EP3218795A2 - Dispositif d'affichage et son procédé de fonctionnement - Google Patents

Dispositif d'affichage et son procédé de fonctionnement

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EP3218795A2
EP3218795A2 EP15797041.9A EP15797041A EP3218795A2 EP 3218795 A2 EP3218795 A2 EP 3218795A2 EP 15797041 A EP15797041 A EP 15797041A EP 3218795 A2 EP3218795 A2 EP 3218795A2
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color
display
display units
color information
light
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Alois Homer
Marek Gawel
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Novomatic AG
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Definitions

  • the present invention relates to a display device having at least two display units and a lighting device for illuminating a transition region between the at least two display units.
  • the invention further relates to a method for operating such a display device and an amusement machine with such a display device.
  • Game content and on another display unit additional information such as gaming, rules and the like or even a second game content - for example, an additional game - to be able to present.
  • the display units themselves can in each case form independent assemblies which form independently mountable or exchangeable display modules and / or independently formed power supply units and / or mutually independently designed control modules which have the
  • a display unit may in particular be a screen, wherein a display unit forming a screen is flat in terms of
  • Separate display units are in the context of the present invention, therefore, in particular independently functional display modules that have independently visible or perceptible display surfaces and each have their own spatially-physically defined shape, for example, by means of a frame or a housing can be delimited.
  • the display fields of the separate display units can be offset transversely to the viewing direction next to each other and / or one above the other and may also be spaced from each other, wherein the display of the viewer's seat or device operating from visible display fields or display panel or image detail of the separate display units are preferably outside of each other, in particular in such a way that a display field or image section of a display unit that is visible from the device operating point is outside the display field or image section of the respective other display unit.
  • the displayed image contents or the display surfaces often can not be set gap-by-joint without a gap, but instead a gap-shaped one remains between the displayable image contents or the display surfaces
  • an average color can be formed from the plurality of colors shown, or a color spectrum characterizing the image block can be determined, as shown for example in DE 10 2007 004 834 A1 .
  • the light spectra emitted by individual light sources or pixels are detected and adjusted individually such that a resulting overall spectrum corresponds at least approximately to a desired light spectrum and thus to a desired color.
  • WO 2007/1 13754 it is also known to illuminate the environment of a screen not only diffuse color, but to generate light patterns that are adapted to the screen display.
  • the present invention has for its object to provide an improved display device, an improved entertainment machine with such a display device and an improved method of the type mentioned, to avoid the disadvantages of the prior art and to develop the latter in an advantageous manner.
  • a smooth, harmonious visual transition between separate display units is to be achieved in order to allow a comfortable eye view, fatigue-free viewing of the separate display units.
  • the object is achieved by a display device according to
  • Claim 1 an amusement machine according to claim 16 and a method according to claim 17 solved.
  • Preferred embodiments of the invention are the subject of the dependent claims.
  • the transitional area between the two or all display units can be colored
  • the display device comprises, in addition to the at least two display units and the illumination device, at least one determination device for determining a first color information from an image block of a first of the at least two display units and for determining a second color information from an image block of a second of the at least two display units, and also a color control device for Controlling the color and / or the color spectrum of the light emitted by the lighting device as a function of the first and second color information.
  • a picture block of the first or second display unit may in particular be a contour-defined partial area of the display area of the respective display unit, preferably in the vicinity of the edge of the display unit which extends adjacent to a further adjacent screen.
  • an image block may be an at least approximately rectangular area of the respective display unit in the vicinity of or adjacent to the outer edge of the respective display unit, in which area an image and / or video signal - in particular in pixel blocks or points - can be displayed.
  • an image block may comprise the entire display area of the respective display unit.
  • the color control device automatically controls the lighting device in response to color information from both display units. In this way, a harmonious, smooth transition between the at least two display units can be achieved, which visually alleviates the separation between the display units or approximately eliminates the optical separation, so that the eye of a viewer less jump and thus fatigue-free between the display surfaces of the display units back and forth.
  • the color information from the two display units are determined by at least one determination device.
  • the at least one determining device and the color control device can, for example, be combined functionally and / or physically to form a control unit or control device. However, the at least one determination device and the color control device can also be designed as separate units.
  • the color of the light emitted by the illumination device can be made up of the prevailing colors of the image blocks of the at least two display units adjoining the transition region or of the image blocks mentioned
  • a mixed color that can be emitted by the lighting device can contain both color components that correspond to the color information from the image block of the abovementioned first display unit and color components that contain the color information from the image block of the second
  • the aforesaid color control device can be designed for mixing the first and second color information into a color signal, wherein the illumination device is designed to output a mixed color in accordance with the color signal or mixed color signal generated by mixing.
  • the color control device can also generate more than just one color signal from the color information that is determined from the image blocks of the various display units and control different luminous elements of the illumination device with the different color signals in order to obtain a color mixture
  • a first color signal can be determined from the first color information and a second color signal from the second color information, wherein a first luminous element of the lighting device is controlled by the first color signal and a second luminous element of the lighting device by the second color signal, so that the first luminous element and each individually colored light is emitted from the second light-emitting element.
