# US 2021/0241705 A1 · Monitor with virtual displays > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0241705 A1 - Document ID: US20210241705A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/048,686 - Filed: 2018-09-25 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2018-09-25 - Assignees: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Applicants: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Inventors: John W. Frederick; David Michael Nypaver; Wen Shin Chen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210241705A1 ## CPC - G09G 3/3426: {the different display panel areas being distributed in two dimensions, e.g. matrix} - G09G 5/003: {Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto (specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092)} - G06F 3/1454: {involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay} - G06F 3/147: using display panels - G09G 5/14: Display of multiple viewports - G09G 2300/026: Video wall, i.e. juxtaposition of a plurality of screens to create a display screen of bigger dimensions - G09G 2340/0407: Resolution change, inclusive of the use of different resolutions for different screen areas - G09G 2340/0464: Positioning - G09G 2354/00: Aspects of interface with display user - G09G 2356/00: Detection of the display position w.r.t. other display screens - G09G 2370/06: Consumer Electronics Control, i.e. control of another device by a display or vice versa - G09G 2370/16: Use of wireless transmission of display information - G09G 2370/20: Details of the management of multiple sources of image data - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Examples described herein relate to a monitor consistent with the disclosure. For instance, the monitor may comprise a display screen including a plurality of virtual displays and a video connector to receive a plurality of video streams, wherein each video stream of the plurality of video streams is directed to a virtual display of the plurality of virtual displays. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A monitor comprising: a display screen including a plurality of virtual displays; and a video connector to receive a plurality of video streams, wherein each video stream of the plurality of video streams is directed to a virtual display of the plurality of virtual displays. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The monitor of claim 1, further including an on-screen display (OSD) to adjust the aspect ratio of each virtual display of the plurality of virtual displays. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The monitor of claim 1, wherein the monitor comprises a direct backlight zone. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The monitor of claim 1, further including a controller to receive the plurality of video streams and direct each video stream of the plurality of video streams to a different virtual display of the plurality of virtual displays. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The monitor of claim 1, wherein the location of each virtual display on the display screen is determined by the user. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The monitor of claim 5, wherein each virtual display has a different brightness and color space. ### Claim 7 A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions executable by a processing resource to: display a plurality of virtual displays on a monitor; receive a plurality of video streams from a video connector; direct each video stream of the plurality of video streams to a different virtual display of the plurality of virtual displays; cause the aspect ratio of the virtual display to adjust based on a setting of an on-screen display (OSD); and separately control a plurality of backlight zones connected to the plurality of virtual displays. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 7, further including instructions executable by the processing resource to turn off a backlight zone of the plurality of backlight zones corresponding to an unused area of a display screen. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 7, further including instructions executable by the processing resource to adjust an orientation, a resolution, a refresh rate, a name, or a combination thereof of each virtual display of the plurality of virtual displays based on user input. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 7, further comprising instructions executable by the processing resource to receive the plurality of video streams from a plurality of computing devices. ### Claim 11 A system comprising: a monitor including a plurality of virtual displays; a first computing device to send a first plurality of video streams; a first video connector to receive the first plurality of video streams from the first computing device, wherein each video stream of the first plurality of video streams is directed to a different virtual display of the plurality of virtual displays; and an on-screen display (OSD) to adjust an aspect ratio of each virtual display of the plurality of virtual displays. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, further comprising a second video connector to receive a second plurality of video streams from a second computing device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein each virtual display of the plurality of virtual displays has a separate refresh rate. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein each virtual display of the plurality of virtual displays has a separate contrast. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, further comprising a plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) backlights included on a back panel of the monitor to provide light to a display screen of the monitor and produce a visual image on the display screen.