Alignment angle method and apparatus for a display
AssigneeBarco N.V.
InventorsMarcus Robert Patterson, Grant Arthur John Elliott
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Abstract
A light-emitting display system has an alignment mechanism to align or angle light-emitting tiles of the display. A first tile connects to a second tile by joining a first clamp portion on the first tile with a second clamp portion on the second tile. In an implementation, the alignment mechanism includes a replaceable angle adjustment insert that is inserted into at least one of the clamp portions, such as the first clamp portion. When the first and second clamp portions are joined, a surface of the second clamp portion presses against the insert and a desired angle between the first and second tile is formed. The insert can have any angle so that any desired angle can be formed between the first and second tiles.
Claims13
A device comprising:
- a first display tile having a plurality of light-emitting diodes on a display side of the tile and a plurality of angle adjustment receptacles on a rear side of the tile, the plurality of angle adjustment receptacles extending through side edges of the first tile,
- wherein the display tile comprises a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns of pixels, each pixel comprising at least three light-emitting diode elements, each of the at least three light-emitting diode elements of a pixel emits a different light color, and
- light-emitting diode elements on a display side of the tile cover the angle adjustment receptacles from the display side;
- a first angle adjustment dowel piece having a first surface and a first dowel projecting away from the first surface, wherein when the first angle adjustment dowel piece is received by a first angle adjustment receptacle, the first dowel points towards a first side edge and a first angle is between the display side and the first surface;
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- a second angle adjustment dowel piece having a second surface and a second dowel projecting away from the second surface, wherein when the second angle adjustment dowel piece replaces the first angle adjustment dowel piece, a second angle, different from the first angle, is between the display side and the second surface.
A method comprising:
- providing a display tile having a front surface and a back surface, where the front surface comprises light emitting elements and a first side edge of the tile comprises a first side surface joining the front and back surfaces;
- providing at least one receptacle accessible from the back surface of the tile, wherein the receptacle extends to the first side edge of the display tile;
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- providing a first angle adjustment block that removably fits into the receptacle,
- wherein when the first angle adjustment block is fitted in the receptacle, the first angle adjustment block has a bottom edge that touches a bottom surface of the receptacle, a second side edge of the first angle adjustment block to the bottom edge is visible through a first opening at the first side edge, a surface of the second side edge is not coplanar with the first side surface of the display tile, and a first dowel projects away from the surface of the second side edge of the first angle adjustment block and the first side surface of the display tile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.