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US 2017/0249055 A1Published application
Multi-input display
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsKarthikeyan Krishnakumar, Boon Heng Koh
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Abstract
A multi-input display device may, responsive to a user-selection, divide a display region into different regions corresponding to display data received at different input graphics ports. Display metadata for each display region may be individually transmitted to each respective source of the display data.
Claims20
A method for configuring multi-input display devices, the method comprising:
- receiving user input at a multi-input display device, the user input specifying simultaneous display output from a plurality of display sources and specifying a plurality of display regions corresponding to the display sources;
- based on the user input, sending, to each of the display sources, respective display metadata indicative of each respective display region;
- receiving, from each of the display sources, respective display data corresponding to the respective display metadata;
- and
- displaying the display data respectively in the display regions.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, that, when executed by a monitor controller of a multi-input display device, cause the monitor controller to:
- receive user input, the user input specifying simultaneous display output from a plurality of display sources and a plurality of display regions corresponding to the display sources;
- based on the user input, send, to each of the display sources, respective display metadata indicative of each respective display region;
- receive, from each of the display sources, respective display data corresponding to the respective display metadata;
- and
- display the display data respectively in the display regions.
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A multi-input monitor, comprising:
- a monitor controller having access to a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the monitor controller, cause the monitor controller to:
- receive user input, the user input specifying simultaneous display output from a plurality of display sources and a plurality of display regions corresponding to the display sources;
- based on the user input, send, to each of the display sources, respective display metadata indicative of each respective display region;
- receive, from each of the display sources, respective display data corresponding to the respective display metadata;
- and
- display the display data respectively in the display regions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.