Method and system for controlling display parameters through multiple pipelines

• US 10,373,282 B2
• Filed: 11/06/2014
• Issued: 08/06/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Amar, Srivastava
• Primary Examiner(s): Crawford, Jacinta M
• Application Number:
  US14/534,676
• Publication Number:
  US 20150138210A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,734 Days
• Field of Search: 345506, 345 11
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1446 display composed of modules, e.g. video walls
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/20 Processor architectures; Processor configuration, e.g. pipelining

Abstract

A method and a system for controlling display parameters through multiple inter-integrated circuit (I2C) pipelines are provided. The method includes creating the multiple I2C pipelines to control the display parameters in one or more of the display devices. The method also includes sending control data to graphic cards associated with one or more display devices through the multiple I2C pipelines. Further, the method includes forwarding the control data from the graphic cards to the associated one or more display devices. Additionally, the method includes applying the display parameters automatically based on the control data.

Claims

1. A method of controlling display parameters of a plurality of display devices by a server, the method comprising:

receiving, by the server, display information comprising a surrounding condition and content information, from the plurality of display devices, the surrounding condition being an external condition of the plurality of display devices and the content information comprising a media content currently being reproduced on the plurality of display devices;

identifying a type of display unit of each of the plurality of display devices;

based on the received display information and the type of display unit of each of the plurality of display devices, determining, by the server, display devices that require calibration from among the plurality of display devices;

calculating, by the server, the display parameters for adjusting image quality provided by display devices, of the determined display devices, that require calibration based on the display information and the type of the display unit;

creating multiple inter-integrated circuit (I2C) pipelines for performing operations on the plurality of display devices, the operations including writing, reading interconnect circuit values, verifying the writing and scheduling parameter settings for a particular period of time; and

controlling, by the server, to automatically calibrate the determined display devices that require calibration with the calculated display parameters by forwarding the calculated display parameters to the determined display devices that require calibration via the I2C pipelines.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

detecting the plurality of display devices in a cloud environment, the plurality of display devices including unique virtual control panel capabilities;

extracting the virtual control panel capabilities from the plurality of display devices; and

generating a capability matrix for the plurality of display devices.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the calculating of the display parameters comprises:

receiving current parameter settings of the plurality of display devices; and

analyzing the capability matrix and the current parameter settings.

4. The method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

streaming media content to the plurality of display devices subsequent to the calibrating of the display devices.

5. The method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising maintaining a database of the types of the display units of the plurality of display devices.

6. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the virtual control panel capabilities include a number of parameters, generic parameters supported by all manufacturers, manufacturer specific parameters and levels of parameter values corresponding to a specific display device.

7. The method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

determining modes between each display device of the plurality of display devices and a cloud display management server;

generating profiles for the modes; and

establishing a connection based on the modes between each display device of the plurality of display devices and the cloud display management server.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the creating of the multiple I2C pipelines comprises creating the multiple I2C pipelines to control the display parameters in the plurality of display devices, and

wherein the method further comprises forwarding the calculated display parameters through the multiple I2C pipelines to the plurality of display devices.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

controlling to calibrate the plurality of display devices automatically with the forwarded display parameters for a specified period of time.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display parameters comprise information regarding adjusting at least one of brightness, contrast colors, hue, saturation, and manufacturer specific features.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the content information further comprises a reproduction speed of the media content currently being reproduced.