Method and system for object rippling in a display system including multiple displays

A multi-layer display system comprising:

• a first display panel and second display panel arranged in a substantially parallel manner, the second display panel overlapping the first display panel;
• a backlight configured to provide light to the first display panel and the second display panel of the multi-layer display system;
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• a processing system comprising at least one processor and memory, the processing system configured to:
• display a first object on a first display panel, the first object divided into a plurality of segments, each segment assigned a position in a time sequence;
• responsive to instructions, display a second object on the second display panel, the second object including a plurality of segments corresponding to the segments of the first object, wherein the segments of the first object and segments of the second object are animated by varying optical properties of each segment on the first display panel and the second display panel according to times assigned to the segments of the first object in the time sequence, wherein such times assigned are dependent on adjacency matrices;
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• wherein the segments of the first object are to be removed from being displayed on the first display panel according to the time assigned in the time sequence to each segment of the first object, and the segments of the second object are to be added to being displayed on the second display panel according to the time assigned in the time sequence assigned to each segment of the second object.

A multi-layer display system comprising:

• a first display panel and second display panel, the second display panel at least partially overlapping the first display panel;
• a backlight configured to provide light to the first display panel and the second display panel of the multi-layer display system;
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• a processing system comprising at least one processor and memory, the processing system configured to:
• display a first object on a first display panel, the first object divided into a plurality of segments, each segment assigned a position in a time sequence;
• responsive to instructions, display a second object on the second display panel, the second object including a plurality of segments corresponding to the segments of the first object, wherein the segments of the first object and segments of the second object are animated by varying optical properties of each segment on the first display panel and the second display panel according to times assigned to the segments of the first object in the time sequence, wherein such times assigned are dependent on adjacency matrices;
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• wherein the first object and the second object indicate a distance between two vehicles.

A method for displaying content on a multi-layer display system including at least first display panel and second display panel arranged in a substantially parallel and overlapping manner, the method comprising:

• displaying a first object on a first display panel, the first object divided into a plurality of segments, each segment assigned a position in a time sequence;
• responsive to instructions, display a second object on the second display panel, the second object including a plurality of segments corresponding to the segments of the first object, wherein the segments of the first object and segments of the second object are animated by varying optical properties of each segment on the first display panel and the second display panel according to times assigned to the segments of the first object in the time sequence;
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• wherein the segments of the first object are removed from being displayed on the first display panel according to the time assigned in the time sequence to each segment of the first object, and the segments of the second object are added to being displayed on the second display panel according to the time assigned in the time sequence assigned to each segment of the second object.

A display system comprising:

• a multi-layer display including a plurality of display panels, each display panel including an array of pixels;
• a backlight configured to provide light to the plurality of display panels;
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• a processing system comprising at least one processor and memory, the processing system configured to:
• divide an object for display on the display panels into a plurality of segments;
• assign to each divided segment a position in a time sequence;
• control a first panel of the plurality of display panels to display the object including the plurality of segments;
• control the plurality of display panels to move the segments from the first display panel to a second panel of the plurality of display panels via one or more other display panels of the plurality of display panels disposed between the first display panel and the second display panel;
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• wherein the first display panel is a touch sensitive display, and the method further includes determining whether a touch input is performed to a portion of the first display panel displaying the first object, and upon determining that the input is performed to the portion of the first display panel displaying the first object, provide instructions to display the second object on the second display panel.

A display system comprising:

• a multi-layer display including a plurality of display panels, each display panel including an array of pixels;
• a backlight configured to provide light to the plurality of display panels;
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• a processing system comprising at least one processor and memory, the processing system configured to:
• divide an object for display on the display panels into a plurality of segments;
• assign to each divided segment a position in a time sequence;
• control a first panel of the plurality of display panels to display the object including the plurality of segments;
• control the plurality of display panels to move the segments from the first display panel to a second panel of the plurality of display panels via one or more other display panels of the plurality of display panels disposed between the first display panel and the second display panel;
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• responsive to a touch input to the portion of the first display panel displaying the first object, divide the first object into the plurality of segments based on the position of the touch input.