INTERACTIVE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A PLURALITY OF FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS TO IMPLEMENT INTERACTIVE OPERATION

• US 20130271352A1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Published: 10/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Original Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Inventors: WU, Yeh-Kuang, CHIU, Jing-Ming, HUANG, Yu-Chieh, YANG, Ren-Dar
• Granted Patent: US 9,224,355 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/1.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1652 the display being flexible, e.g. mimicking a sheet of paper, or rollable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1675 Miscellaneous details related to the relative movement between the different enclosures or enclosure parts
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1684 Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675
• 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 2356/00 Detection of the display position w.r.t. other display screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/144 the light being ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/02 Flexible displays
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/00 Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators image data processing or generation, in general G06T

Abstract

A method for operating a plurality of flexible displays to implement an interactive operation among the plurality of flexible displays is provided. The method is used between the plurality of flexible displays and a system control platform. Each flexible display is configured with a plurality of light sensors and a plurality of sensors and a processor. The method includes: quantifying, by each light sensor, a external luminosity value received by each flexible display; quantifying, by each sensor, a sensor-measuring value received by each flexible display; generating and transmitting, by the processor coupled to the light sensors and the sensors, luminosity information and sensor information according to the external luminosity values and the sensor-measuring values; and receiving, by the information platform, the luminosity information and the sensor information, and implements the interactive operation among the plurality of flexible displays between the plurality of flexible displays according to the sensor information.

Claims

1. An interactive system for operating a plurality of flexible displays, comprising:

a plurality of flexible displays, wherein each flexible display comprises;

a plurality of light sensors, wherein each light sensor is used to quantify an external luminosity value received by the flexible display;

a plurality of sensors, wherein each sensor is used to quantify a sensor-measuring value received by the flexible display, and each sensor is one of a pressure sensor and a bending sensor;

the sensor-measuring value corresponding to the pressure sensor is a pressure value, and the sensor-measuring value corresponding to the bending sensor is a bending value; and

a processor, coupled to the plurality of light sensors and the plurality of sensors and used to generate and transmit luminosity information and sensor information according to the external luminosity values and the sensor-measuring values; and

a system control platform, coupled to the plurality of flexible displays and used to receive the luminosity information and the sensor information, determining a primary and secondary relationship of the plurality of flexible displays according to the luminosity information, and implement an interactive operation among the plurality of flexible displays according to the sensor information.

2. The interactive system for operating a plurality of flexible displays as claimed in claim 1, wherein each the flexible displays further comprises a near field communication unit, used to sense other near field communication units within a specific distance, generate and transmit sensing data to the system control platform;

and the system control platform further groups the plurality of flexible displays which sense between each other into a group according to the sensing data and implements the interactive operation among the plurality of flexible displays of the same group according to the sensor information.

3. The interactive system for operating a plurality of flexible displays as claimed in claim 1, wherein each flexible display further comprises a storage unit, used to store grouping information thereof, and transmit the grouping information to the system control platform;

and the system control platform further groups the plurality of flexible displays whose grouping information are same into a group according to the grouping information and implements the interactive operation among the plurality of flexible displays among the plurality of flexible displays of the group according to the sensor information.

4. The interactive system for operating a plurality of flexible displays as claimed in claim 1, wherein the system control platform further groups the plurality of flexible displays for which the system control platform receives the sensor information transmitted by the plurality of flexible displays in a specific time interval into a group according to times of receiving the sensor information transmitted by the plurality of flexible displays, and implements the interactive operation among the plurality of flexible displays of the group according to the sensor information.

5. The interactive system for operating a plurality of flexible displays as claimed in claim 1, wherein the system control platform determines a flexible display having a maximum external luminosity value as a primary flexible display and the remaining flexible displays as secondary flexible displays.

6. The interactive system for operating a plurality of flexible displays as claimed in claim 1, wherein when a first added flexible display is added to the plurality of flexible displays after the system control platform determines the primary and secondary relationship of the plurality of flexible displays, the system control platform re-determines the primary and secondary relationship among the first added flexible display and the plurality of flexible displays according to the luminosity information received by the first added flexible display and the plurality of flexible displays.

