Selectively controlling a monitor's on-screen display with a keyboard or mouse
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsKarthikeyan Krishnakumar, Manish Krishnaji Desai
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Abstract
A monitor's OSD can be selectively controlled with a keyboard, mouse or other human interface device. A microcontroller of a keyboard, mouse or other human interface device can be configured to detect the occurrence of input representing an OSD command. In response, the microcontroller can commence sending input to the monitor rather than to the computing device so that the input can control the OSD. Similarly, a filter driver on the monitor can be configured to detect the occurrence of input representing the OSD command. In response, the filter driver can commence sending input to the monitor's scalar rather than to the computing device.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a computing device;
- a monitor;
- and
- a human interface device;
- wherein the system is configured to perform a method for selectively controlling the monitor's on-screen display (OSD) with the human interface device, the method comprising:
- prior to detecting an OSD command, providing input from the human interface device to the computing device;
- while the input from the human interface device is being provided to the computing device, detecting the OSD command;
- and
- in response to detecting the OSD command, ceasing to provide the input from the human interface device to the computing device and commencing providing the input from the human interface device to the monitor to thereby cause the input to control the monitor's OSD.
A method for selectively controlling a monitor's on-screen display (OSD) with a human interface device, the method comprising:
- prior to detecting an OSD command, providing input from the human interface device to a computing device to which the monitor is connected;
- while the input from the human interface device is being provided to the computing device, detecting the OSD command;
- and
- in response to detecting the OSD command, ceasing to provide the input from the human interface device to the computing device and commencing providing the input from the human interface device to the monitor to thereby cause the input to control the monitor's OSD.
A method for selectively controlling a monitor's on-screen display (OSD) with a human interface device of a computing device, the method comprising:
- evaluating input from the human interface device to detect occurrences of an OSD command;
- in response to an occurrence of the OSD command, toggling an OSD mode;
- for input that is not the OSD command, sending the input to the computing device when the OSD mode is off and sending the input to the monitor when the OSD mode is on.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.