METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY PARAMETERS THROUGH MULTIPLE PIPELINES

• US 20150138210A1
• Filed: 11/06/2014
• Published: 05/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: AMAR, Srivastava
• Granted Patent: US 10,373,282 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/506
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• 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: G06T 1/20 Processor architectures; Processor configuration, e.g. pipelining

Abstract

A method and a system for controlling display parameters through multiple inter-integrated circuit (I2C) pipelines are provided. The method includes creating the multiple I2C pipelines to control the display parameters in one or more of the display devices. The method also includes sending control data to graphic cards associated with one or more display devices through the multiple I2C pipelines. Further, the method includes forwarding the control data from the graphic cards to the associated one or more display devices. Additionally, the method includes applying the display parameters automatically based on the control data.

Claims

1. A method of controlling display parameters in display devices through multiple inter-integrated circuit (I2C) pipelines, the method comprising:

creating the multiple I2C pipelines to control the display parameters in one or more of the display devices;

sending control data to graphic cards associated with the one or more display devices through the multiple I2C pipelines;

forwarding the control data from the graphic cards to the associated one or more display devices; and

applying the display parameters automatically based on the control data.

2. A method of controlling display parameters in display devices through multiple inter-integrated circuit (I2C) pipelines, the method comprising:

creating the multiple I2C pipelines to control the display parameters in one or more of the display devices;

calculating the display parameters for display devices, of the one or more display devices, that require calibration based on a surrounding atmosphere;

forwarding the calculated display parameters through the multiple I2C pipelines to the display devices of the one or more display devices; and

calibrating the display devices of the one or more display devices automatically with the calculated display parameters for a specified period of time.

3. The method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

detecting, as the one or more display devices, a plurality of display devices in a cloud environment, the plurality of display devices including unique virtual control panel capabilities;

extracting the virtual control panel capabilities from the plurality of display devices; and

generating a capability matrix for the plurality of display devices.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the calculating of the display parameters comprises:

receiving current parameter settings of the plurality of display devices; and

analyzing the capability matrix and the current parameter settings.

5. The method as claimed in claim 3, further comprising:

streaming media content to the plurality of display devices subsequent to the calibrating of the display devices.

6. The method as claimed in claim 3, further comprising:

identifying a type of a display of each display device of the plurality of display devices; and

maintaining a database of the types of the displays of the plurality of display devices.

7. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the virtual control panel capabilities include a number of parameters, generic parameters supported by all manufacturers, manufacturer specific parameters and levels of parameter values corresponding to a specific display device.

8. The method as claimed in claim 3, further comprising:

determining modes between each display device of the plurality of display devices and a cloud display management server;

generating profiles for the modes; and

establishing a connection based on the modes between each display device of the plurality of display devices and the cloud display management server.

9. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the multiple I2C pipelines are created for performing operations on the plurality of display devices, the operations including writing, reading interconnect circuit values, verifying the writing and scheduling parameter settings for a particular period of time.

10. A system for controlling display parameters in display devices through multiple inter-integrated circuit (I2C) pipelines, the system comprising:

a plurality of display devices;

a memory configured to store multiple instructions;

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to hold multiple I2C pipelines to process the multiple instructions consecutively;

a cloud display management server configured to control the display parameters through the multiple I2C pipelines; and

a main streaming server configured to render multimedia data to the plurality of display devices.

11. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the multiple I2C pipelines are used to control the display parameters of the plurality of display devices.

12. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the plurality of display devices includes at least one of an indoor unit, an outdoor unit, a digital signage device, a rotating signage device, a big display, a video wall and a thin client.

13. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the processor is responsive to the multiple instructions, wherein the multiple instructions enable the processor to:

create multiple I2C pipelines to control the display parameters in the plurality of display devices;

calculate the display parameters for display devices, of the plurality of display devices, that require calibration based on a surrounding atmosphere;

forward the calculated display parameters through the multiple I2C pipelines to the display devices; and

calibrate the display devices with the calculated display parameters for a particular period of time.

14. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein each display device of the plurality of display devices comprises:

a client driver configured to process a list of commands for a specific period of time;

an I2C supervision module configured to create I2C pipelines; and

a display feedback unit configured to send current parameter settings to the cloud display management server.

15. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the cloud display management server comprises:

an analyzing module configured to determine whether the plurality of display devices requires calibration and to perform necessary calculations;

an advance mode selector configured to select a mode between each display device of the plurality of display devices and the cloud display management server; and

a display profiler and capability unit configured to extract virtual control panel capabilities of each display device of the plurality of display devices.

16. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the cloud display management server comprises a client driver configured to process a list of commands for a specific period of time.