Identifying the positioning in a multiple display grid

• US 9,547,467 B1
• Filed: 02/25/2016
• Issued: 01/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: DeLuca, Lisa Seacat, Quirk, Aaron J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dharia, Prabodh M
• Application Number:
  US15/053,223
• Time in Patent Office: 327 Days
• Field of Search: 345/1.3, 345/7, 345156-184, 345/443, 345/473, 345/633, 715/784, 348/77, 348/14.01, 463/13, 463/17, 463/32
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• 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: G09G 2340/14 Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2356/00 Detection of the display position w.r.t. other display screens
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/02 Networking aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/042 for monitor identification
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/16 Use of wireless transmission of display information
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/003 Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

In an approach for determining relative positioning in a multiple display grid, a processor receives positioning information from sensors operably affixed to at least a first display and a second display. A processor analyzes the positioning information to determine a relative positioning between at least the first display and the second display. A processor generates an extended display on the at least the first display and the second display, based on the analyzed positioning information.

Claims

1. A method for determining relative positioning in a multiple display grid, the method comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors, positioning information from a renderer after the renderer receives the positioning information from, at least, a first sensor and a second sensor operably affixed to at least a first display, at least, a third sensor and a fourth sensor operably affixed to a second display, and, at least, a fifth sensor and a sixth sensor operably affixed to a third display, wherein the sensors include near field communication (NFC) devices, radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags, Bluetooth devices, accelerometers, and gyroscopes;

analyzing, by one or more processors, the positioning information to determine a relative positioning and orientation between, at least, the first display, the second display, and the third display by creating sensor pairing associations between the first sensor and the third sensor and between the second sensor and the fifth sensor, wherein a graph is constructed, based on the sensor pairing associations, that represents the relative positioning and orientation of at least the first display, the second display, and the third display; and

generating, by one or more processors, an extended display on, at least, the first display, the second display, and the third display, based on the analyzed positioning information, wherein images on the extended display are arranged dynamically and seamlessly without user intervention.