Display Apparatus Automatic Identification for Video Wall Systems

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display apparatuses face challenges in easily recognizing and connecting multiple units to form a video wall system, requiring complex connection patterns and manual selection of sub-images, which is inconvenient for users.

Innovation Solution

A display apparatus with a communicator and processor that allocates identification information based on location relationships with adjacent units, allowing automatic recognition and display of sub-images within a video wall system, and a source device that determines arrangement information to generate corresponding sub-images.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If display apparatuses are connected in a certain pattern to form a video wall system, then the system can display a single image using multiple display apparatuses, but the connection process becomes complex and inconvenient for users

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevideo wall system capabilityVSAvoidconnection process

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The display apparatus automatically allocates identification information to itself based on identification information received from adjacent display apparatuses and location relationship information. This self-configuration capability eliminates the need for manual connection pattern setup, allowing the system to automatically determine its position and display the appropriate sub-image without user intervention in the connection process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The display apparatus pre-allocates identification information based on received information from adjacent devices before the video wall system operation begins. This preliminary allocation of identification information and automatic determination of location relationships simplifies the subsequent operation by having the configuration already in place, removing the complexity of manual connection setup.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If manual selection of sub-images is required for each display apparatus, then the connection pattern can be recognized, but the operation becomes inconvenient and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconnection pattern recognitionVSAvoidsub-image selection time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Each display apparatus automatically selects and displays the appropriate sub-image based on its allocated identification information and the location relationship with adjacent display apparatuses. This automatic sub-image selection eliminates the need for manual intervention, reducing the time required while maintaining reliable connection pattern recognition through the automated identification and arrangement information processing.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The display apparatus uses feedback from allocated identification information and location relationship data to automatically determine which sub-image to display. This feedback mechanism ensures that each display apparatus correctly identifies its position in the video wall system and automatically selects the appropriate sub-image, maintaining reliability while eliminating manual selection time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Manufacturing precision

If identification information is manually allocated to each display apparatus, then the arrangement can be controlled, but the process becomes complex and user-unfriendly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvearrangement controlVSAvoididentification allocation process

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Each display apparatus automatically allocates identification information to itself based on identification information received from adjacent display apparatuses and location relationship information. This self-allocation process maintains precise arrangement control while eliminating the complexity of manual identification assignment, as each device independently determines its own identification based on its physical position and received data from neighbors.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The display apparatus performs preliminary allocation of identification information based on received data from adjacent devices before the video wall system fully operates. This preliminary automatic allocation establishes the arrangement control needed for proper sub-image display while avoiding the complexity of manual identification processes.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10235120B2Display apparatus, display system, and controlling method thereof

Publication Date: 2019.03.19 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

AI summary

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.