7. The interactive system for operating a plurality of flexible displays as claimed in claim 1, wherein each flexible display further comprises a storage unit which is used to store position information and the corresponding interactive operation of each sensor in the plurality of flexible displays;

and the sensor information includes the sensor-measuring value, the position information and the corresponding interactive operation of the sensor which generates the sensor-measuring value.

8. The interactive system for operating a plurality of flexible displays as claimed in claim 1, wherein each flexible display further comprises a storage unit which is used to store position information indicating the positions where light sensors and sensors are equipped on each flexible display;

the luminosity information is generated by receiving the at least one sensor-measuring value of the at least one sensor, obtaining the position information corresponding to the at least one sensor, determining at least one neighboring light sensor, and using at least one external luminosity received by the at least one neighboring light sensor to generate the luminosity information;

a distance between the positions of the at least one neighboring light sensor and the at least one sensor is within a specific range; and

the luminosity information includes the at least one neighboring external luminosity value and the position information of the at least one neighboring light sensor; and

according to the luminosity information received by the plurality of light sensors within a specific time interval, the system control platform determines a relative position between the plurality of flexible displays for which the system control platform receives the luminosity information transmitted by the plurality of flexible displays.

9. The interactive system for operating a plurality of flexible displays as claimed in claim 8, wherein each flexible display has a display size;

when the system control platform determines the primary and secondary relationship, the system control platform determines a flexible display having a maximum external luminosity value as a primary flexible display and the remaining flexible displays as secondary flexible displays according to the luminosity information; and

when the system control platform implements the interactive operation among the plurality of flexible displays the system control platform determines the secondary displays as extended displays of the primary flexible display, and divides a display frame of the primary flexible display into multiple sub-display frames, wherein each sub-display frame corresponds to each flexible display and is transmitted to the corresponding flexible display to display, respectively.

10. The interactive system for operating a plurality of flexible displays as claimed in claim 9, wherein the relative position among the plurality of flexible displays represents that each secondary flexible display corresponds to a relative distance and a relative angle between each secondary flexible display and the primary flexible display, respectively.

11. The interactive system for operating a plurality of flexible displays as claimed in claim 10, wherein when the relative angle between one of the secondary flexible displays and the primary flexible display is not 0, 90, 180, or 270 degrees, the system control platform divides the display frame according to the relative distance and the relative angle between the one of the secondary flexible displays and the primary flexible display by calculating a display size and a display angle on the display frame of the one of the secondary flexible displays corresponding to the display frame of the primary flexible display.

12. An interactive method for operating a plurality of flexible displays, used between the plurality of flexible displays and a system control platform, wherein each flexible display comprises a plurality of light sensors, a plurality of sensors and a processor, the method comprises:

quantifying, by each light sensor, an external luminosity value received by the flexible display;

quantifying, by each sensor, a sensor-measuring value received by the flexible display, and each sensor is one of a pressure sensor and a bending sensor;

the sensor-measuring value corresponding to the pressure sensor is a pressure value, and the sensor-measuring value corresponding to the bending sensor is a bending value; and

generating and transmitting, by the processor which is coupled to the plurality of light sensors and the plurality of sensors, luminosity information and sensor information according to the external luminosity values and the sensor-measuring values; and

receiving, by the system control platform which is coupled to the plurality of flexible displays, the luminosity information and the sensor information, determining a primary and secondary relationship of the plurality of flexible displays according to the luminosity information, and implementing an interactive operation among the plurality of flexible displays according to the sensor information.

13. The interactive method for operating a plurality of flexible displays as claimed in claim 12, wherein each the flexible displays further comprises a near field communication unit, the method further comprises:

sensing, by the near field communication unit, other near field communication units within a specific distance, generating and transmitting sensing data to the system control platform; and

grouping, by the system control platform, the plurality of flexible displays which sense between each other into a group according to the sensing data and implementing an interactive operation among the plurality of flexible displays among the plurality of flexible displays of the same group according to the sensor information.

