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Apparatus and method for allowing display modules to communicate information about themselves to other display modules in the same display panel

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  • US 7,948,450 B2
  • Filed: 11/09/2006
  • Issued: 05/24/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for allowing display modules to communicate information about themselves to other display modules in the same display panel, comprising a module-based display panel,wherein the display panel comprises one or more faces,wherein each face comprises a plurality of display modules,wherein each display module comprises at least three borders,wherein at least one of the borders is adjacent to another display module,wherein a transmitter, receiver or transceiver is located on each border that is adjacent to another display module,wherein the transmitters, receivers and/or transceivers are configured so that each transmitter or transceiver on a given display module is adjacent to a receiver or transceiver on an adjacent display module,wherein each display module has a unique identifier,wherein the transmitters or transceivers on a given display module transmit that display module'"'"'s unique identifier to the adjacent receivers or transceivers within a bandwidth of 10 Kbps or less,wherein the receivers or transceivers on a given display module receive the unique identifier of each adjacent display module from the adjacent transmitter[s] or transceiver[s] within a bandwidth of 10 Kbps or less,wherein each display module sends its own unique identifier and the unique identifiers of the adjacent display modules to a main controller, andwherein the unique identifiers are used by the main controller to determine the location of the display module within a display panel.

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