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Graphical display comprising a plurality of modules each controlling a group of pixels corresponding to a portion of the graphical display

  • US 9,262,118 B2
  • Filed: 08/08/2007
  • Issued: 02/16/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A graphical display comprising:

  • a first-level switch having a network interface for receiving, over a computer network, an image to be displayed, the image comprising a plurality of portions of the image, each portion of the image comprising image data for a pixel;

    a group of second-level switches each connected to the first-level switch for receiving one or more of the portions of the image; and

    a plurality of modules, each module being designated one of the portions of the image to display, each module comprising;

    a module network interface for connecting the module to a corresponding one of the second-level switches to receive the module'"'"'s designated portion of the image;

    a plurality of pixels for displaying the image data in the designated portion of the image, each pixel being associated with diagnostic circuitry for reporting diagnostic information regarding the pixel;

    an interconnection matrix for distributing the image data in the designated portion of the image to the pixels and for routing diagnostic information of the pixels; and

    a controller for controlling the module network interface and the pixels of the module based in part on the diagnostic information received through the interconnection matrix;

    wherein at least one of the second-level switches interconnects more than one module to the first-level switch.

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