14. The interactive method for operating a plurality of flexible displays as claimed in claim 12, wherein each the flexible displays further comprises a storage unit which is used to store grouping information, the method further comprises:

transmitting, by the processor, the grouping information to the system control platform; and

grouping, by the system control platform, the plurality of flexible displays whose grouping information are same into a group according to the grouping information and implementing the interactive operation among the plurality of flexible displays of the group according to the sensor information.

15. The interactive method for operating a plurality of flexible displays as claimed in claim 12, further comprising:

grouping, by the system control platform, the plurality of flexible displays which the system control platform receives the sensor information transmitted by the plurality of flexible displays in a specific time interval into a group according to times of receiving the sensor information transmitted by the plurality of flexible displays, and implementing the interactive operation among the plurality of flexible displays of the group according to the sensor information.

16. The interactive method for operating a plurality of flexible displays as claimed in claim 12, further comprising:

re-determining, by the system control platform, the primary and secondary relationship among a first added flexible display and the plurality of flexible displays according to the luminosity information received by the first added flexible display and the plurality of flexible displays when the first added flexible display is added to the plurality of flexible displays after the system control platform determines the primary and secondary relationship of the plurality of flexible displays.

17. The interactive method for operating a plurality of flexible displays as claimed in claim 12, wherein each of the flexible displays further comprises a storage unit which is used to store position information and the corresponding interactive operation of each sensor of the plurality of flexible displays;

and the sensor information includes the sensor-measuring value, the position information and the corresponding interactive operation of the sensor which generates the sensor-measuring value.

18. The interactive method for operating a plurality of flexible displays as claimed in claim 12, wherein each flexible display further comprises a storage unit which is used to store position information indicating the positions where light sensors and sensors are equipped on each flexible display, and the method further comprises:

obtaining, by the processor, the position information corresponding to at least one sensor when the luminosity information is generated by receiving the at least one sensor-measuring value of the at least one sensor, determining at least one neighboring light sensor and using at least one external luminosity received by the at least one neighboring light sensor to generate the luminosity information;

a distance between the positions of the at least one neighboring light sensor and the at least one sensor is within a specific range; and

the luminosity information includes the at least one neighboring external luminosity value and the position information of the at least one neighboring light sensor; and

determining, by the system control platform, a relative position between the plurality of flexible displays which the system control platform receives the luminosity information transmitted by the plurality of flexible displays according to the luminosity information received by the plurality of light sensors within a specific time interval.

19. The interactive method for operating a plurality of flexible displays as claimed in claim 18, wherein each flexible display has a display size;

the method further comprises;

when the system control platform determines the primary and secondary relationship, the system control platform determines that a flexible display having a maximum external luminosity value as a primary flexible display, and the remaining flexible displays as secondary flexible displays according to the luminosity information; and

when the system control platform implements the interactive operation among the plurality of flexible displays, the system control platform determines that the secondary displays are extended displays of the primary flexible display, and divides a display frame of the primary flexible display into multiple sub-display frames, wherein each sub-display frame corresponds to each flexible display and is transmitted to the corresponding flexible display to display, respectively.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer programs, which, when executed, cause a device to perform an interactive method for operating a plurality of flexible displays, and the method is used between the plurality of flexible displays and a system control platform, wherein each flexible display comprises a plurality of light sensors, a plurality of sensors and a processor;

each light sensor quantifies an external luminosity value received by the flexible display, and each sensor quantifies a sensor-measuring value received by the flexible display;

each sensor is one of a pressure sensor and a bending sensor;

the sensor-measuring value corresponding to the pressure sensor is a pressure value, and the sensor-measuring value corresponding to the bending sensor is a bending value;

the processor is coupled to the plurality of light sensors and the plurality of sensors and the system control platform is coupled to the plurality of flexible displays; and

the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprises;

a first computer program code for generating and transmitting luminosity information and sensor information according to the external luminosity values and the sensor-measuring values after being read by the processor; and

a second computer program code for receiving the luminosity information and the sensor information, determining a primary and secondary relationship of the plurality of flexible displays according to the luminosity information, and implementing an interactive operation among the plurality of flexible displays according to the sensor information after being read by the system control platform.