Multi-monitor and display method for multi-monitor
AssigneeNEC Display Solutions, Ltd.
InventorHiromi HOSOKAWA
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Abstract
A monitor device is one of a plurality of monitors connected in series. The monitor device includes: an acquisition unit that acquires the number of the monitors; a calculation unit that calculates a region to be displayed by the monitor device, of an image corresponding to an image signal, and a display size of an image corresponding to the region, based on the acquired number of the monitors and arrangement of the monitor device in the serial connection; a display unit that displays the image corresponding to the region according to the display size; and a communication unit that outputs the acquired number of the monitors to one of the monitors when the one of the monitors is arranged at a subsequent stage of the monitor device.
Claims6
A multi-monitor comprising a plurality of monitors connected in series, the monitors including first, second, and third monitors,
- wherein the first monitor includes:
- a first acquisition unit that acquires the number of the monitors, from outside;
- a first calculation unit that calculates a first region to be displayed by the first monitor, of an image corresponding to an image signal, and a first display size of a first image corresponding to the first region, based on the acquired number of the monitors and arrangement of the first monitor in the serial connection;
- a first display unit that displays the first image according to the first display size;
- and
- a first communication unit that outputs the acquired number of the monitors to the second monitor arranged at a subsequent stage of the first monitor, and
- wherein the second monitor includes:
- a second acquisition unit that acquires information of the number of the monitors from the first monitor arranged at a previous stage of the second monitor;
- a second calculation unit that calculates a second region to be displayed by the second monitor, of the image corresponding to the image signal, and a second display size of a second image corresponding to the second region, based on the acquired number of the and arrangement of the second monitor in the serial connection;
- a second display unit that displays the second image according to the second display size;
- and
- a second communication unit that outputs the acquired number of the monitors to the third monitor arranged at a subsequent stage of the second monitor.
A monitor device that is one of a plurality of monitors connected in series, the monitor device comprising:
- an acquisition unit that acquires the number of the monitors;
- a calculation unit that calculates a region to be displayed by the own monitor device, of an image corresponding to an image signal, and a display size of an image corresponding to the region, based on the acquired number of the monitors and arrangement of the monitor device in the serial connection;
- a display unit that displays the image corresponding to the region according to the display size;
- and
- a communication unit that outputs the acquired number of the monitors to one of the monitors when the one of the monitors is arranged at a subsequent stage of the monitor device.
A display method for a multi-monitor, the multi-monitor including a plurality of monitors connected in series, the monitors including first, second, and third monitors, the display method comprising:
- acquiring, by the first monitor, the number of the monitors, from outside;
- calculating, by the first monitor, a first region to be displayed by the first monitor, of an image corresponding to an image signal, and a first display size of a first image corresponding to the first region, based on the acquired number of the monitors and arrangement of the first monitor in the serial connection;
- displaying, by the first monitor, the first image according to the first display size;
- outputting, by the first monitor, the acquired number of the monitors to the second monitor arranged at a subsequent stage of the first monitor;
- acquiring, by the second monitor, information of the number of the monitors from the first monitor arranged at a previous stage of the second monitor;
- calculating, by the second monitor, a second region to be displayed by the second monitor, of the image corresponding to the image signal, and a second display size of a second image corresponding to the second region, based on the acquired number of the monitors and arrangement of the second monitor in the serial connection;
- displaying, by the second monitor, the second image according to the second display size;
- and
- outputting, by the second monitor the acquired number of the monitors to the third monitor arranged at a subsequent stage of the second monitor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.