Display unit manager

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016334892-A1
Application number	US-201415112613-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 31, 2014
Priority date	Jan 31, 2014
Publication date	Nov 17, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An example system in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure includes a projector unit, an all-in-one computer with a display unit attachable to the projector unit, and a touch sensitive mat communicatively coupled to the all-in-one computer. The touch sensitive mat having a projector display area. The all-in-one computer instructs a camera to scan a physical object on the touch sensitive mat and to cause the projector unit to project the scanned image back on to the projector display area on the touch sensitive mat based on a resolution value. The touch sensitive mat and the display unit have different resolutions, and the resolution value is determined based on the resolutions of the touch sensitive mat and the display.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system, comprising:
a projector unit; an all-in-one computer attachable to the projector unit, the all-in-one computer having a display unit; and a touch sensitive mat communicatively coupled to the all-in-one computer, the touch sensitive mat having a projector display area; wherein the all-in-one computer instructs a camera to scan a physical object on the touch sensitive mat and to cause the projector unit to project the scanned image back on to the projector display area on the touch sensitive mat based on a resolution value, and wherein the touch sensitive mat and the display unit have different resolutions, and the resolution value is determined based on the resolutions of the touch sensitive mat and the display.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the image is displayed on the display unit based on the resolution value, and wherein the image displayed on the display unit and the image displayed on the touch sensitive map showed a physical size consistency.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the resolution value is higher than the resolution of the display unit, and is a multiple of the resolution of the touch sensitive map.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the camera has >a resolution higher than the resolution of the display unit and the resolution of the touch sensitive mat.

5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the image captured by the camera is scaled down to a reduced resolution corresponding to actual size of the image.

6 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of cameras, at least one camera of which is used for depth detection, and at least two cameras of which are used for stereoscopic stylus tracking.

7 . A method of managing display units, comprising:
determining specifications of the display units, the specifications comprising size and resolution; identifying a display unit with a highest resolution and a display unit with a lowest resolution; assigning a native resolution value based on the highest resolution and the lowest resolution; and instructing to display an image on the display units using the native resolution value, wherein the image displayed on the display presents a physical consistency across all the display units.

8 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising receiving the image from a camera.

9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the image comprises a plurality of images, and the plurality of images appear on the displayed units in consistent physical sizes.

10 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the image i, an element of an application, wherein the image comprises information, graphics or a combination thereof.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the information comprises fonts in the mage, the fonts being adjusted based on the specification of a corresponding display unit used to display the image.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the fonts are adjusted in size and style.

13 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the graphics comprise borders, lines and spaces.

14 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the graphics in the image are adjusted based on the specification of a corresponding display unit used to display the image.

15 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed, cause a device to:
determine specifications of the display units, the specifications comprising size and resolution; identify a display unit with a highest resolution and a display unit with a lowest resolution; assign a native resolution value based on the highest resolution and the lowest resolution; and wherein an image is displayed on each display unit using the native resolution value, and wherein the image maintains a size that is consistent across each display unit.

Assignees

• Hewlett Packard Development Co Lp

Inventors

• Suggs Bradley Neal

Classifications

• G06F3/03545 Primary

  Pens or stylus · CPC title

• G06F1/1639

  the display being based on projection · CPC title

• G06T3/40

  Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting · CPC title

• G09G5/30

  Control of display attribute · CPC title

• G06F3/005

  Input arrangements through a video camera · CPC title