US 11,081,086 B2Granted

Display method and apparatus

AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

InventorsHao Chen, Xiaoxiao Chen, Qing Wang

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Abstract

One example display method includes in response to receiving a display request from a target display device, determining a first display device and a second display device that support display of a target service, when a first distance between the first display device and a user is less than a second distance between the second display device and the user, obtaining current first display data of the target service from the target display device and sending the current first display data to the first display device, and when that the first distance reported by the first display device is greater than the second distance reported by the second display device is subsequently obtained, obtaining current second display data of the target service from the target display device and sending the current second display data to the first display device and the second display device.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A display system, comprising a control device, and a first display device, a second display device, and a target display device of a user that communicate with the control device, wherein:

the target display device is configured to:
when needing to display a target service, send a display request to the control device;
the control device is configured to:
in response to receiving the display request, determine the first display device and the second display device that support display of the target service;
request the first display device to report a first distance between the first display device and the user, and request the second display device to report a second distance between the second display device and the user;
receive the first distance between the first display device and the user from the first display device, and receive the second distance between the second display device and the user from the second display device;
and
when the first distance is less than the second distance, select the first display device to display the target service, obtain current first display data of the target service from the target display device, and send the current first display data to the first display device;
the first display device is configured to display the target service based on the current first display data;
the control device is further configured to:
when subsequently obtaining that the first distance reported by the first display device is greater than the second distance reported by the second display device, obtain current second display data of the target service from the target display device, and send the current second display data to the first display device and the second display device;
the first display device is further configured to display the target service based on the current second display data;
and
the second display device is configured to display the target service based on the current second display data.

11 more elements

A display system, comprising a mobile phone and a smart television, wherein:

the mobile phone is configured to:
receive a video call;
after receiving the video call, obtain attribute information of a first to-be-displayed layer, wherein the first to-be-displayed layer is a layer that needs to be displayed for the video call;
select the smart television according to the attribute information;
and
send display data of the first to-be-displayed layer to the smart television according to the attribute information;
and
the smart television is configured to:
obtain a first distance between a user and the smart television using a distance sensor or a camera disposed on the smart television;
send the first distance between the user and the smart television to the mobile phone;
receive the display data of the first to-be-displayed layer;
and
display the first to-be-displayed layer of the video call based on the display data.

10 more elements

A display method, comprising:

receiving, by a mobile phone, a video call;
after receiving the video call, obtaining, by the mobile phone, attribute information of a first to-be-displayed layer, wherein the first to-be-displayed layer is a layer that needs to be displayed for the video call;
selecting, by the mobile phone, a smart television according to the attribute information;
sending, by the mobile phone, display data of the first to-be-displayed layer to the smart television according to the attribute information;
obtaining, by the smart television, a first distance between a user and the smart television using a distance sensor or a camera disposed on the smart television;
sending, by the smart television, the first distance between the user and the smart television to the mobile phone;
receiving, by the smart television, the display data of the first to-be-displayed layer;
and
displaying, by the smart television, the first to-be-displayed layer of the video call based on the display data.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/612,936Filed 26 Oct 2017
Published: US 2020/0168176 A128 May 2020
Granted: 3 Aug 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification23 codes

G09G 5/12
Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators: synchronisation between…
G06F 3/012
Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality: head tracking input arrangements
G06F 3/013
Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality: eye tracking input arrangements
G06F 3/14
Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for…: digital…