System and Method of Video Wall Setup and Adjustment Using Automated Image Analysis

Abstract

A system is disclosed for identifying, placing and configuring a physical arrangement of a plurality of displays via image analysis of captured digital camera images depicting unique configuration images output to said displays to facilitate uniform operation of said plurality of displays as a single display area for example as a video wall. The system pairs and configures displays depicted in the captured images to individual displays within the physical arrangement through controlling and analyzing of the output of said displays captured in said images. A method and computer readable medium are also disclosed that operate in accordance with the system.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 926,295 filed on Jan. 12, 2014, which is hereby incorporated by reference.FIELD OF INVENTION[0002]Large electronic displays, may be formed from an array of monitors referred to as a “video-wall”. For example video-wall might be comprised of a 3 by 3 array of nine monitor, each monitor simultaneously displaying a segment of a single image, thereby creating the appearance of a single large display comprised of rectangular portions.[0003]The present invention relates generally to improving the setup and operation of large displays and particularly to network addressable video-wall displays.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0004]The present invention relates generally to improving the setup and operation of video-wall displays and particularly to network addressable displays.[0005]A video-wall display system is a method to overcome the costs of manufacturing and install...

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Benefits of technology

The patent describes a video wall system that splits source video into smaller parts and sends them to different display devices. The system uses a computer-readable configuration file to create a seamless canvas across the display units. The system also analyzes the image data from a camera to determine the shape of the video wall and the position of each display. This information can be used to improve the overall viewer experience. The patent also mentions that the camera can provide additional data that can be used to improve image analysis or provide additional details about the video wall.

Problems solved by technology

Because the plurality of display devices need to be operated together to display a single image or canvas across a video-wall (rather than a separate independent image for each display), the set-up of the output displays is critical and their fine tuning can be laborious.

With conventional approaches to video-wall setup these tasks can be laborious.

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