# US 10,482,846 B2 · Display device having processor that controls communication with external device, control method for display device, and display system

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- Number: US 10,482,846 B2
- Document ID: US10482846B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/887,241
- Filed: 2018-02-02
- Published: 2018-08-09
- Granted: 2019-11-19
- Earliest claimed: 2017-02-06
- Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Inventors: Toshiki Fujimori
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10482846B2

## CPC

- G09G 5/12: Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players
- G06F 3/1423: {controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display}
- G06F 3/1446: {display composed of modules, e.g. video walls}
- G09G 3/002: {to project the image of a two-dimensional display, such as an array of light emitting or modulating elements or a CRT}
- G09G 2330/00: Aspects of power supply; Aspects of display protection and defect management
- G09G 2370/042: for monitor identification
- G09G 2370/16: Use of wireless transmission of display information
- G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00)
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

A display device includes a communication section configured to perform communication with an external display device, a display section configured to display an image corresponding to image information, and a control section configured to cause the communication section to transmit first information to the external display device and, when receiving second information from the external display device via the communication section after causing the communication section to transmit the first information to the external display device, prohibit the display section from displaying the image for a first period and thereafter cause the display section to display the image.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A display device comprising:
a communication line configured to perform communication with an external display device;
a display configured to display an image corresponding to image information; and
a processor configured to cause the communication line to transmit first information to the external display device and, when waiting to receive second information from the external display device via the communication line after causing the communication line to transmit the first information to the external display device, prohibit the display from displaying the image for a first period and thereafter cause the display to display the image,
wherein the processor starts preparation for displaying the image according to power-on of the display device and, after the preparation is completed, causes the communication line to transmit the first information to the external display device, and
wherein, when the communication line has not received the second information for a second period after the processor prohibits the display section from displaying the image according to the transmission of the first information, the processor causes the display to display the image; when the communication line receives the second information before the second period elapses, the processor prohibits the display from displaying the image for the first period and thereafter causes the display to display the image; and, when the second information reaches the communication line after the second period elapses, the processor causes the display to maintain the display of the image.

### Claim 2

A display device comprising:
a communication line configured to perform communication with an external display device;
a display configured to display an image corresponding to image information; and
a processor configured to cause the communication line to transmit first information to the external display device and, when waiting to receive second information from the external display device via the communication line after causing the communication line to transmit the first information to the external display device, prohibit the display from displaying the image for a first period and thereafter cause the display to display the image,
wherein the processor starts preparation for displaying the image according to power-on of the display device and, after the preparation is completed, causes the communication line to transmit the first information to the external display device, and
wherein, when the communication line has not received the second information for a second period after the processor prohibits the display section from displaying the image according to the transmission of the first information, the processor causes the display to display the image; when the communication line receives the second information before the second period elapses, the processor prohibits the display from displaying the image for the first period and thereafter causes the display to display the image; and, when the communication line receives the second information after the second period elapses, the processor causes the display to delay next display timing of the image by a third period corresponding to a time shift amount between transmission timing of the first information and reception timing of the second information.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The display device according to claim 1, wherein
the second information includes identification information, and
when the display device includes same identification information as the identification information added to the second information received by the communication line, the processor prohibits the display from displaying the image for the first period and thereafter causes the display to display the image.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A display system comprising a first display device and a second display device, wherein the first display device and the second display device are the display device according to claim 1.

### Claim 5

A control method for a display device including a processor, a communication line configured to perform communication with an external display device and a display configured to display an image corresponding to image information, the control method comprising causing, by the processor, the communication line to transmit first information to the external display device and, when waiting to receive second information from the external display device via the communication line after causing the communication line to transmit the first information to the external display device, prohibiting by the processor, the display from displaying the image for a first period and thereafter causing the display to display the image,
wherein the processor starts preparation for displaying the image according to power-on of the display device and, after the preparation is completed, causes the communication line to transmit the first information to the external display device, and
wherein, when the communication line has not received the second information for a second period after the processor prohibits the display section from displaying the image according to the transmission of the first information, the processor causes the display to display the image; when the communication line receives the second information before the second period elapses, the processor prohibits the display from displaying the image for the first period and thereafter causes the display to display the image; and, when the second information reaches the communication line after the second period elapses, the processor causes the display to maintain the display of the image.

### Claim 6

A control method for a display device including a processor, a communication line configured to perform communication with an external display device and a display configured to display an image corresponding to image information, the control method comprising causing, by the processor, the communication line to transmit first information to the external display device and, when waiting to receive second information from the external display device via the communication line after causing the communication line to transmit the first information to the external display device, prohibiting, by the processor, the display from displaying the image for a first period and thereafter causing the display to display the image,
wherein the processor starts preparation for displaying the image according to power-on of the display device and, after the preparation is completed, causes the communication line to transmit the first information to the external display device, and
wherein, when the communication line has not received the second information for a second period after the processor prohibits the display section from displaying the image according to the transmission of the first information, the processor causes the display to display the image; when the communication line receives the second information before the second period elapses, the processor prohibits the display from displaying the image for the first period and thereafter causes the display to display the image; and, when the communication line receives the second information after the second period elapses, the processor causes the display to delay next display timing of the image by a third period corresponding to a time shift amount between transmission timing of the first information and reception timing of the second information.