Classifications

• • G—PHYSICS
  • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
  • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
  • G09G5/00—Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators
  • G09G5/003—Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto
  • G09G5/006—Details of the interface to the display terminal
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
  • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
  • G09G2320/00—Control of display operating conditions
  • G09G2320/08—Arrangements within a display terminal for setting, manually or automatically, display parameters of the display terminal
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
  • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
  • G09G2370/00—Aspects of data communication
  • G09G2370/04—Exchange of auxiliary data, i.e. other than image data, between monitor and graphics controller
  • G09G2370/045—Exchange of auxiliary data, i.e. other than image data, between monitor and graphics controller using multiple communication channels, e.g. parallel and serial
  • G09G2370/047—Exchange of auxiliary data, i.e. other than image data, between monitor and graphics controller using multiple communication channels, e.g. parallel and serial using display data channel standard [DDC] communication

Definitions

• the invention relates to a method and a system for configuring a monitor, as well as a monitor, a computer and a graphics card with which the method for configuring a monitor can be carried out.
• monitors can be configured by the user to adapt to the computer to which they are connected or to adapt to the surrounding light conditions or user preferences.
• a configuration includes adjustment of brightness levels, contrast levels, color display parameters, image sizes, and position, etc.
• one or more buttons are provided for configuration on the monitor via which the monitor screen (OSD - On Screen Display) Configuration menu can be displayed and operated.
• DDC Display Data Channel
• VESA Video Electronics Standards Association
• Many of the common interface specifications for connecting monitors to computers, eg., the analog VGA (Video Graphics Adapter) interface or the digital HDMI (High Definition tion Multimedia Interface) or DVI (Digital Video Interface) support the transmission of the control signal according to the VESA DDC standard.
• the remote configuration of the monitor from the computer offers the user much more convenient operation.
• keyboard and mouse more comfortable input devices are available than the usually small buttons on the monitor for operating the OSD menu.
• a disadvantage of the remote configuration of the monitor via the computer is due to the habits of the user. He is used to making his monitor settings on the monitor itself. An alternative or exclusive remote configuration of the monitor via the computer may remain unused due to ignorance of the existence of this possibility.
• the method for configuring a monitor comprises the following steps. After pressing an input option on the monitor, a control signal is generated by a control signal generator of the monitor. The control signal is transmitted from the monitor to a computer and detected there by a control signal detector of the computer. Next, a computer-run configuration utility is used to remotely configure the monitor by the computer.
• the configuration of the monitor is also activated in the case of the remote configuration of the monitor by the computer in the way familiar to the user, namely by actuating the input possibility on the monitor.
• Figure 1 shows an embodiment of a system according to the invention of computer and monitor and 2 shows a flow chart of an embodiment of the method according to the invention for configuring a monitor.
• FIG. 1 schematically shows a computer 1 with graphics card 2, which has a control signal detector 3.
• the computer 1 further comprises an input and output unit 4 connected to the graphics card 2 and a processor 5 connected thereto.
• the processor 5 has access to a memory 6, wherein a configuration program 7 is located in the memory 6.
• Input devices 8 are connected to the computer 1 via the input and output unit 4.
• the computer 1 also has a connection possibility 9 for a monitor.
• the system shown in FIG. 1 further comprises a monitor 10 connected to the computer 1 and comprising a control signal generator 11, an associated image generator 12 and a display unit 13 connected to the image generator 12.
• the monitor 10 further includes an input option 14 with a button 15 and other buttons 16.
• the button 15 is connected to the control signal generator 11 and the other buttons 16 to the image generator 12.
• the monitor 10 has a connection option for computer 17, with which he connected via a monitor cable 18 with the connection option for monitors 9 of the computer 1.
• the monitor cable 18 comprises image signal lines 19 and a control line 20.
• the illustrated architecture of the computer 1 is merely exemplary.
• the graphics card 2 can z. B. both an expansion card for the computer 1, which is connected to an expansion interface, for.
• AGP Advanced Graphics Port
• PCI Express Peripheral Component Interconnect
• the graphics card 2 of the computer 1 generates image signals which are transmitted to the monitor 10 via one or more image signal lines 19 of the monitor cable 18.
• the image signals are processed by the image generator 12 so that a corresponding image is displayed on the display unit 13.
• the display unit 13 can be both a picture tube and an LCD (Liquid Chrystal Display) or a plasma display.
• the output from the graphics card 2 and processed by the image generator 12 image signal can be transmitted both analog and digital.
• Various standards have been established for the transmission and the signal form of the image signals; here the VGA (Video Graphics Adapter) standard is to be mentioned as the standard for analog image signals and for digital image signals of the DVI (Digital Visual Interface) or the HDMI (High Definition Media Interface ) Standard name.
• VGA Video Graphics Adapter
• DVI Digital Visual Interface
• HDMI High Definition Media Interface
