# US 11,907,601 B2 · Display device and method of controlling plurality of display devices > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,907,601 B2 - Document ID: US11907601B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/120,874 - Filed: 2023-03-13 - Published: 2023-07-06 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2021-07-07 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Sung Hoon Kim; Ok Kyung Park - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11907601B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/1423: {controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display} - G06F 3/0446: {using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes} - G06F 3/1454: {involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay} - G06F 3/1462: {with means for detecting differences between the image stored in the host and the images displayed on the remote displays} - G09G 3/035: {for flexible display surfaces} - G09G 3/3233: with pixel circuitry controlling the current through the light-emitting element - G09G 3/3266: Details of drivers for scan electrodes - G09G 5/14: Display of multiple viewports - G09G 2300/023: Display panel composed of stacked panels - G09G 2300/0426: Layout of electrodes and connections - G09G 2300/0819: used for counteracting undesired variations, e.g. feedback or autozeroing - G09G 2300/0842: forming a memory circuit, e.g. a dynamic memory with one capacitor - G09G 2300/0866: by means of changes in the pixel supply voltage - G09G 2340/0442: Handling or displaying different aspect ratios, or changing the aspect ratio - G09G 2340/14: Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed - G09G 2354/00: Aspects of interface with display user - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - 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) ## Abstract Provided herein may be a display device and a method of controlling a plurality of display devices. The method may include displaying, on a first display device, a first image including a first partial image, a second partial image, and a third partial image, transmitting, by the first display device, a second image including a fourth partial image corresponding to the first partial image, a fifth partial image corresponding to the second partial image, and a sixth partial mage corresponding to the third partial image to a second display device, displaying the second image on the second display device, receiving, by the first display device, a first touch input for a first input interface included in the third partial image, and receiving, by the first display device, a second touch input for at least one of the fourth, fifth partial image, and sixth partial images. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A plurality of display devices comprising: a first display device including a first pixel area displaying a first partial image, a second pixel area displaying a second partial image, and a third pixel area displaying a third partial image; and a second display device including a fourth pixel area displaying a fourth partial image corresponding to the first partial image, a fifth pixel area displaying a fifth partial image corresponding to the second partial image, and a sixth pixel area displaying a sixth partial image corresponding to the third partial image, wherein the second pixel area is a foldable area and between the first pixel area and the third pixel area, wherein the fifth pixel area is between the fourth pixel area and the sixth pixel area, wherein at least one of the first pixel area and the third pixel area displays a first input interface configured to receive a first touch input, and wherein the first display device is configured to receive a second touch input through the second display device, the second touch input corresponding to at least one of the fourth partial image, the fifth partial image, and the sixth partial image. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The plurality of display devices of claim 1, wherein the second pixel area displays at least a portion of the first input interface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The plurality of display devices of claim 1, wherein the first partial image and the fourth partial image are identical to each other, and wherein the third partial image and the sixth partial image are at least partially different from each other. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The plurality of display devices of claim 3, wherein the third partial image includes at least a portion of the first input interface, and wherein the sixth partial image includes an object different from the first input interface at a location corresponding to the first input interface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The plurality of display devices of claim 4, wherein the first input interface is a keyboard. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The plurality of display devices of claim 4, wherein the third pixel area is located closer to a ground than the first pixel area. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The plurality of display devices of claim 1, wherein the first display device further comprises a transceiver configured to receive the second touch input different from the first touch input from the second display device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The plurality of display devices of claim 7, wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit a second image including the fourth partial image, the fifth partial image, and the sixth partial image to the second display device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The plurality of display devices of claim 8, wherein the first display device further comprises a direction sensor configured to provide direction information about a direction in which the first partial image, the second partial image, and the third partial image are arranged, and wherein the transceiver further transmits the direction information to the second display device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The plurality of display devices of claim 1, wherein the first display device further comprises a sensor including a first sensing area configured to at least partially overlap the first pixel area, a second sensing area configured to at least partially overlap the second pixel area, and a third sensing area configured to at least partially overlap the third pixel area, and configured to receive the first touch input. ### Claim 11 A method of controlling a plurality of display devices, comprising: displaying, on a first display device, a first image including a first partial image, a second partial image, and a third partial image, the third partial image including a first input interface; displaying, on a second display device, a second image including a fourth partial image corresponding to the first partial image, a fifth partial image corresponding to the second partial image, and a sixth partial image corresponding to the third partial image; receiving, by the first display device, a first touch input on the first input interface; and receiving, by the first display device, a second touch input on at least one of the fourth partial image, the fifth partial image, and the sixth partial image. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, further comprising: transmitting, by the first display device, the second image to a second display device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, further comprising: transmitting, by the first display device, direction information about a direction in which the first partial image, the second partial image, and the third partial image are arranged on the first display device; and causing the second display device to determine a direction in which the fourth partial image, the fifth partial image, and the sixth partial image are arranged in the second image based on the direction information. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, wherein, when the second display device switches to a horizontal mode or a vertical mode, a size of the second image changes, but the direction in which the fourth partial image, the fifth partial image, and the sixth partial image are arranged is unchanged. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein: displaying the first image comprises displaying the first partial image on a plane defined by a first direction and a second direction and displaying the third partial image on a plane defined by the second direction and a third direction, and displaying the second image comprises displaying the fourth partial image in the first direction from the sixth partial image both in cases where a long side and a short side of a display surface of the second display device are parallel to the first direction and the second direction, respectively, and where the long side and the short side are parallel to the second direction and the first direction, respectively. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method according to claim 15, wherein displaying the second image is configured to display the sixth partial image in the third direction from the fourth partial image both in cases where the long side and the short side are parallel to the second direction and the third direction, respectively, and where the long side and the short side are parallel to the third direction and the second direction, respectively. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein: the first partial image and the fourth partial image are identical to each other, and the third partial image and the sixth partial image are at least partially different from each other. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein the sixth partial image includes an object different from the first input interface at a location corresponding to the first input interface. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein displaying the first image is configured to display the first partial image farthest away from a ground and display the third partial image closest to the ground. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein the second image includes a second input interface separated from the fourth partial image, the fifth partial image, and the sixth partial image. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The method according to claim 20, wherein, when the second input interface is touched, a double-click function or a right-click function of a mouse button is performed. ### Claim 22 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein, when the second image is enlarged, a size of the first image is unchanged. ### Claim 23 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, further comprising: transmitting, by the first display device, a third image including a seventh partial image corresponding to the first partial image, an eighth partial image corresponding to the second partial image, and a ninth partial mage corresponding to the third partial image to a third display device; displaying, by the third display device, the third image; and receiving, by the first display device, a third touch input for at least one of the seventh partial image, the eighth partial image, and the ninth partial image. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The method according to claim 23, further comprising: displaying, by the first display device, a first point object corresponding to the second touch input; and displaying, by the first display device, a second point object corresponding to the third touch input.