Display apparatus and control method thereof

• US 10,416,951 B2
• Filed: 11/11/2016
• Issued: 09/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Sang-jun
• Primary Examiner(s): Haley, Joseph R
• Application Number:
  US15/349,596
• Publication Number:
  US 20170139664A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,040 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1431 using a single graphics controller
• 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: G09G 2300/026 Video wall, i.e. juxtaposition of a plurality of screens to create a display screen of bigger dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2356/00 Detection of the display position w.r.t. other display screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/04 Exchange of auxiliary data, i.e. other than image data, between monitor and graphics controller
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/20 for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2107/00 Four or more poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/60 Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement

Abstract

A display apparatus, which has an input port and an output port for connection with at least one among a plurality of display apparatuses that constitute a video wall, and easily updates setting information by exchanging the setting information with a display apparatus connected by the input port and regarded as a master display apparatus and a display apparatus connected by the output port and regarded as a slave display apparatus, and a control method thereof. Thus, the setting information for the plurality of display apparatus connected together can be synchronized much easily.

Claims

1. A display apparatus used for a video wall formed by a plurality of display apparatuses that are sequentially connected to one another, the display apparatus comprising:

a communicator comprising an output port to which a first display apparatus of the plurality of display apparatuses is connectable and an input port to which a second display apparatus of the plurality of display apparatuses is connectable, the communicator configured to receive an image signal of the video wall from the second display apparatus through the input port and to transmit the image signal to the first display apparatus through the output port so that the image signal is sequentially transmitted for the plurality of display apparatuses of the video wall;

a storage configured to store setting information of the display apparatus to display an image of the video wall;

a signal processor configured to process an image signal;

a display configured to display the image of the video wall based on the processed image signal; and

a processor configured to;

control the communicator to receive master setting information from the second display apparatus which is connected to the input port;

identify whether the received master setting information is different from the stored setting information;

control the storage to update the stored setting information with the received master setting information based on identifying that the received master setting information is different from the stored setting information;

control the signal processor to process the received image signal from the second display apparatus base on the updated setting information; and

control the display to display the image of the video wall based on the updated setting information, and control the communicator to transmit the updated setting information to the first display apparatus which is connected to the output port.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the setting information comprises information about at least one of image quality, a delay in image processing and color calibration of a display panel.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the setting information comprises position information about a relative arranged position of the display apparatus in the video wall, and

the processor controls the signal processor to process the image signal to display a part of the image of the video wall image based on the position information.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor controls the updated setting information to be selectively transmitted to the first display apparatus when the processor detects that the first display apparatus is connected to the output port and a third display apparatus which is connected to the first display apparatus.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the setting information comprises information about a transmission condition, and

the processor determines whether to transmit the updated setting information based on the information about the transmission condition.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the processor controls the display to display a first user interface (UI) with menu items related to the transmission condition, and sets the transmission condition in accordance with a user'"'"'s input using the first UI.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the processor controls the display to display a second UI with a menu item for asking a user whether to transmit the updated setting information, when the processor detects that the first display apparatus is connected to the output port and the transmission condition is set not to automatically transmit the updated setting information.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor controls the communicator to make a first communication request to the first display apparatus when the processor detects that the first display apparatus is connected to the output port, designates the first display apparatus as a slave display apparatus when a first communication approval is received through the communicator, and transmits the updated setting information to the slave display apparatus.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor designates the second display apparatus as the master display apparatus and controls the communicator to transmit a second communication approval to the master display apparatus, when the processor detects that the second display apparatus is connected to the input port and a second communication request is received from the second display apparatus through the communicator.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the first communication request and the second communication request comprise a part of the updated setting information and a part of the master setting information, respectively.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor identifies whether the received first master setting information is different from the stored setting information by comparing the received first master setting information and the stored setting information, and updates the stored setting information with the received master setting information based on identifying that that the received master setting information is different from the stored setting information.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the processor compares the received master setting information and the stored setting information, and identifies that received master setting information and the stored setting information are different when a difference between the received master setting information and the stored setting information is greater than a first critical range.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the processor compares the master setting information and the stored setting information, and transmits first error information based on the stored setting information to the master display apparatus when the difference between the received master setting information and the stored setting information is greater than a second critical range.

14. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor updates the stored setting information with the second error information when second error information is received from the slave display apparatus through the communicator.

15. A method of controlling a display apparatus which is used for a video wall formed by a plurality of display apparatuses that are sequentially connected to one another, the display apparatus comprising an output port to which a first display apparatus of the plurality of display apparatuses is connectable and an input port to which a second display apparatus of the plurality of display apparatuses is connectable, the method comprising:

storing setting information of the display apparatus to display an image of the video wall;

processing an image signal received from the second display apparatus based on the stored setting information;

displaying the image of the video wall based on the processed image signal;

receiving master setting information from the second apparatus when the second display apparatus is connected to the input port;

identifying whether the received first master setting information is different from the stored setting information;

updating the stored setting information with the received master setting information based on the identifying that the received master setting information is different from the stored setting information;

displaying the image of the video wall based on the updated setting information; and

transmitting the updated setting information to the first display apparatus when the processor detects that the first display apparatus is connected to the output port.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the setting information comprises information about at least one of image quality, a delay in image processing and color calibration of a display panel.

17. The method according to claim 15, wherein

the setting information comprises position information about a relative arranged position of the display apparatus in the video wall, and

the displaying the image of the video wall comprises processing the image signal to display a part of the image of the video wall image based on the position information.

18. The method according to claim 15, wherein the transmitting the master setting information comprises:

selectively transmitting the updated setting information based on the stored setting information to the first display apparatus when the processor detects that the first display apparatus is connected to the output port and a third display apparatus which is connected to the first display apparatus.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein

the setting information comprises information about a transmission condition, and

the selectively transmitting of the updated setting information comprises:

determining whether to transmit the updated setting information based on the information about the transmission condition.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the determining whether to transmit the updated setting information based on the information about the transmission condition comprises:

displaying a first user interface (UI) with menu items related to the transmission condition; and

setting the transmission condition in accordance with a user'"'"'s input using the first UI.