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Smart display

  • US 9,501,200 B2
  • Filed: 09/14/2011
  • Issued: 11/22/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A smart display comprising:

  • a display screen connected to a pixel memory in the smart display, wherein the pixel memory includes an input pixel buffer and a custom pixel buffer, where the custom pixel buffer is directly connected to the display screen and supplies display data to the display screen;

    a processor and a memory in the smart display;

    a display data input of the smart display that receives display data from a single video source and places the display data in the input pixel buffer, wherein the display data is pixel rendering data that includes pixel position and color with user interface blocks having an original layout, wherein the display data is received from a graphics processing unit of a computer connected to the display data input of the smart display;

    a customization mechanism stored in the memory of the smart display and executing on the processor of the smart display that creates custom layout metadata in response to user input for pixel blocks of the display data received from the computer connected to the smart display and placed in the input pixel buffer; and

    layout customization logic in the memory of the smart display that in conjunction with the customization mechanism uses the custom layout metadata to reassign the received display data in the input pixel buffer to a new location in the custom pixel buffer to relocate the pixel blocks to a custom layout on the display screen.

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