Display device and method for operating such a display device
AssigneeNovomatic AG
InventorsAlois HOMER, Marek GAWEL
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a display device comprising at least two display units as well as an illuminating device for illuminating a transition area between the at least two display units. The disclosure further relates to a method of operating such a display device as well as an entertainment machine comprising such a display device.
Claims18
A display device comprising;
- at least two display units;
- an illuminating device being at least partially arranged in a transition area between the at least two display units and configured to illuminate the transition area between the at least two display units;
- the illuminating device having a main emission direction which is directed away from display surfaces of the display units onto an intended observation point in front of the display surfaces;
- at least one determining device configured to determine a first color information from an image block of a first one of the at least two display units and to determine a second color information from an image block of a second one of the at least two display units;
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- a color control device configured to control the color and/or the color spectrum of the light emitted by the illuminating device as a function of the first and second color information;
- wherein the illuminating device is subdivided into a plurality of light emitting elements, which are lined up along the transition area between two adjacent display units, wherein the light emitting elements can in each case be controlled separately by the color control device;
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- wherein each of the light emitting elements is assigned its own pair of image blocks, wherein the first and second color information can be obtained from the assigned pair of image blocks, as a function of which the respective light emitting element can be controlled by the color control device.
A method of operating a display device, wherein the display device comprises at least two display units, and an illuminating device being at least partially arranged in a transition area between the at least two display units and for illuminating the transition area between the at least two display units, the method comprising:
- determining, by at least one determining device, a first color information from at least one an image block of a first one of the at least two display units and a second color information from at least one image block of a second one of the at least two display units;
- forming, as a function of the first and second color information, at least one color signal;
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- controlling, by a color control device based on the at least one color signal, the illuminating device
- wherein the illuminating device is subdivided into a plurality of light emitting elements, which are lined up along the transition area between two adjacent display units, wherein controlling the light emitting elements in each case separately by the color control device;
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- assigning each of the light emitting elements its own pair of image blocks, wherein the first and second color information is obtained from the assigned pair of image blocks, as a function of which the respective light emitting element is controlled by the color control device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.