Multi-Display Screen Layout Control for External Display Setup
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies face challenges in configuring multi-display settings, particularly when adding or connecting an external display, as users often need an intuitive manner, and determining settings for an existing device, as users need, and providing a user interface related to multi-display in an intuitive manner.
Innovation Solution
An image display device with a display, an external device interface, a user input interface, and a controller that monitors user inputs to determine screen modes and arrangements for connected external displays, allowing easy updating of multi-display settings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If manual configuration of multi-display settings is required each time a display is added, then the system can support multiple displays, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to complex manual setup procedures
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects the connected external display and configures multi-display settings without requiring manual user input. The controller autonomously determines screen modes and arrangements based on the connection status, eliminating the need for users to manually configure each display connection.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-configures default multi-display settings that are automatically applied when an external display is connected. By having settings ready in advance and automatically applying them upon connection, the system eliminates the need for users to perform manual configuration steps.
2Adaptability or versatility
If comprehensive multi-display settings are provided, then the system can accommodate various display configurations, but the device complexity increases due to multiple configuration options
Solution Approach 1:
The controller automatically determines appropriate screen modes and arrangements based on the connected display's characteristics, eliminating the need for users to navigate through multiple configuration options and settings menus.
3Ease of operation
If automatic detection of external display connection is implemented, then the ease of operation improves, but the device complexity increases due to additional monitoring functions
Solution Approach 1:
The connection monitoring function is integrated into the existing controller that manages display operations. By combining the automatic detection capability with the existing display control logic, the system achieves automatic setting updates without adding significant structural complexity.
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AI summary
An image display device according to embodiments of the present invention comprises: a display; an external device interface which communicates with an external device; a user input interface which receives a user input; and a controller, wherein the controller can: monitor whether a preset input is received through the user input interface on the basis of a connection with an external display through the external device interface in a state in which a predetermined screen is being output through the display; determine at least one of the screen mode for outputting a plurality of screens or the arrangement of the plurality of screens on the basis of the reception of the preset input in a state in which the predetermined screen is being output; and transmit image signals corresponding to the screen mode and the arrangement of the plurality of screens to the external display through the external device interface.