Electronic apparatus and method for controlling thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-RE50395-E
Application number	US-202217750154-A
Country	US
Kind code	E1
Filing date	May 20, 2022
Priority date	Jun 14, 2018
Publication date	Apr 22, 2025
Grant date	Apr 22, 2025

Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes an interface connected to a modular display apparatus, and a processor for transmitting an image signal to the modular display apparatus connected through the interface. The processor divides a plurality of display modules included in the modular display apparatus into a plurality of groups based on a vertical direction, divides the image signal into a plurality of image signals corresponding to the plurality of groups, and transmits the divided plurality of image signals to the plurality of groups.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
an interface connected to a modular display apparatus, the modular display apparatus comprising a plurality of display modules; and
a processorone or more processors connected to the interface, the processor configured to:
wherein the one or more processors are configured to: divideidentify the plurality of display modules intoas a plurality of groups into which the plurality of display modules are divided in a vertical direction, each of the plurality of groups comprising at least two display modules from among the plurality of display modules and the at least two display modules being connected to one another in a daisy-chain manner in the vertical direction;, divide an image signal corresponding to a first channel bandwidth into a plurality of image signals respectively corresponding to a second channel bandwidth and the plurality of groups based on a number of the plurality of groups and each location of the plurality of groups, wherein the second channel bandwidth corresponds to a channel bandwidth of the interface that is smaller than the first channel bandwidth;, and transmit through the interface, the plurality of image signals to the plurality of groups, wherein each of the display modules located at a bottom among the at least two display modules included in the plurality of groups is connected to the interface, and wherein each of the divided plurality of image signals is transmitted from the each of the display modules located at the bottom among the at least two display modules to other display modules located in an upper part in the vertical direction.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 ,
wherein the interface comprises a plurality of ports connected to the modular display apparatus, and
wherein the processor is further configured to:
dividewherein the plurality of display modules are divided into the plurality of groups based on a number of the plurality of ports connected to the modular display apparatus;, and
wherein the one or more processors are further configured to transmit the plurality of image signals to the plurality of groups through the plurality of ports.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 2 ,
wherein the plurality of ports is are connected to the display modules located on an outer rim among the plurality of display modules belonging to the plurality of groups, and
wherein the processor is one or more processors are further configured to:
transmit the plurality of image signals to the display modules located on the outer rim through the plurality of ports.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the processor is one or more processors are further configured to:
based on a new group being connected to at least one of the plurality of ports, divide the image signal based on the new group that is connected.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is one or more processors are further configured to:
encode the plurality of image signals corresponding to the plurality of groups in units of rows; and
transmit the encoded image signals sequentially to the plurality of groups.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is one or more processors are further configured to:
perform vertical synchronization on the plurality of image signals; and
transmit the vertically synchronized image signals to the plurality of groups.

7. The electronic apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the processor is one or more processors are further configured to:
generate metadata comprising information about an image quality of the plurality of image signals corresponding to the plurality of groups; and
transmit the metadata to the plurality of groups with the plurality of image signals, and wherein the image quality of the plurality of image signals is same as an image quality of the image signal before division.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a number of the plurality of image signals equals a number of the plurality of groups.

9. A method for controlling an electronic apparatus, the method comprising:
dividing a plurality of display modules included in a modular display apparatus into a plurality of groups in a vertical direction, each of the plurality of groups comprising at least two display modules from among the plurality of display modules and the at least two display modules being connected to one another in a daisy-chain manner in the vertical direction; dividing an image signal corresponding to a first channel bandwidth into a plurality of image signals respectively corresponding to a second channel bandwidth and the plurality of groups based on a number of the plurality of groups and each location of the plurality of groups, wherein the second channel bandwidth corresponds to a channel bandwidth of an interface of the electronic apparatus that is smaller than the first channel bandwidth; and transmitting through the interface, the plurality of image signals to the plurality of groups, wherein each of the display modules located at a bottom among the at least two display modules included in the plurality of groups is connected to the interface, and wherein each of the divided plurality of image signals is transmitted from the each of the display modules located at the bottom among the at least two display modules to other display modules located in an upper part in the vertical direction.

10. The method for controlling the electronic apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the transmitting further comprises:
dividing the plurality of display modules into the plurality of groups based on a number of a plurality of ports connected to the modular display apparatus; and transmitting the plurality of image signals to the plurality of groups through the plurality of ports.

11. The method for controlling the electronic apparatus of claim 10 ,
wherein the plurality of ports is connected to the display modules located on an outer rim among the plurality of display modules belonging to the plurality of groups, and wherein the transmitting further comprises:
transmitting the plurality of image signals to the display modules located on the outer rim through the plurality of ports.

12. The method for controlling the electronic apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the dividing further comprises:
based on a new group being connected to at least one of the plurality of ports, dividing the image signal based on the new group that is connected.

13. The method for controlling the electronic apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the transmitting further comprises:
encoding the plurality of image signals corresponding to the plurality of groups in units of rows; and transmitting the encoded image signals sequentially to the plurality of groups.

14. The method for controlling the electronic apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the transmitting further comprises:
performing vertical synchronization on the plurality of image signals; and transmitting the vertically synchronized image signals to the plurality of groups.

15. The method for controlling the electronic apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the transmitting further comprises:
generating metadata comprising information about an image quality of the plurality of image signals corresponding to the plurality of groups; and transmitting the metadata to the plurality of groups with the plurality of image signals, and wherein the image quality of the plurality of image signals is same as an image quality of the image signal before division.

16. The method for controlling the electronic apparatus of claim

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Sangwon
• Kim Youngkook
• Seo Jeongryeol
• Lee Hyewon

Classifications

• G09G3/32

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