Multi-screen display apparatus and display method thereof

• US 10,929,086 B2
• Filed: 02/22/2019
• Issued: 02/23/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Champ Vision Display Inc. (Coretronic Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Champ Vision Display Inc. (Coretronic Corporation)
• Inventors: Liu, Chin-Ku, Wu, Jhong-Hao
• Primary Examiner(s): He, Weiming
• Application Number:
  US16/282,338
• Publication Number:
  US 20190258444A1
• Time in Patent Office: 732 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 5/045 Prism arrays
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1446 display composed of modules, e.g. video walls
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/026 Video wall, i.e. juxtaposition of a plurality of screens to create a display screen of bigger dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/028 by changing the viewing angle properties, e.g. widening the viewing angle, adapting the viewing angle to the view direction
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0693 Calibration of display systems
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2358/00 Arrangements for display data security
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/14 Display of multiple viewports
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/373 for modifying the size of the graphic pattern

Abstract

A multi-screen display apparatus includes a first display screen, a second display screen and a prismatic structure optical element. The display area of the first display screen includes a first main display area, a first and second sub display areas. The display area of the second display screen includes a second main display area, a third and fourth sub display areas. The fourth sub display area is adjacent to the second sub display area. The first main display area displays the first part of the first image frame. The first and fourth sub display areas display the second part of the first image frame adjacent to the first part. The second main display area displays the first part of the second image frame. The second and third sub display areas display the second part of the second image frame adjacent to the first part. A display method is also provided.

Claims

1. A multi-screen display apparatus, comprising a first display screen, a second display screen and a first prismatic structure optical element, wherein

the first display screen and the second display screen are arranged adjacent to each other, a first included angle is formed between the first display screen and the second display screen, the first included angle is greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees, and the first display screen and the second display screen each have a display area and a frame surrounding the display area;

the first prismatic structure optical element is disposed between the first display screen and the second display screen and covers two side edges adjacent to each other in the frames of the first display screen and the second display screen and a part of the display areas, the first prismatic structure optical element comprises a substrate and a plurality of prism pillars adjacent one another disposed on the substrate, and an extending direction of each of the prism pillars is substantially parallel to the two side edges adjacent to each other;

wherein the display area of the first display screen comprises a first main display area, a first sub display area and a second sub display area that are sequentially arranged, the display area of the second display screen comprises a second main display area, a third sub display area and a fourth sub display area that are sequentially arranged, the fourth sub display area is adjacent to the second sub display area, wherein the first sub display area, the second sub display area, the third sub display area and the fourth sub display area are covered by the first prismatic structure optical element, the first main display area is adapted to display a first part of a first image frame, the first sub display area and the fourth sub display area are adapted to respectively display a second part of the first image frame adjacent to the first part, the second main display area is adapted to display a first part of a second image frame, and the second sub display area and the third sub display area are adapted to respectively display a second part of the second image frame adjacent to the first part;

the first main display area comprises a first block and a second block, the first block is covered by the first prismatic structure optical element, the second block is outside the coverage of the first prismatic structure optical element, an image displayed by the second block is a compressed image without compression in a width direction, an image displayed by the first block and the first sub display area is a compressed image compressed in the width direction, so that after being enlarged by the first prismatic structure optical element, the image displayed by the first block and the first sub display area has a ratio same as the image displayed by the second block in the width direction;

an image displayed by the second sub display area is a compressed image compressed in the width direction, and a compression ratio thereof is the same as that of the compressed image displayed by the first block and the first sub display area;

the multi-screen display apparatus further comprises an image processing module for providing a calibration interface displayed on the first display screen for a user to define a range of the first block plus the first sub display area.

2. The multi-screen display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a width of each of the first sub display area and the second sub display area is less than or equal to a width of ten pixels of the first display screen, and a width of each of the third sub display area and the fourth sub display area is less than or equal to a width of ten pixels of the second display screen.

3. The multi-screen display apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a third display screen and a second prismatic structure optical element, wherein

the third display screen and the first display screen are arranged adjacent to each other, a second included angle is formed between the first display screen and the third display screen, the second included angle is greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees, and the third display screen also has a display area and a frame surrounding the display area;

the second prismatic structure optical element is disposed between the first display screen and the third display screen and covers two side edges adjacent to each other in the frames of the first display screen and the third display screen and a part of the display areas, the second prismatic structure optical element and the first prismatic structure optical element have the same structure, wherein the display area of the first display screen further comprises a fifth sub display area and a sixth sub display area, the fifth sub display area is located between the first main display area and the sixth sub display area, the display area of the third display screen comprises a third main display area, a seventh sub display area and an eighth sub display area that are sequentially arranged, the eighth sub display area is adjacent to the sixth sub display area, wherein the fifth sub display area, the sixth sub display area, the seventh sub display area and the eighth sub display area are covered by the second prismatic structure optical element, the fifth sub display area and the eighth sub display area are adapted to respectively display a third part of the first image frame adjacent to the first part, the third main display area is adapted to display a first part of a third image frame, and the sixth sub display area and the seventh sub display area are adapted to respectively display a second part of the third image frame adjacent to the first part.

4. A display method for a multi-screen display apparatus, the multi-screen display apparatus comprising a first display screen and a second display screen, and the display method comprising:

dividing a display area of the first display screen into a first main display area, a first sub display area and a second sub display area that are sequentially arranged and dividing a display area of the second display screen into a second main display area, a third sub display area and a fourth sub display area that are sequentially arranged, wherein the fourth sub display area is adjacent to the second sub display area; and

driving the first main display area to display a first part of a first image frame, driving the first sub display area and the fourth sub display area to respectively display a second part of the first image frame adjacent to the first part, driving the second main display area to display a first part of a second image frame, and driving the second sub display area and the third sub display area to respectively display a second part of the second image frame adjacent to the first part;

wherein the first main display area comprises a first block and a second block, the first block is adjacent to the first sub display area, an image displayed by the second block is a compressed image without compression in a width direction, and an image displayed by the first block and the first sub display area is a compressed image compressed in the width direction;

wherein an image displayed by the second sub display area is a compressed image compressed in the width direction, and a compression ratio thereof is the same as that of the compressed image displayed by the first block and the first sub display area;

wherein the display method further comprises;

driving the first display screen to display a calibration interface for a user to define a range of the first block plus the first sub display area.

5. The display method according to claim 4, wherein the multi-screen display further comprises a third display screen, and the display method further comprises:

dividing the display area of the first display screen into a fifth sub display area and a sixth sub display area and dividing a display area of the third display screen into a third main display area, a seventh sub display area and an eighth sub display area that are sequentially arranged, wherein the fifth sub display area is located between the first main display area and the sixth sub display area, and the eighth sub display area is adjacent to the sixth sub display area; and

driving the fifth sub display area and the eighth sub display area to respectively display a third part of the first image frame adjacent to the first part, driving the third main display area to display a first part of a third image frame, and driving the sixth sub display area and the seventh sub display area to respectively display a second part of the third image frame adjacent to the first part.