Display presentation across plural display surfaces

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11272045-B2
Application number	US-201816181214-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 5, 2018
Priority date	Nov 5, 2018
Publication date	Mar 8, 2022
Grant date	Mar 8, 2022

Abstract

An electronic display system comprises first and second display surfaces and a computer. Each of the first and second display surfaces is configured to receive and transmit display light from an emissive element. Each of the first and second display surfaces includes both a flat portion and an edge portion non-coplanar to the flat portion. The computer is configured to control the emissive elements of the first and second display surfaces so as to present a first section of a display image on the first display surface and a second section of the display image on the second display surface. In this example, one or more rows of the display image rendered on the flat portion of a display surface are rendered duplicatively on an edge portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic display system comprising:
a first display surface configured to receive and transmit display light from a first emissive element, the first display surface having a first flat non-edge portion and a first curved edge portion non-coplanar to the first flat non-edge portion;
a second display surface configured to receive and transmit display light from a second emissive element, the second display surface having a second flat non-edge portion and a second curved edge portion non-coplanar to the second flat non-edge portion; and
a computer configured to control the first and second emissive elements to:
present a first section of a display image on the first display surface and a second section of the display image on the second display surface,
responsive to a first condition, duplicate on the first curved edge portion one or more rows of the display image rendered on the first flat non-edge portion, and
responsive to a second condition, duplicate on the second curved edge portion one or more rows of the display image rendered on the first flat non-edge portion.

2. The electronic display system of claim 1 wherein the display image, when viewed from a first ocular position of a user, flows continuously from the first flat non-edge portion to the second curved edge portion.

3. The electronic display system of claim 2 wherein the first and second sections are rendered so that the display image, when viewed from a second ocular position of the user, flows continuously from the second flat non-edge portion to the second curved edge portion.

4. The electronic display system of claim 2 wherein the computer is further configured to partition the display image into the first and second sections based on an estimate of the first ocular position.

5. The electronic display system of claim 1 further comprising a hinge situated between the first and second curved edge portions and configured to pivotally couple the first display surface to the second display surface, and a sensor furnishing an output responsive to an angle of separation between the first and second flat non-edge portions, wherein the computer is further configured to partition the display image into the first and second sections based on the output.

6. The electronic display system of claim 1 further comprising a camera configured to acquire an ocular image of the user, wherein the computer is further configured to estimate the ocular position by analysis of the ocular image.

7. The electronic display system of claim 1 further comprising a sensor furnishing an output responsive to one or more of an orientation of the first display surface and an abutment of the first display surface to another display surface, and wherein the computer is further configured to partition the display image into the first and second sections based on the output.

8. The electronic display system of claim 1 , wherein the computer is further configured such that the one or more rows of the display image rendered on the first flat non-edge portion are rendered concurrently on the second curved edge portion.

9. An electronic display system comprising:
a first display surface configured to receive and transmit display light from a first emissive element, the first display surface having a first flat non-edge portion and a first curved edge portion non-coplanar to the first flat non-edge portion;
a second display surface configured to receive and transmit display light from a second emissive element, the second display surface having a second flat non-edge portion and a second curved edge portion non-coplanar to the second flat non-edge portion; and
a computer configured to control the first and second emissive elements to:
heuristically estimate an ocular position O by sensing an orientation in which the electronic display system is being held,
partition a display image into first and second sections based on the ocular position O as heuristically estimated,
present the first section of the display image on the first display surface and the second section of the display image on the second display surface,
responsive to a first condition, duplicate on the first curved edge portion one or more rows of the display image rendered on the first flat non-edge portion, and
responsive to a second condition, duplicate on the second curved edge portion one or more rows of the display image rendered on the first flat non-edge portion.

10. The electronic display system of claim 9 , wherein the computer is further configured, in rendering a locus P of the first section of the display image, to control the first and second emissive elements to increase active illumination of coordinates (U, V) of the first curved edge portion with increasing angle of a straight line OP relative to a direction of emergence of light from the coordinates (U, V), wherein the direction of emergence is normal to a surface of the first curved edge portion at the coordinates (U, V).

11. The electronic display system of claim 10 , wherein the active illumination is increased by a factor 1/cos θ, where θ is the angle of OP relative to the direction of emergence of light from the coordinates (U, V).

12. The electronic display system of claim 10 , wherein rendering the locus P includes refracting light from an emissive element associated with the coordinates (U, V).

13. The electronic display system of claim 9 , wherein the ocular position O is a position of a dominant eye of a user of the electronic display system, or a position that bisects a line segment joining right and left eyes of a user of the electronic display system.

14. The electronic display system of claim 9 , wherein the computer is further configured to acquire an ocular image of a user of the electronic display system, wherein the ocular position O is estimated by analysis of the ocular image.

15. The electronic display system of claim 9 , wherein the ocular position O is a pupil position.

16. An electronic display system comprising:
a first display surface configured to receive and transmit display light from a first emissive element, the first display surface having a first flat non-edge portion and a first curved edge portion non-coplanar to the first flat non-edge portion;
a second display surface configured to receive and transmit display light from a second emissive element, the second display surface having a second flat non-edge portion and a second curved edge portion non-coplanar to the second flat non-edge portion; and
a computer configured to control the first and second emissive elements to:
sense a configuration of the first and second display surfaces,
estimate an ocular position O,
present a first section of a display image with a locus P on the first display surface, wherein coordinates (U, V) of the first display surface are illuminated where a straight line OP passing through O and P intersects the first display surface,
present a second section of the display image on the second display surface,
responsive to a first condition, duplicate on the first curved edge portion one or more rows of the display image rendered on the first flat non-edge portion, and
responsive to a second condition, duplicate on the second curved edge portion one or more rows of the display image rendered on the first flat non-edge portion, wherein different coordinates (U′, V′) of the second display surface are illuminated where a straight line OP passing through O and P intersects the second display surface, responsive to a change in OP.

17. The electronic display

Assignees

• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Ibrahim Ziyad
• Evans Glenn Frederick
• Ray Nicholas Fredrick

Classifications

• H04M1/0268

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• G09G2300/026

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