Display device, and method of controlling display device

• US 10,643,524 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2019
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Matsumoto, Morio
• Primary Examiner(s): McDowell, Jr., Maurice L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ricks, Donna J.
• Application Number:
  US16/262,186
• Publication Number:
  US 20190237004A1
• Time in Patent Office: 461 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/02 Details of power systems and of start or stop of display operation
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/12 Use of DVI or HDMI protocol in interfaces along the display data pipeline
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/2096 Details of the interface to the display terminal specific for a flat panel suitable for both CRT and flat panel G09G5/006; specific for a CRT G09G1/167

Abstract

A projector includes a connection section to which two interface boards can be connected in a replaceable manner, a board communication section, a determination section, a power control section, and an operation receiving section adapted to receive a selection operation of the interface board, and in the state in which the power control section supplies the power to one interface board but does not supply the power to the other interface board, when the selection operation of the other interface board is received, the power control section stops supplying the power to the one interface board, and then starts supplying the power to the other interface board.

Claims

1. A display device comprising:

a connection section to which a plurality of interface boards can be connected in a replaceable manner;

a communication section adapted to communicate with the interface boards connected to the connection section;

one or more processors configured to function as a determination section that determines a type of the interface boards connected to the connection section, and as a power control section that controls supply of power to the interface boards connected to the connection section;

an operation receiving section adapted to receive a selection operation adapted to select any of the interface boards connected to the connection section;

a display section adapted to display an image based on image information input from the interface board selected by the selection operation to the communication section; and

a memory that stores a combination of the types of the interface boards which cannot concurrently be supplied with the power,

wherein in a state in which the power control section supplies the power to a first interface board connected to the connection section but does not supply the power to a second interface board based on the types of the plurality of interface boards determined by the determination section, when the operation receiving section receives the selection operation of selecting the second interface board, the power control section stops supplying the power to the first interface board, and then starts supplying the power to the second interface board after stopping the supply of the power to the first interface boards, and

wherein in a case in which the combination of the types of the plurality of interface boards determined by the determination section corresponds to the combination stored in the storage section, the power control section supplies the power to the interface board selected by the selection operation, and does not supply the power to other interface boards corresponding to the combination stored in the storage section.

2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein

in a case in which the combination of the types of the plurality of interface boards determined by the determination section fails to correspond to the combination stored in the storage section, the power control section supplies the power to each of the plurality of interface boards connected to the connection section.

3. A display device comprising:

a connection section to which a plurality of interface boards can be connected in a replaceable manner;

a communication section adapted to communicate with the interface boards connected to the connection section;

one or more processors configured to function as a determination section that determines a type of the interface boards connected to the connection section, as an error detection section that detects an error of the interface board selected by the selection operation, and as a power control section that controls supply of power to the interface boards connected to the connection section;

an operation receiving section adapted to receive a selection operation adapted to select any of the interface boards connected to the connection section;

a display section adapted to display an image based on image information input from the interface board selected by the selection operation to the communication section; and

a notification section,

wherein in a state in which the power control section supplies the power to a first interface board connected to the connection section but does not supply the power to a second interface board based on the types of the plurality of interface boards determined by the determination section, when the operation receiving section receives the selection operation of selecting the second interface board, the power control section stops supplying the power to the first interface board, and then starts supplying the power to the second interface board after stopping the supply of the power to the first interface boards, and

wherein in a state in which the power control section supplies the power to the first interface board connected to the connection section, but does not supply the power to the second interface board, in a case in which the error detection section has detected the error in the second interface board selected by the selection operation, the power control section keeps supplying the power to the first interface board and makes the notification section give notification of the error detected by the error detection section.

4. A method of controlling a display device including a connection section to which a plurality of interface boards can be connected in a replaceable manner, an operation receiving section adapted to receive a selection operation adapted to select any of the interface boards connected to the connection section, and a display section adapted to display an image based on image information input from the interface board selected by the selection operation, and a memory that stores a combination of the types of the interface boards which cannot concurrently be supplied with the power, the method comprising:

determining a type of the interface board connected to the connection section;

stopping supply of power to a first interface board in a case of receiving the selection operation of selecting a second interface board in a state in which the power is supplied to the first interface board connected to the connection section but the power is not supplied to the second interface board based on the types of the plurality of interface boards determined, and then starting supply of the power to the second interface board after stopping the supply of the power to the first interface board; and

in a case in which the combination of the types of the plurality of interface boards determined by the determination section corresponds to the combination stored in the storage section, supplying the power to the interface board selected by the selection operation, and does not supply the power to other interface boards corresponding to the combination stored in the storage section.

5. A method of controlling a display device including a connection section to which a plurality of interface boards can be connected in a replaceable manner, an operation receiving section adapted to receive a selection operation adapted to select any of the interface boards connected to the connection section, a display section adapted to display an image based on image information input from the interface board selected by the selection operation, and a notification section, the method comprising:

detecting an error of the interface board selected by the selection operation;

determining a type of the interface board connected to the connection section;

stopping supply of power to a first interface board in a case of receiving the selection operation of selecting a second interface board in a state in which the power is supplied to the first interface board connected to the connection section but the power is not supplied to the second interface board based on the types of the plurality of interface boards determined, and then starting supply of the power to the second interface board after stopping the supply of the power to the first interface board; and

in a state in which the power control selection supplies the power to the first interface board connected to the connection section, but does not supply the power to the second interface board, in a case in which an error has been detected in the second interface board selected by the selection operation, keeping supplying the power to the first interface board and making the notification section give notification of the error.