or more computers that execute, receive input, and/or output images or other data to the kiosk. High resolution and/or large dimension displays may allow for placement of the apparatus in leasing offices or other company-owned locations for attracting customers and allowing potential customers to interface therewith in place of or in cooperation with employees of the company. | 12-29-2016 |
20160378421 | TECHNIQUES TO INDEPENDENTLY CONTROL DISPLAY SEGMENTS OF A DISPLAY PANEL - Various embodiments are generally directed to an apparatus, method and other techniques to identify one or more display segments of a display panel, each display segment associated with one of a plurality of lanes of a main link coupled with the interface, independently control enabling and disabling of the display segments and associated lanes, and communicate information on each of the lanes of the main link associated with enabled display segments, and to withhold communicating information on each of the lanes of the main link associated disabled display segments. | 12-29-2016 |
20180024800 | DISPLAY DEVICE ARRAY | 01-25-2018 |
20180024801 | VIDEO ADAPTER FOR INSTALLING VIDEO WALL AND RELATED METHOD | 01-25-2018 |
20220139283 | SPLICING DISPLAY DEVICE - A splicing display device, including a control board, a first panel, and a second panel, is provided. The control board includes an output terminal. The first panel and the second panel are disposed in a same column. The first panel is coupled to the output terminal. The first panel includes a first gate driving unit, a first signal line, a first bypass line, and a second bypass line. The second panel is coupled to the first panel. The second panel includes a second gate driving unit. The control board provides a first signal and a second signal to the first panel through the output terminal. The first signal is transmitted to the first gate driving unit through the first signal line and is transmitted to the second panel through the first bypass line. The second signal is transmitted to the second gate driving unit through the second bypass line. | 05-05-2022 |