• the monitor 10 has the control signal generator 11 connected to the key 15 of the input possibility 14.
• the control signal generator 11 When the user actuates the key 15, the control signal generator 11 generates a control signal which is transmitted via the signal.
• nal réelle 20 is sent to the control signal detector 3 of the graphics card 2 in the computer 1. If the signal line 20 is used only for transmitting the control signal from the monitor 10 to the computer 1, a predetermined voltage level of the signal line 20 can be set as a control signal.
• control signal line 20 is the DDC standard of the VESA organization, in particular its bidirectional design (DDC2).
• DDC2 bidirectional design
• This standard provides bidirectional, serial transmission via a signal line and defines a suitable transmission protocol in addition to the signal form.
• a possibility is provided to transmit user-specific commands or command sequences.
• the specification defines a command which initiates a user-specific command sequence and thus identifies it as such. As a control signal can thus be set a predetermined command sequence.
• the remote configuration of the monitor 10 via the computer 1 usually also via a control line according to the DDC specification (then possibly in their unidirektio- nal variant) is handled, the transmission of the control signal of the control signal generator 11 from the monitor 10 to the computer 1 can be realized without extensive additions to the hardware of the transmission path between computer 1 and monitor 10 are required.
• control signal detector 3 is adapted to convert a received signal according to the transmission protocol into a command sequence and to compare it with the predetermined command sequence.
• the computer 1 is set up such that the processor 5 executes the configuration program 7 located in the memory 6 upon receiving the interrupt request.
• the association of certain events, in this case the execution or activation of the configuration program 7, with predetermined interrupt requests is known from the prior art and is usually organized in the computer 1 by a BIOS (Basic Input Output System) or an operating system.
• BIOS Basic Input Output System
• the then run on the computer 1 configuration program 7 allows the user in a comfortable way using the input devices 8, so z.
• keyboard and / or mouse settings of the monitor 10 to change.
• the changed settings are transmitted as configuration instructions via the control signal line 20 to the monitor 10 where they are evaluated and converted.
• the transmission of configuration instructions from the computer 1 to the monitor 10 via the control signal line 20 also runs either via the control signal detector 3, which for this purpose has not only a receiving device for the control signal but also a corresponding transmission device for the configuration instructions.
• a separate, not shown here transmitting device may be arranged on the graphics card 2 or elsewhere within the computer 1, which is like the control signal detector 3 connected to the control signal line 20.
• the image generator 12 takes over the evaluation and implementation of the configuration instructions.
• a separate unit may be provided in the monitor 10 for this purpose.
• the monitor 10 with the other buttons 16 on an additional in-monitor configuration option.
• an OSD configuration menu can be displayed and operated by the image generator 12 on the display unit 13.
• the additional, internal configuration option is optional and serves above all the compatibility of the monitor with computers that do not support remote configuration.
• the key 15 can be dispensed with and the control signal generator 11 can be activated by a corresponding option within the in-monitor configuration program.
• monitor 10 can be operated via a remote control, and that input possibilities corresponding to the keys 15 and / or 16 can be provided via the remote control.
• FIG. 2 shows the sequence of the method according to the invention in an exemplary embodiment with reference to a flowchart in more detail.
• an input option on the monitor 10 is actuated by the user. As stated above, this can be a direct input option in the form of the key 15, as well as an indirect input option via an in-monitor OSD configuration menu.
• the control signal generator 11 of the monitor 10 then generates a predetermined command sequence as a control signal in accordance with a transmission protocol defined for the control signal line 20.
• This control signal is sent to the computer 1 via the control signal line 20 in step S3.
• the control signal is received by the computer 1 in step S4 and detected by the control signal detector 3 of the graphics card 2 in step S5.
• the control signal detector 3 continuously monitors the control signal line 20 and analyzes transmitted signals based on the underlying transmission protocol. Upon the occurrence of the predetermined control signal, the control signal detector 3 outputs a corresponding, likewise predetermined interrupt request.
• This interrupt request acts on the input / output unit 4 on the processor 5.
• the exact mechanisms of transmitting and responding to an interrupt request depend on the underlying architecture of the computer 1.
• the processor 5 then starts the configuration program 7 in a step S6 or, if this has already been carried out in a background process, activates it and executes it as a foreground process.
• the operator interface of the configuration program 7 for the remote configuration of the monitor 10 appears on the user interface ("desktop") of the user and thus on the monitor 10.
• step S7 of the method the user can make changes to the settings of the monitor via this user interface 10 make.
• configuration instructions 7 then transmit configuration instructions to the monitor 10 in step S8.
• the monitor 10 receives the transmitted configuration instructions, which are evaluated and implemented in a step S10.
• To translate means that settings of the monitor 10 are changed according to the configuration instructions. In the illustrated embodiment of Figure 1, this is performed by the image generator 12, which also manages the configuration settings.

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