System for generating and displaying images
OwnerBernardo Kastrupinventor
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Abstract
A system for generating and displaying images includes: (a) a plurality of active display modules; (b) a global controller; and (c) a global communication facility. Each active display module algorithmically generates and displays images depending on a respective local set of states. Each active display module updates its respective local set of states depending on a global state transition rule broadcasted by the global controller through the global communication facility. In an embodiment, the global controller broadcasts different global state transition rules over time. In another embodiment, the global controller has its own set of control states and determines a global state transition rule by applying a machine learning algorithm to control states of its own set of control states.
Claims20
A system including:
- a plurality of active display modules;
- a global controller;
- a global communication facility for connecting the global controller with each of the plurality of active display modules;
- and
- a plurality of local communication facilities;
- wherein each active display module of the plurality of active display modules includes:
- a respective local set of states held by cells;
- a processing facility for generating an image frame depending on the respective local set of states;
- a display facility for displaying the image frame;
- a local communication interface connected to at least one of the plurality of local communication facilities;
- a global communication interface to interface the processing facility to the global communication facility;
- and
- a state update facility for updating a respective first state of the respective local set of states depending on a further, second state of the respective local set of states;
- wherein:
- the plurality of active display modules is arranged to determine the respective local set of states held by the cells, according to an image generation algorithm;
- the local communication interface of a first active display module of the plurality of active display modules is arranged for communicating a state of the respective local set of states with a second active display module adjacent to the first active display module through said at least one of the local communication facilities;
- the global controller is arranged to determine a global state transition rule, said global state transition rule being part of the image generation algorithm;
- the global communication facility is arranged to broadcast the global state transition rule from the global controller to the each active display module;
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- the state update facility of the each active display module is arranged to update the respective first state by applying the broadcasted global state transition rule to said respective first state.
A method for generating and displaying images, the method including the acts of:
- providing a plurality of active display modules, each active display module of said plurality of active display modules including a respective local set of states held by cells;
- providing a global controller;
- providing a global communication facility for connecting the global controller with the each active display module;
- generating a respective image frame in the each active display module depending on the respective local set of states;
- displaying the respective image frame in the each active display module;
- communicating a state of the respective local set of states from a first active display module of the plurality of active display modules to a second active display module of the plurality of active display modules, where the second active display module is adjacent to the first active display module;
- in the each active display module, Updating a respective first state of the respective local set of states depending on a further, second state of the respective local set of states;
- determining a global state transition rule in the global controller, said global state transition rule being part of an image generation algorithm that determines said states;
- broadcasting the global state transition rule from the global controller to the each active display module through the global communication facility;
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- in the each active display module, updating the respective first state by applying the broadcasted global state transition rule to said respective first state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.