System and method of capturing, augmenting, and displaying images of a user from an onboard camera via a digital display device when an operatively coupled information handling system is inactive

A standalone digital display device executing machine readable code instructions of a digital display device augmented mirror system comprising:

• a manual power button for the standalone digital display device to power on the standalone digital display device independently from an operatively coupled information handling system, and while the information handling system is powered down;
• a digital signal processing (DSP) hardware controller to execute machine readable code instructions of a digital display device augmented mirror system to detect an absence of incoming graphics processing unit (GPU)-generated video data signal from the operatively-coupled information handling system;
• the DSP hardware controller receiving a user selection for initiating an auxiliary mirror mode of the digital display device;
• the DSP hardware controller to execute machine readable code instructions to activate an onboard camera and a display panel using a power management unit at the standalone digital display device for an auxiliary mirror mode operation of the digital display device;
• the onboard camera to capture a user image and provide the user image to the DSP hardware controller executing the machine readable code instructions of the digital display device augmented mirror system to render the user image for display on the display panel;
• the display panel to display the user image rendered by the DSP hardware controller;
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• the DSP hardware controller to execute machine readable code instructions of the digital display device augmented mirror system to detect receipt of the incoming GPU-generated video data signal from the operatively-coupled information handling system and to automatically switch to display images pursuant to the incoming GPU-generated video data signal received from the operatively coupled information handling system and cease display of the user image captured from the onboard camera.

A digital display device executing machine readable code instructions of a digital display device augmented mirror system comprising:

• a manual power button for the digital display device to power on the standalone digital display device independently from an operatively coupled information handling system, and while the information handling system is powered down;
• a digital signal processing (DSP) hardware controller to execute machine readable code instructions of a digital display device augmented mirror system to detect an absence of incoming graphics processing unit (GPU)-generated video data signal from the operatively-coupled information handling system;
• the DSP hardware controller to execute machine readable code instructions to display an on screen display (OSD) graphical user interface (GUI) via a display panel, and activate an onboard camera and a display panel using a power management unit at the digital display device for an auxiliary mirror mode operation of the digital display device;
• the DSP hardware controller receiving a user mode selection from a plurality of user modes displayed via the OSD GUI;
• the onboard camera to capture a user image and provide the user image to the DSP hardware controller executing the machine readable code instructions of the digital display device augmented mirror system to render the user image for display on the display panel;
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• the display panel to display the user image rendered by the DSP hardware controller.