Patent ID: 7525511

Claim:
A method for determining display differences and separation between monitors in a multi-monitor display system, the method comprising: displaying a first line across a first and second monitor, wherein a first segment of the first line is displayed on the first monitor and a second segment of the first line is displayed on the second monitor, and wherein one of the two segments of the first line is repositionable perpendicularly to the direction of the first line by a user, while a position of the first and second monitors remains fixed; obtaining the aligned position of the repositionable segment of the first line after a user has repositioned the repositionable segment of the first line to be visually aligned in the direction of the other segment of the first line; and determining the physical alignment of the second monitor relative to the first monitor according to the difference of the aligned position of the repositionable segment of the first line from its initially displayed position.