Patent ID: 6593902
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: G06F,G09F,G09G,H05B

Abstract:
An extending type of display apparatus having a screen that can be extended by connecting a plurality of display units, each display unit having the same configuration, to each other, wherein:said each display unit comprises a plurality of display elements arrayed in a matrix, a controller for controlling each display state of each of said plurality of display elements, a storing section for storing therein each address information for each of the display elements, a signal transmitting section for signal transaction between said controller and an external device or any other display units, and a power transmitting section for supplying power to said plurality of display elements, controller, storing section, and said signal transmitting section; said power transmitting section can electrically be connected, when said plurality of display units are connected to each other, to power transmitting sections of those of said plurality of display units adjacent to said power transmitting section; said signal transmitting section can execute, when said plurality of display units are connected to each other, signal transaction with signal transmitting sections of those of said plurality of display units adjacent to said signal transmitting section; and said controller executes, when said plurality of display units are connected to each other, signal transaction with controllers of any other display units adjacent to said controller through said signal transmitting section, recognizes a size of the screen obtained by connecting said plurality of display units to each other and recognizes a position of the controller's display unit in said screen, and generates address information for each display element in said screen according to said position of the controller's display unit; said apparatus further comprising a processor operative to obtain said address information for each display element in said screen by: first dividing said screen into four first areas, each of the first areas' respective addresses having two bits of â€œ00â€ , â€œ01â€ , â€œ10â€ , and â€œ11, â€  said each respective address correlating to each position of the four first areas; then, further dividing each of the four first areas into four second areas, each of the second areas' respective addresses being appended with two bits of â€œ00â€ , â€œ01â€ , â€œ10â€ , and â€œ11â€  each correlating to each position of a respective second area; and then further dividing each of the four second areas into four third areas, each of the third areas' respective addresses being appended with two bits of â€œ00â€ , â€œ01â€ , â€œ10â€ , and â€œ11,â€  each correlating to each position of a respective third area; wherein the processing divides the screen n-times until all display elements in the divided screen have identifying addresses, said identifying addresses being indicated by rows of bits arranged in order from the first area address to n-th area address.