Configuration associated with media display of a facility

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12339557-B2
Application number	US-202118028293-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2021
Priority date	Apr 26, 2017
Publication date	Jun 24, 2025
Grant date	Jun 24, 2025

Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems, apparatuses, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media related to a display construct coupled to a structure (e.g., a vision window such as a tintable window). The structure can be a supportive structure such as a fixture. The display construct is configured to facilitate media display and is at least partially transparent. An interactive installation software tool and process aligns a digital configuration of the display construct and/or touch screen functionality of the display construct, with its physical configuration in a matrix of display constructs.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for controlling one or more media displays, comprising at least one controller comprising a first circuitry, which at least one controller is configured to:
(a) operatively couple to one or more display constructs and to a second circuitry configured to accept user input; and
(b) align, or direct alignment of, a real configuration of the one or more display constructs with a virtual setting of the one or more display constructs at least in part by being configured to: (A) receive from the second circuitry a user input of one or more real characteristics of the one or more display constructs that pertain to the real configuration, and (B) update, or direct update of, the virtual settings to facilitate control of the one or more display constructs, wherein a display construct of the one or more display constructs is operatively coupled to a tintable window.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one controller is (I) included in a control system configured to control at least one device of other than the one or more display constructs in a building in which the display constructs are disposed, (II) operatively coupled to a network disposed at least in part in an envelope of the building and/or (III) operatively coupled to a network configured for transmission of power and communication on a cable.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one controller is configured to align, or direct alignment of, the one or more real characteristics as (I) vertical or horizontal placement of a fundamental length scale of a display construct of the one or more display constructs, (II) alignment of projected media by the display construct relative to the horizon and/or to a gravitational center, (III) identification of a fastener of a display construct of the one or more display constructs, or (IV) identification number of the display construct.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the identification number is comprised of a network address recognized by a control system that includes, or is operatively coupled to, the at least one controller.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one controller is operatively coupled to, or is included in, a control system configured to control a facility in which the one or more display constructs are disposed.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one controller is configured to receive the user input through an application disposed on a mobile circuitry.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more display constructs comprises a matrix of display constructs, and wherein the at least one controller is configured to align, or direct alignment of, the one or more real characteristics as comprising (I) a distance between two immediately adjacent display constructs in the display matrix, or (II) a manner of any coordination of media displayed by the matrix of display constructs.

8. An apparatus for controlling media display touch screens, comprising at least one controller, which at least one controller is configured to:
(a) operatively couple to touch screen sensor and emitter arrays of a display matrix;
(b) configure, or direct configuration of, the touch screen sensor and emitter arrays having virtual coordinates, each of the touch screen sensor and emitter arrays associated with each media display in the display matrix having media displays of (i) similar dimensions and (ii) similar array of emitting entities, the media displays arranged in one or more rows and in one or more columns to form the display matrix, the at least one controller configured to configure, or direct configuration of, the touch screen sensor and emitter arrays at least in part by the at least one controller being configured to:
(A) divide, or direct division of, a vertical component of the array of the emitting entities, by a vertical number of the one or more rows of the media displays in the display matrix, to obtain a vertical division product, wherein the vertical component of the array of the emitting entities is of (I) all media displays in a column of media displays in the display matrix;
(B) divide, or direct division of, a horizontal component of the array of the emitting entities, by a horizontal number of the one or more columns of the media displays in the display matrix, to obtain a horizontal division product, wherein the horizontal component of the array of the emitting entities is of all media displays in a row of media displays in the display matrix; and
(C) assign, or direct assignment of, a virtual coordinate of the virtual coordinates at least in part by including the vertical division product and/or the horizontal division product.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the at least one controller is configured to include, or direct inclusion of, the vertical division product in the assignment, or directing assignment of, the virtual coordinate of the virtual coordinates when the display matrix comprises more than one row of media displays.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the at least one controller is configured to (A) divide, or direct division of, a vertical component of the array of the emitting entities, by a vertical number of the one or more rows of the media displays in the display matrix, to obtain a vertical division product, wherein the vertical component of the array of the emitting entities is of (I) a single media display; and (B) divide, or direct division of, a horizontal component of the array of the emitting entities, by a horizontal number of the one or more columns of the media displays in the display matrix, to obtain a horizontal division product, wherein the horizontal component of the array of the emitting entities is of (III) a single media display.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein configured to comprises designed, arranged, built, shaped, or structured.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the at least one controller comprises circuitry, and optionally wherein the circuitry is included in one or more processors.

13. An apparatus for controlling media display touch screens, the apparatus comprising: at least one controller configured to:
(a) operatively couple to touch screen sensor and emitter arrays of media displays that form a display matrix;
(b) detect, or direct detection of, a location of a user stimulation of one or more of the touch screen sensor and emitter arrays, which location of stimulation of the one or more of the touch screen sensor and emitter arrays is (i) at least partially based on a defined coordinate system for the touch screen sensor and emitter arrays that is derived at least in part by aligning a real configuration of each of the media displays each having a touch screen sensor and emitter array of the touch screen sensor and emitter arrays, with a virtual setting of each of the touch screen sensor and emitter arrays, and (ii) is at least partially based on each of the media displays displaying a portion of a media such that the display matrix displays an entire depiction of the media; and
(c) use, or direct usage of, the defined coordinate system to translate the location of the user stimulation to a touch location in the media being displayed on the display matrix of the media displays, wherein the at least one controller is configured to receive through an input of a user a number of (a) columns of the media displays in the display matrix and/or (b) rows of the media displays in the display matrix.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the at least one controller is configured to (A) divide, or direct division of, a vertical component of an array of one media display of the

Assignees

• View Inc

Inventors

• Martinson Robert Michael
• Chan Chee Yung
• Trikha Nitesh
• Nguyen Vinh N
• Sheffield Matthew Burton
• Young Anthony
• Antes Todd Daniel
• Kailasam Sridhar Karthik

Classifications

• H04K3/45

  characterized by including monitoring of the target or target signal, e.g. in reactive jammers or follower jammers for example by means of an alternation of jamming phases and monitoring phases, called "look-through mode" · CPC title

• G09G2370/16

  Use of wireless transmission of display information · CPC title

• G09G2370/06

  Consumer Electronics Control, i.e. control of another device by a display or vice versa · CPC title

• G09G2370/02

  Networking aspects · CPC title

• G09G2300/04

  Structural and physical details of display devices · CPC title