Display device, control device, display method, and program

• US 10,338,872 B2
• Filed: 08/23/2017
• Issued: 07/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Tatsukawa, Munemasa, Yamada, Kento
• Primary Examiner(s): Howard, Ryan D
• Application Number:
  US15/684,122
• Publication Number:
  US 20180060011A1
• Time in Patent Office: 678 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/14 Details
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2356/00 Detection of the display position w.r.t. other display screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/04 Display device controller operating with a plurality of display units
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4108 characterised by an identification number or address, e.g. local network address protecting specific internal or external computer components using identification number G06F21/73; network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming H04L61/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4122 additional display device, e.g. video projector digital output for controlling a plurality of local displays G06F3/1423
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration

Abstract

A display device includes: a display unit; a receiving unit that receives first information corresponding to the installation location of a first display device, second information corresponding to the installation location of a second display device, and third information corresponding to the installation location of the display device; and a control unit that causes the display unit to display an image representing the first display device preferentially over the second display device when the installation location of the first display device corresponding to the first information is closer to the installation location of the display device corresponding to the third information than the installation location of the second display device corresponding to the second information.

Claims

1. A display device comprising:

an image display;

a memory storing third information corresponding to an installation location of the display device; and

a processor or circuit configured to;

receive first information corresponding to an installation location of a first display device from the first display device, second information corresponding to an installation location of a second display device from the second display device, and the third information representing the installation location of the display device from the memory; and

cause the image display to display an image representing the first display device preferentially over the second display device when the installation location of the first display device corresponding to the first information is closer to the installation location of the display device corresponding to the third information than the installation location of the second display device corresponding to the second information.

2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein in response to an information request from an other display device, the processor or circuit transmits the third information to the other display device.

3. The display device according to claim 1, wherein when the installation location of the first display device is the same as the installation location of the display device and the installation location of the second display device is different from the installation location of the display device, the processor or circuit causes the image display to display, as the image, a first image representing the first display device without representing the second display device.

4. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the processor or circuit causes the image display to display, as the image, a second image in which the first display device and the second display device are sorted in order of closeness to the installation position of the display device.

5. A control device connected to an image display, the control device comprising:

a memory storing third information corresponding to an installation location of the display device; and

a processor or circuit configured to;

receive first information corresponding to an installation location of a first display device from the first display device, second information corresponding to an installation location of a second display device from the second display device, and the third information representing the installation location of the control device from the memory; and

cause the image display to display an image representing the first display device preferentially over the second display device when the installation location of the first display device corresponding to the first information is closer to the installation location of the control device corresponding to the third information than the installation location of the second display device corresponding to the second information.

6. A display method performed by a display device, comprising:

storing, in a memory, third information corresponding to an installation location of the display device;

receiving, by a processor or circuit of the display device, first information corresponding to an installation location of a first display device from the first display device, second information corresponding to an installation location of a second display device from the second display device, and the third information representing the installation location of the display device from the memory; and

displaying, by an image display of the display device, an image representing the first display device preferentially over the second display device when the installation location of the first display device corresponding to the first information is closer to the installation location of the display device corresponding to the third information than the installation location of the second display device corresponding to the second information.

7. A display device comprising:

an image display; and

a processor or circuit configured to;

receive first information corresponding to an installation location of a first display device, second information corresponding to an installation location of a second display device, and third information corresponding to an installation location of the display device; and

cause the image display to display an image representing the first display device preferentially over the second display device when the installation location of the first display device corresponding to the first information is closer to the installation location of the display device corresponding to the third information than the installation location of the second display device corresponding to the second information, wherein

when the installation location of the first display device is the same as the installation location of the display device and the installation location of the second display device is different from the installation location of the display device, the processor or circuit causes the image display to display, as the image, a first image representing the first display device without representing the second display device.

8. A display device comprising:

an image display; and

a processor or circuit configured to;

receive first information corresponding to an installation location of a first display device, second information corresponding to an installation location of a second display device, and third information corresponding to an installation location of the display device; and

cause the image display to display an image representing the first display device preferentially over the second display device when the installation location of the first display device corresponding to the first information is closer to the installation location of the display device corresponding to the third information than the installation location of the second display device corresponding to the second information, wherein

the processor or circuit causes the image display to display, as the image, a second image in which the first display device and the second display device are sorted in order of closeness to the installation position of the display device.