Display device for displaying barcode

• US 10,083,384 B2
• Filed: 05/18/2016
• Issued: 09/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arolltech Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Arolltech Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chang, Yih, Jen, Yu-Chih
• Primary Examiner(s): McDowell, Jr., Maurice L
• Application Number:
  US15/158,286
• Publication Number:
  US 20170337456A1
• Time in Patent Office: 860 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06028 using bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06112 the marking being simulated using a light source, e.g. a barcode shown on a display or a laser beam with time-varying intensity profile
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1095 the scanner comprising adaptations for scanning a record carrier that is displayed on a display-screen or the like
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/0426 Layout of electrodes and connections
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/0439 Pixel structures
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/04 Changes in size, position or resolution of an image
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0492 Change of orientation of the displayed image, e.g. upside-down, mirrored
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/02 Networking aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/042 for monitor identification
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3208 organic, e.g. using organic light-emitting diodes [OLED]
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/36 using liquid crystals
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/005 Adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal

Abstract

A display device includes a screen. The screen is arranged to display a modifying barcode having a plurality of modifying parallel bars. The screen has a pixel direction and a sub-pixel direction different from the pixel direction. The plurality of modifying parallel bars of the modifying barcode are perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the pixel direction.

Claims

1. A display device, comprising:

a screen, arranged to display a modifying barcode having a plurality of modifying parallel bars;

wherein the screen has a pixel direction and a sub-pixel direction different from the pixel direction, and the plurality of modifying parallel bars of the modifying barcode are perpendicular to the pixel direction,

wherein pixels of the display device in the same column are arranged in the pixel direction, and subpixels of the pixels in the same row are arranged in the sub-pixel direction.

2. The display device of claim 1, further comprising:

a processor, arranged to determine the pixel direction and the sub-pixel direction of the screen, and to generates the modifying barcode such that the plurality of modifying parallel bars of the modifying barcode are perpendicular to the pixel direction.

3. The display device of claim 2, wherein the processor further adjusts a size of the modifying barcode such that a Moire fringe period caused by at least one of the modifying barcode, a barcode reader, and the screen is larger than a threshold period.

4. The display device of claim 3, wherein the processor adjusts widths of the plurality of modifying parallel bars and spaces of the plurality of modifying parallel bars such that a width of the smallest modifying parallel bar in the plurality of modifying parallel bars falls within a predetermined range.

5. The display device of claim 3, wherein the processor adjusts widths of the plurality of modifying parallel bars and spaces of the plurality of modifying parallel bars such that a width of the smallest space in the spaces of the plurality of modifying parallel bars falls within a predetermined range.

6. The display device of claim 2, wherein the processor further determines a type of the display device;

if the type of the display device is a liquid crystal display (LCD), the processor determines the pixel direction is a vertical direction on the screen, and the sub-pixel direction is a horizontal direction on the screen.

7. The display device of claim 2, wherein the processor further determines a type of the display device;

if the type of the display device is an active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) display, the processor determines the pixel direction is a first diagonal direction on the screen and the sub-pixel direction is a second diagonal direction on the screen, and the first diagonal direction is different from the second diagonal direction.

8. The display device of claim 2, further comprising:

a receiving unit, arranged to receive a barcode comprising a plurality of parallel bars;

wherein the processor rotates the barcode for generating the modifying barcode such that the plurality of modifying parallel bars of the modifying barcode are perpendicular to the pixel direction.

9. The display device of claim 8, wherein the processor rotates the barcode at an angle of 90 degrees for generating the modifying barcode if the display device is a liquid crystal display (LCD).

10. The display device of claim 8, wherein the processor rotates the barcode at an angle of 45 degrees for generating the modifying barcode if the display device is an active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) display.

11. The display device of claim 1, further comprising:

a controller, arranged to lock the screen such that the modifying barcode displayed on the screen does not move according to a movement of the display device.

12. The display device of claim 1, further comprising:

a motion sensor, arranged to sense a movement of the display device to generate a motion signal; and

a controller, arranged to control the display device to not respond to the motion signal such that the modifying barcode displayed on the screen does not move according to the movement of the display device.

13. The display device of claim 1, further comprising:

an optical filter, arranged to perform a pixel rendering process; and

a controller, arranged to turn off the optical filter such that the modifying barcode displayed on the screen does not undergo the pixel rendering process.

14. The display device of claim 1, further comprising:

a processor, arranged to perform an authentication process to obtain an authentication result, and the screen is arranged to display the modifying barcode if the authentication result indicates the authentication process is passed.

15. The display device of claim 14, wherein the authentication process comprises a password authentication process, a symbol authentication process, an iris authentication process, a finger vein authentication process, or a finger print authentication process.

16. The display device of claim 1, further comprising:

a receiving unit, arranged to receive the modifying barcode;

wherein the modifying barcode is pre-processed by a processor external to the display device according to a barcode such that the plurality of modifying parallel bars of the modifying barcode are perpendicular to the pixel direction.

17. The display device of claim 1, further comprising:

a receiving unit, arranged to receive a partially processed barcode; and

a first processor, arranged to process the partially processed barcode to generate the modifying barcode such that the plurality of modifying parallel bars of the modifying barcode are perpendicular to the pixel direction.

18. The display device of claim 17, wherein the partially processed barcode is pre-processed by a second processor external to the display device.

19. The display device of claim 17, wherein the partially processed barcode is pre-processed on an Internet external to the display device.