Display system and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11099801-B2
Application number	US-201916981419-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 19, 2019
Priority date	Mar 28, 2018
Publication date	Aug 24, 2021
Grant date	Aug 24, 2021

Abstract

The present invention provides a display system configured to control a plurality of display devices by combining a plurality of information processing devices and the display devices, even if the display system includes a display device incapable of communicating a switch signal with all of the information processing devices.The present invention provides a display system comprising: first and second information processing devices; and first and second display devices, wherein the first and second display devices are configured to perform extended display with respect to one of an image output from the first information processing device and an image output from the second information processing device, the second information processing device is configured to output a second switch signal for switching an image displayed on the first display device to the first display device, and the first information processing device is configured to, when the second switch signal is output from the second information processing device to the first display device and the image displayed on the first display device is switched, output a first switch signal for switching an image displayed on the second display device to the second display device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display system comprising:
first and second information processing devices; and
first and second display devices, wherein
the first and second display devices are configured to perform extended display with respect to one of an image output from the first information processing device and an image output from the second information processing device,
the second information processing device is configured to output a second switch signal for switching an image displayed on the first display device to the first display device, and
the first information processing device is configured to, when the second switch signal is output from the second information processing device to the first display device and the image displayed on the first display device is switched, output a first switch signal for switching an image displayed on the second display device to the second display device.

2. The display system of claim 1 , wherein the first information processing device, when the second switch signal is output from the second information processing device to the first display device and the image displayed on the first display device is switched, outputs the first switch signal to the second display so that the second display displays the image output from the first information processing device.

3. The display system of claim 2 , wherein the first and second displays include video signal communication parts respectively,
the video signal communication parts are configured to communicate a video signal with between the first and second information processing devices, and
the first information processing device is configured to detect, via the video signal communication part of the first display device, whether the image displayed on the first display device has been switched.

4. The display system of claim 1 , wherein the first and second display devices include switch signal communication parts respectively,
the switch signal communication parts are configured to communicate the first switch signal or the second switch signal with at least one of the first and second information processing device, and
the first information processing device is configured to detect, via the switch signal communication part of the first display device, whether the image displayed on the first display device has been switched.

5. The display system of claim 4 , wherein the first display device includes a switch signal transfer part,
the switch signal transfer part is configured to transfer the second switch signal, input from the second information processing device to the first display device, to the first information processing device, or
output an output signal to the first information processing device when the second switch signal is input from the second information processing device to the first display device, the output signal indicating that the second switch signal is input from the second information processing device to the first display device, and;

the first information processing device outputs the first switch signal to the second display device when the first information processing device receives the second switch signal or the output signal from the switch signal transfer part.

6. The display system of claim 1 , further comprising:
an operation device configured to operate one of the first and second information processing devices that outputs the image to the first and second display devices, wherein
the first information processing device is configured to detect whether the image displayed on the first display device has been switched by detecting that the operation device has switched to a state in which the operation device is capable of operating the first information processing device.

7. The display system of claim 1 , wherein the first and second display devices include switch signal communication parts respectively,
the switch signal communication parts are configured to communicate the first switch signal or the second switch signal with at least one of the first and second information processing device,
the switch signal communication part of the first display device is configured to communicate with the first and second information processing devices,
the switch signal communication part of the second display device is configured to communicate with the first information processing device,
the first switch processing, which switches the image displayed on the second display device from an image of the first information processing device to an image of the second information processing device, is executed when the first information processing device outputs a third switch signal to the first and second display devices, and
the second switch processing, which switches the image displayed on the first display device from the image of the second information processing device to the image of the first information processing device, is executed when the first information processing device outputs the first switch signal to the second display device after the first display device receives the second switch signal from the second information processing device.

8. The display system of claim 1 , further comprising:
an operation device configured to operate one of the first and second information processing devices that outputs the image to the first and second display devices.

9. The display system of claim 8 , wherein the operation device is connected to the first display device.

10. The display system of claim 8 , wherein the operation device is configured to indicate a pointing position on the first and second display devices.

11. The display system of claim 10 , further comprising:
a detector configured to, when the image is displayed on the first and second display devices, detect whether the pointing position is positioned on a switch area arranged in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the first and second display devices are arranged, wherein
the first switch processing or the second switch processing is executed when the detector detects the pointing position on the switch area.

12. The display system of claim 1 , wherein the first and second information processing devices include display switchers respectively,
each of the display switchers displays information on at least one of the first and second display devices,
the information indicating which image output from the first information processing device or the second information processing device is displayed on the first and second display devices.

13. The display system of claim 1 , wherein the first display device or the second display device is configured to display an electrical health record.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a program causing a computer to function as a controller that controls a display system including first and second information processing devices and first and second display devices,
the first and second display devices being configured to perform extended display with respect to one of an image output from the first information processing device and an image output from the second information processing device,
the second information processing device being configured to output a second switch signal for switching an image displayed on the first display device to the first display device,
the program comprising:
outputting, when the second switch signal is output from the second information processing device to the first display device and the image displayed on the first display device is switched, a first switch signal for switching an image disp

Assignees

• Eizo Corp

Inventors

• Sugumi Masahiro
• Kurokawa Airi
• Hashimoto Hideaki
• Nakamura Tatsuya
• Song Wei

Classifications

• G09G2370/20

  Details of the management of multiple sources of image data · CPC title

• G06F3/1438 Primary

  using more than one graphics controller · CPC title

• G09G2360/04

  Display device controller operating with a plurality of display units · CPC title

• G16H10/00

  ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of patient-related medical or healthcare data (for medical reports G16H15/00; for therapies or health-improving plans G16H20/00; for the handling or processing of medical images G16H30/00) · CPC title

• G06F3/1423 Primary

  controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display · CPC title