  • the light elements emit differently colored light, which then mixes into a mixed color light.
  • the lighting device can in an advantageous embodiment of the invention be arranged at least partially in the transition region between the at least two display units and have a Schoabstrahlraum, which is directed away from the display units on the viewer or a designated viewer's seat or is emitted parallel to a main emission direction of the display units.
  • the lighting device thus radiates forward into an area in front of the front of the display units, to which the display units themselves face with their display surfaces and in which a viewer stands or sits as intended.
  • the lighting device does not give the impression of a backlight, but forms a
  • the illumination device can have an abstraction effect for generating a beam that widens in the emission direction, which beam bundle advantageously covers mutually facing edge regions of the at least two display units toward a front side of the display units.
  • the said abstract optics may, for example, comprise one or more suitable lenses, which capture the light emitted by at least one light source and emit them in the form of a directed beam.
  • Said at least one lens can be provided in addition to the usual in LEDs primary lens which sits directly on the LED element.
  • the abstraction may also comprise at least one reflector which captures the light emitted by the at least one light source and radiates to the front of the display units in the form of said beam.
  • the Abstahloptik for example, be designed as a so-called diffuser through which the light emitted from the light source is scattered.
  • the viewer of the display units at least no longer primarily sees the edge regions of the separate display units, but the emitted beam of the lighting device, so that the light emitted by the lighting device can create a harmonious transition between the display units.
  • Light beam bundles so to speak, a bridge of light between the display surfaces of adjacent display units and covers the transition region between the display units.
  • the at least one light source of the illumination device can in this case be arranged between the display units, in particular in a gap between their spaced edges or edges, wherein the abstract optics (eg lens, lens with light guide, Diffuser, etc.) also arranged between the display units, but also the
  • Edge regions of the display units can be vorgeblendet.
  • the light source itself can also be arranged in front of the edge regions of the display units, in particular sit directly above a gap between the display units or be pre-faded in the transition region between the display units.
  • the lighting device may comprise different types of light sources, for example a rod-shaped fluorescent tube or a narrow, elongated light strip.
  • the illumination device can also comprise a plurality of, in particular, point-shaped light sources, preferably in the form of LEDs or RGB radiators, which can be arranged in one or more rows adjacent to one another and / or in a matrix-like arrangement.
  • the arrangement of the light sources of the illumination device and / or the contour of the illumination device can be adapted overall to the transition region between the display units, wherein a strip-shaped contouring of the illumination device can be provided in particular for an elongated, gap-shaped transitional region between the display units.
  • a strip-shaped contouring of the illumination device can be provided in particular for an elongated, gap-shaped transitional region between the display units.
  • one or more rows of LEDs can be provided.
  • the mentioned LEDs or the punctiform light sources formed in another way can for example sit directly on a printed circuit board for controlling the light sources.
  • said light sources can be controlled separately or in subgroups of the control device, in particular such that the light intensity of the light sources individually or in groups is adjustable.
  • the proportion of red light can be increased by the red-emitting light sources in their power output or their
  • Light intensity can be raised.
  • the blue light component can be reduced by dimming the blue light-emitting light sources or lowering them in their light intensity.
  • the emitted radiation beam can also be given a targeted color distribution with regard to its coloration, for example to the effect that the emitted radiation beam does not emit uniformly orange light when a transition between a yellowish image block on the first display unit to a reddish image block on the second display unit is to be created, but it can the beam to the display unit, the edge-side image block contains yellowish light, contains more yellow light and emits more red light to the second display, whose edge-sided image block contains more reddish light.
  • a color distribution in the radiation beam emitted by the illumination device can be achieved, for example, by suitable design of the abstract optics.
  • the different light sources can be assigned different emission directions or main emission directions, for example such that an upper row of LEDs shines slightly upwards and a lower row of LEDs slightly downwards, one light color more of a lower display unit and another light color of one more to be able to assign to the upper display unit.
  • further LED rows can be provided which have superimposed main emission directions.
  • Main radiation directions irradiate each other superimposed radiation beam segments to achieve a mixing of the colors and a harmonious transition.
  • the lighting device is subdivided into a plurality of lighting elements, which are lined up along the transition region between two adjacent display units and are each separately controllable.
  • the luminous elements can each be assigned a separate pair of image blocks. From this pair of image blocks are individually the first and second
  • the color or color spectrum of a respective luminous element becomes e.g. not according to the average color or the color spectrum of the whole edge areas of the adjacent display units or e.g. the entire display area of the display units controlled, but only on the basis of the prevailing color or color spectrum of an image block pair, which is located immediately adjacent to the respective lighting element.
  • a central-central lighting element only forms the colors of the central-central image blocks, while image blocks on the right and left edges next to the central-central image blocks in the color control of the central-central light elements remain unconsidered or at least less so be weighted.
