Cellular display device
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsEric V. Kline, Sarbajit K. Rakshit
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Abstract
A cellular display and method and computer program products for operating the same are provided. Aspects include analyzing a content item to be displayed by the cellular display. Aspects also include adjusting a position of one or more of the plurality of display devices based on the analysis of the content item. Aspects further include displaying the content item on at least one of the display devices.
Claims15
A computer-implemented method for operating a cellular display that includes a plurality of display devices coupled to a backing, the method comprising:
- obtaining, via one or more positional sensors, a distance and an angle between a display surface of each of the plurality of display devices and the backing;
- analyzing, by a processor, a content item to be displayed by the cellular display;
- adjusting, by the processor, a physical position of one or more of the plurality of display devices based on the analysis of the content item, wherein adjusting the physical position of one or more of the plurality of display devices is coordinated such that edges of adjacent display devices continuously abut one another during the adjusting such that the cellular display panel will maintain an abutting relationship and not include any gaps;
- and
- displaying the content item on at least one of the display devices,
- wherein the plurality of display devices are arranged in a matrix and each of the plurality of display devices is coupled to the backing by an actuator that is configured to control the distance and the angle between the display surface of each the plurality of display devices and the backing.
A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith the program instructions executable by a computer processor to cause the computer processor to perform a method comprising:
- analyzing, by a processor, a content item to be displayed by a cellular display, the cellular display including a plurality of display devices;
- adjusting, by the processor, a position of one or more of the plurality of display devices based on the analysis of the content item, wherein adjusting the physical position of one or more of the plurality of display devices is coordinated such that edges of adjacent display devices continuously abut one another during the adjusting such that the cellular display panel will maintain an abutting relationship and not include any gaps;
- and
- displaying the content item on at least one of the display devices,
- wherein the plurality of display devices are arranged in a matrix and each of the plurality of display devices is coupled to a backing by an actuator that is configured to control a distance and an angle between a display surface of each the plurality of display devices and the backing.
A cellular display comprising:
- a processing system;
- and
- a display panel in communication with the processing system, the display panel comprising:
- a plurality of display devices arranged in a matrix;
- a back panel;
- one or more positional sensors configured to measure a distance and an angle between a display surface of each of the plurality of display devices and the back panel;
- and
- a plurality of actuators coupled to the back panel, wherein each of the plurality actuators are coupled to one of the plurality of display devices and are configured to move the one of the plurality of display devices relative to the back panel,
- wherein the processing system is configured to:
- analyze a content item to be displayed by the cellular display;
- adjust a position of one or more of the plurality of display devices based on the analysis of the content item, wherein adjusting the physical position of one or more of the plurality of display devices is coordinated such that edges of adjacent display devices continuously abut one another during the adjusting such that the cellular display panel will maintain an abutting relationship and not include any gaps;
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- display the content item on at least one of the plurality of display devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.