# US 12,603,065 B2 · Display system, image output apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,603,065 B2 - Document ID: US12603065B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/603,492 - Filed: 2024-03-13 - Published: 2024-09-19 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2023-03-14 - Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation - Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation - Inventors: Toshiki Fujimori; Hirohiko Kihara - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12603065B2 ## CPC - G09G 3/36: using liquid crystals - G09G 2340/0407: Resolution change, inclusive of the use of different resolutions for different screen areas - G09G 2340/045: Zooming at least part of an image, i.e. enlarging it or shrinking it - 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 A display system including an image output apparatus that outputs an image having a first aspect ratio, and a display apparatus that displays the image output by the image output apparatus, the display apparatus transmitting resolution information to the image output apparatus, the resolution information containing information indicating a first resolution that is the resolution in a first direction and a second resolution that is the resolution in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the image output apparatus performing receiving the resolution information from the display apparatus, and outputting a first image to the display apparatus based on the resolution information, the first image having a third resolution lower than the first resolution, and the second resolution and having an aspect ratio equal to the first aspect ratio, and the display apparatus displaying a second image containing the first image and having the first and second resolutions. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display system comprising: an image output apparatus that outputs an image having a first aspect ratio; and a display apparatus that displays the image output by the image output apparatus, wherein the display apparatus transmits resolution information to the image output apparatus, the resolution information containing information indicating a first resolution that is a resolution in a first direction and a second resolution that is a resolution in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the image output apparatus performs: receiving the resolution information from the display apparatus, and outputting a first image to the display apparatus based on the resolution information, the first image having a third resolution lower than the first resolution, and the second resolution and having an aspect ratio equal to the first aspect ratio, the display apparatus displays a second image containing the first image and having the first and second resolutions, the display apparatus includes an optical apparatus that displays an image in a display region, a placement region where the second image is placed is set in the display region, the first and second resolutions are a resolution of the placement region or a resolution corresponding to an aspect ratio of the placement region, and the display apparatus performs: accepting the operation of changing the resolution of the placement region, changing the resolution of the second image to the changed resolution of the placement region in accordance with the operation, displaying the second image the resolution of which is the changed resolution of the placement region, and transmitting the resolution information containing the first and second resolutions corresponding to the changed resolution of the placement region to the image output apparatus when accepting the operation of finalizing the resolution of the placement region. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display system according to claim 1, wherein the image output apparatus includes a display, displays a third image on the display, the third image having a fourth resolution as the resolution in the first direction and a fifth resolution as the resolution in the second direction, and having the first aspect ratio, and outputs the first image to the display apparatus when the first aspect ratio differs from a second aspect ratio corresponding to the first and second resolutions. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The display system according to claim 2, wherein the image output apparatus outputs the third image to the display apparatus when the first aspect ratio is equal to the second aspect ratio. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The display system according to claim 2, wherein the first image output by the image output apparatus is an image generated by enlarging or reducing the third image in accordance with the second resolution in such a way that the second aspect ratio is maintained. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display system according to claim 1, wherein the second image contains the first image and a margin image corresponding to a difference between the first resolution and the third resolution. ### Claim 6 An image output apparatus comprising: a display apparatus, a communication apparatus that transmits an image to the display apparatus; and at least one processor, wherein the processor performs: transmitting an image having a first aspect ratio via the communication apparatus, receiving resolution information from the display apparatus via the communication apparatus, the resolution information containing information indicating a first resolution that is a resolution in a first direction and a second resolution that is a resolution in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and outputting a first image to the display apparatus based on the resolution information when receiving the resolution information, the first image having a third resolution lower than the first resolution, and the second resolution and having an aspect ratio equal to the first aspect ratio, the display apparatus includes an optical apparatus that displays an image in a display region, a placement region where the second image is placed is set in the display region, the first and second resolutions are a resolution of the placement region or a resolution corresponding to an aspect ratio of the placement region, and the display apparatus performs: accepting the operation of changing the resolution of the placement region, changing the resolution of the second image to the changed resolution of the placement region in accordance with the operation, displaying the second image the resolution of which is the changed resolution of the placement region, and transmitting the resolution information containing the first and second resolutions corresponding to the changed resolution of the placement region to the processor when accepting the operation of finalizing the resolution of the placement region. ### Claim 7 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program executed by a computer including a display apparatus and a communication apparatus that transmits an image, the program causing the computer to perform transmitting an image having a first aspect ratio via the communication apparatus, receiving resolution information from the display apparatus via the communication apparatus, the resolution information containing information indicating a first resolution that is a resolution in a first direction and a second resolution that is a resolution in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and outputting a first image to the display apparatus based on the resolution information when receiving the resolution information, the first image having a third resolution lower than the first resolution, and the second resolution and having an aspect ratio equal to the first aspect ratio, wherein the display apparatus includes an optical apparatus that displays an image in a display region, a placement region where the second image is placed is set in the display region, and the first and second resolutions are a resolution of the placement region or a resolution corresponding to an aspect ratio of the placement region, the program causing the display apparatus to perform: accepting the operation of changing the resolution of the placement region, changing the resolution of the second image to the changed resolution of the placement region in accordance with the operation, displaying the second image the resolution of which is the changed resolution of the placement region, and transmitting the resolution information containing the first and second resolutions corresponding to the changed resolution of the placement region to the computer when accepting the operation of finalizing the resolution of the placement region.