IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20150084977A1
• Filed: 09/24/2014
• Published: 03/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aspire Event Management Limited
• Original Assignee: Aspire Event Management Limited
• Inventors: To, Shiu Hung, Chan, Lai Chung
• Granted Patent: US 9,524,698 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/589
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1446 display composed of modules, e.g. video walls
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0626 for control of overall brightness
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2356/00 Detection of the display position w.r.t. other display screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/022 Centralised management of display operation, e.g. in a server instead of locally
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/02 characterised by the way in which colour is displayed details of colour display specific for CRTs G09G1/28; specific for flat matrix panels other than liquid crystal displays G09G3/2003; specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/12 Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players

Abstract

An image display system includes a network server. The network server is configured to operate with a plurality of mobile devices and is configured to split a predetermined image into a plurality of sub-images corresponding in quantity to the plurality of mobile devices and respectively transmit each of the sub-images to one of the mobile devices that occupies a predetermined display position of a predetermined display region. Each of the mobile devices is configured to correspondingly display a sub-Image transmitted thereto, and the plurality of sub-images displayed by the plurality of mobile devices collectively re-compose the predetermined image. An image display method is also provided.

Claims

1. An image display system comprising a network server, wherein the network server is configured to operate with a plurality of mobile devices and is configured to split a predetermined image into a plurality of sub-images corresponding in quantity to the plurality of mobile devices and respectively transmit each of the sub-images to one of the mobile devices that occupies a predetermined display position of a predetermined display region;

each of the mobile devices is configured to correspondingly display a sub-image transmitted thereto, and the plurality of sub-images displayed by the plurality of mobile devices collectively re-compose the predetermined image.

2. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein each of the mobile devices comprises a display screen, and display screens of the plurality of mobile devices are partially or completely different.

3. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein the network server is configured to respectively transmit a plurality of predetermined images to a plurality of predetermined display regions and the plurality of predetermined images are partially or completely different.

4. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein the network server and the mobile devices are connected through a wireless network or a WWI.

5. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein the network server comprises a security access module configured to authenticate access to the network server.

6. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein the network server comprises a synchronization module configured to control synchronization of display of each of the mobile devices, update the splitting of the predetermined image when a number and/or a location of the mobile devices is changed, and thereafter re-send a plurality of updated sub-images correspondingly and respectively to each of the mobile devices.

7. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein the network server comprises a buffer module configured to prohibit change of start time during a predetermined buffer time before the start time.

8. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein the predetermined image is a picture or an animation.

9. A system as recited in claim 8, wherein the picture is in a PNG, JPG or GIF format.

10. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein at leas one of the sub-images is a color group.

11. A system as recited in claim 10, wherein the network server comprises a solid color processing module configured to process colors of the at least one of the sub-images;

when the colors of the at least one of the sub-images are mixed, the solid color processing module processes the colors of the at least one of the sub-images into a color that has a highest proportion in the mixed colors or a lighter color of a plurality of highest proportion colors.

12. An image display method, comprising:

splitting, by a network server, a predetermined image into a plurality of sub-images corresponding in quantity to a plurality of mobile devices;

transmitting respectively, by the network server, each of the sub-images to one of the mobile devices that occupies a predetermined display position of a predetermined display region; and

displaying correspondingly, by each of the mobile devices, a sub-image transmitted thereto, wherein the plurality of sub-images displayed by the plurality of mobile devices collectively re-compose the predetermined image.

13. A method as recited in claim 12, comprising:

displaying a plurality of predetermined images in a plurality of predetermined display regions respectively;

wherein the plurality of predetermined images displayed in the plurality of predetermined display regions are partially or completely different.

14. A method as recited in claim 12, further comprising:

authenticating access to the network server.

15. A method as recited in claim 12, further comprising:

controlling synchronization of display of each of the mobile devices;

updating the splitting of the predetermined image when a number and/or a location of the mobile devices is changed; and

re-sending a plurality of updated sub-images correspondingly and respectively to each of the mobile devices.

16. A method as recited in claim 12, further comprising:

prohibiting change of start time during a predetermined buffer time before the start time.

17. A method as recited in claim 12, wherein the predetermined image is a picture or an animation.

18. A method as recited in claim 17, wherein the picture is in a PNG, JPG or GIF format.

19. A method as recited in claim 12, wherein at least one of the sub-images is a color group.

20. A method as recited in claim 19, further comprising:

processing colors of the at least one of the sub-images into a color that has a highest proportion in the mixed colors or a lighter color of a plurality of highest proportion colors, when the colors of the at least one of the sub-images are mixed.