SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC AGGREGATION OF MULTIPLE PHYSICAL DISPLAY DEVICES INTO A SINGLE LOGICAL DISPLAY SURFACE
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Abstract
A system and method automatically determines aligned edges of display devices for an aggregate display. The system includes a first mobile unit (MU) and a second MU. The first and second MUs include respective emitters, sensors, transceivers, and display devices. The emitters of the MUs are activated to transmit edge patterns based upon an inter-device communication such that when one of the sensors of the first MU receives the edge pattern from the second MU and vice versa, the MUs have an aligned edge. Select emitters of the MUs are activated to transmit a further edge pattern based upon a further inter-device communication such that when a corresponding sensor of the first MU receives the further edge pattern from the second MU and vice versa, the aligned edges are verified to be aligned.
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40 Claims
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21. A system, comprising:
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a plurality of devices positioned within a predetermined area, each device having a plurality of edges, at least one device of the plurality of devices further comprising; a transceiver operated to establish an inter-device communication with at least one other device of the plurality of devices to determine a first edge pattern and a second edge pattern; an emitter disposed along at least one edge of the plurality of edges, the emitter operated to transmit the first edge pattern to the at least one other device; a sensor disposed along the at least one edge of the plurality of edges, the sensor operated to receive the second edge pattern from the at least one other device; and a display device, wherein when the first edge pattern is received by a further sensor disposed along at least one other edge of the at least one other device and the second edge pattern is received by the sensor of the at least one device, and further when the at least one edge along which the sensor of the at least one device is disposed and the at least one other edge along which the further sensor of the at least one other device is disposed are verified to be aligned, the display device of the at least one device and a further display device of the at least one other device are operated to form an aggregated display. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for automating aggregation of multiple display devices, the method comprising:
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establishing an inter-device communication between a device and at least one other device to determine a first edge pattern and a second edge pattern; activating an emitter disposed along at least one edge of a plurality of the edges of the device to transmit the first edge pattern to the at least one other device; activating a sensor disposed along the at least one edge of the plurality of the edges of the device to receive the second edge pattern from the at least one other device; when the first edge pattern is received by a further sensor disposed along at least one other edge of a plurality of edges of the at least one other device and the second edge pattern is received by the sensor of the device, verifying whether the at least one edge along which the sensor of the device is disposed and the at least one other edge along which the further sensor of the at least one other device is disposed are aligned; and operating a display device in the device and a further display device in the at least one other device to form an aggregated display when the at least one edge along which the sensor of the device is disposed and the at least one other edge along which the further sensor of the at least one other device is disposed are verified to be aligned. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A device positioned within a predetermined area, comprising:
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a housing having a plurality of edges; a display device positioned within the housing to occupy at least a portion of a face of the housing; a transceiver operated to establish an inter-device communication with at least one of a plurality of other devices positioned within the predetermined area; an emitter and a sensor disposed along at least one edge of the plurality of edges; and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver, emitter, sensor, and the display device, the processor operated to determine a first edge pattern and a second edge pattern when the inter-device communication is established with the at least one of the plurality of other devices, activate the emitter to transmit the determined first edge pattern to the at least one of the plurality of other devices, activate the sensor to receive the determined second edge pattern from the at least one of the plurality of other devices, when the first edge pattern is received by a further sensor disposed along at least one other edge of a plurality of edges of a further housing in the at least one of the plurality of other devices and the second edge pattern is received by the sensor of the device, verifying whether the at least one edge along which the sensor of the device is disposed and the at least one other edge along which the further sensor of the at least one of the plurality of other devices is disposed are aligned, and activate the display device of the device to form an aggregated display with a further display device positioned within the further housing of the at least one of the plurality of other devices when the at least one edge along which the sensor of the device is disposed and the at least one other edge along which the further sensor of the at least one of the plurality of other devices is disposed are verified to be aligned. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40)
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