System including a plurality of display apparatus and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11409492-B2
Application number	US-201917256893-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 12, 2019
Priority date	Jul 19, 2018
Publication date	Aug 9, 2022
Grant date	Aug 9, 2022

Abstract

A display apparatus in a display system displays an image based on a received image signal, obtains and stores status information showing operation status of the plurality of display apparatuses, and identifies whether the plurality of display apparatuses normally operate based on the stored status information, and outputs result information about the identified normal/abnormal operation.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display system with a plurality of display apparatuses including a first display apparatus, a second display apparatus and a third display apparatus,
the first display apparatus comprising:
a display;
a signal input/output unit configured to receive an image signal from one of the second display apparatus and the third display apparatus and transmit the received image signal to the other of the second display apparatus and the third display apparatus;
a memory configured to store an instruction; and
a processor configured to execute the instruction to:
display an image on the display based on the received image signal,
obtain normal status information predefined to show a normal operation status of the second display apparatus, wherein the second display apparatus includes a plurality of components including a first component and a second component, and the image signal is delivered from the first component to the second component,
obtain current status information showing a current status of the second display apparatus by obtaining a variation rate between a noise intensity of the first component and a noise intensity of the second component,
identify whether the second display apparatus is in an abnormal operation status by comparing the current status information with the normal status information, wherein based on identifying that the obtained variation rate exceeds a threshold of the normal status information, the processor identifies that the first component is in the abnormal operation status, and
based on identifying that the second display apparatus is in the abnormal operation status, control to display a screen showing the abnormal operation status of the first component in the second display apparatus.

2. The display system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to receive the normal status information from each of the second display apparatus and the third display apparatus, and store the normal status information corresponding to each of the second display apparatus and the third display apparatus.

3. The display system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to transmit the normal status information to other display apparatuses among the plurality of display apparatuses through the signal input/output unit, so that the other display apparatuses can store the normal status information.

4. The display system according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of components include a signal input/output unit and a processor of the second display apparatus.

5. The display system according to claim 1 , wherein
the image signal comprises a signal of content comprising a plurality of image frames, and
the processor is configured to identify that the second display apparatus is in the abnormal operation status, based on change between the plurality of image frames exceeding a second threshold.

6. The display system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to output result information to be displayed on the display.

7. A method of controlling a display system with a plurality of display apparatuses including a first display apparatus, a second display apparatus and a third display apparatus, the method comprising:
displaying, by the first display apparatus, an image based on an image signal, wherein the first display apparatus is configured to receive the image signal from one of the second display apparatus and the third display apparatus and transmit the received image signal to the other of the second display apparatus and the third display apparatus;
obtaining, by the first display apparatus, normal status information predefined to show a normal operation status of the second display apparatus, wherein the second display apparatus includes a plurality of components including a first component and a second component, and the image signal is delivered from the first component to the second component;
obtaining, by the first display apparatus, current status information showing a current status of the second display apparatus by obtaining a variation rate between a noise intensity of the first component and a noise intensity of the second component;
identifying, by the first display apparatus, whether the second display apparatus is in an abnormal operation status by comparing the current status information with the normal status information, wherein based on identifying that the obtained variation rate exceeds a threshold of the normal status information, it is identified that the first component is in the abnormal operation status; and
based on identifying that the second display apparatus is in the abnormal operation status, controlling, by the first display apparatus, to display a screen showing the abnormal operation status of the first component in the second display apparatus.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising receiving the normal status information from each of the second display apparatus and the third display apparatus, and storing the normal status information corresponding to each of the second display apparatus and the third display apparatus.

9. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising transmitting the normal status information to other display apparatuses among the plurality of display apparatuses, so that the other display apparatuses can store the normal status information.

10. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the plurality of components include a signal input/output unit and a processor of the second display apparatus.

11. The method according to claim 7 , wherein
the image signal comprises a signal of content comprising a plurality of image frames, and
the method comprises identifying that the second display apparatus is in the abnormal operation status, based on change between the plurality of image frames exceeding a second threshold.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Seo Hoseong
• Lee Hyeongjin
• Lee Changwon

Classifications

• H04N21/43635

  HDMI · CPC title

• G09G2330/12

  Test circuits or failure detection circuits included in a display system, as permanent part thereof · CPC title

• G06F3/1423 Primary

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

• G09G2370/12

  Use of DVI or HDMI protocol in interfaces along the display data pipeline · CPC title

• G09G2370/04

  Exchange of auxiliary data, i.e. other than image data, between monitor and graphics controller · CPC title