  • said at least two display units with the lighting device can form a preassembled installation module, which can be installed as such or as a preassembled unit in a common device housing or to a common wall holder or a
  • the two can Display units are preassembled together with the provided in the transition region between the two separate display units lighting device to a dimensionally stable assembly, which is then inserted into the device housing or mounted on the wall bracket or floor stand.
  • the aforementioned display units can be designed differently and positioned differently relative to each other.
  • at least two display units may advantageously be inclined at an obtuse angle, in particular in such a way that the display surfaces of the display units facing one another in a predetermined viewer position occupy an angle of less than 180 ° relative to each other.
  • the aforementioned display units can be substantially planar
  • the display units may also preferably have uniaxially curved display surfaces.
  • the display units can also be arranged parallel to each other or in a common plane.
  • the display units can at least in the region of their contiguous
  • Edge regions at the same distance from a predetermined observer position i. be about the same depth in the device housing or arranged on a holder.
  • the aforementioned display units can be designed as screen units, in particular as a flat screen, for example in the form of a TFT or LCD screen.
  • the control or regulation of the color or the color spectrum of the emitted light of the lighting device can in principle be configured in various ways.
  • the image blocks of the plurality of display units can be assigned the at least one determination device which sequentially first acquires and optionally temporarily stores the first color information from an image block of the first display unit and then extracts the second color information from an image block of the second display unit and if necessary again cached.
  • the determination of the color information from the plurality of display units can in this case be repeated cyclically alternately or, if necessary, in succession in more than two display units in a row or cyclically in series.
  • a plurality of determination devices can also be used for determining the color information be provided, the time-parallel and / or temporally overlapping or temporally offset the color information from the image blocks of the various
  • Determination means obtained color information of the color control device temporally parallel and / or temporally overlapping or even offset in time are supplied to generate from the color information, the color signal for driving the illumination device.
  • the color signal for driving the illumination device can be mixed together in particular in the color control device from the first and second and possibly further color information of the image blocks of the first and second and optionally further display units to the color signal or to a mixed color signal.
  • the color signal or the mixed color signal can be mixed together, for example, mathematically, taking into account at least one predetermined calculation rule. For example, color information present as RGB information can be color-added and averaged.
  • a first red component from the image block of the first display unit and a red light component from the image block of the second display unit can be summed up and divided by two, ie (R1 + R2) / 2, where the green light and blue light components or information are proceeded accordingly, ie (G1 + G2) / 2 and (B1 + B2) / 2, so that a new RGB information can be determined from the averaged color quantities.
  • light spectra can be detected and combined with each other, as shown for example in DE 10 2007 004 834 A1, in order to achieve a desired resulting light spectrum.
  • the color signal thus mixed or averaged can then be used by the color control device to control the lighting device or its light sources. These light sources can then depend on the obtained
  • Color signal emit a corresponding light.
  • the color signal for driving the lighting device can be determined in particular by the mixing functionality of the color control device also with the aid of at least one color table. From the color table, for example, based on the color information of the image blocks of the first and second and possibly further display units, a suitable mixed color can be derived, which is then used for the color signal or
  • the Mixed color signal is used to drive the lighting device.
  • the mixing of the color information also physically take place only at the stage of the light sources or the light emitted therefrom.
  • the first color information determined for a first display unit can be converted and used by the color control device into a color signal or color control signal for driving a first light source or a first subset of light sources.
  • the second color information from the second display unit can be converted by the said color control device into a second color signal or color control signal with which a further light source or a further subset of light sources is driven. Accordingly, the color control device controls different light sources or different subgroups of light sources with different color signals, which color signals respectively correspond to different color information. Mixing then takes place by mixing the light emitted by the different light sources or different subgroups of light sources. If, for example, the color information yellow is obtained from the first display unit, a first subset of light sources is activated in order to emit yellow light. If red is determined for the second display unit as color information, a second subset of light sources is driven with a red color signal to emit reddish light.
  • Image representation of the different display units adapted lighting can be achieved.
  • an optical waveguide For a transmission of the respective color information of the respective image blocks of the at least two display units to the at least one determination device, an optical waveguide can ideally be provided.
  • a light or light spectrum emitted by the respective image block can be coupled in and, e.g. be transferred to the determination device with the lowest possible leakage losses.
  • the transmitted light or light spectrum can then, for example, correspondingly converted into color information in the determination device and then correspondingly
  • a specific color information of the respective image block can be determined in a targeted manner - ideally with as little influence as possible from other eg adjacent image blocks.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic plan view of a display device according to a
  • Fig. 2 a side view of the display device of FIG. 1 in different
  • FIG. 2a shows a display device with two display units arranged at an obtuse angle with respect to one another, which with the illumination device arranged in the transition region and the associated determination device, such as the associated color control device, for driving the
  • Illuminating device are combined to form a preassembled module in the form of a ready for installation built-in module, wherein Fig. 2b shows a
  • FIG. 2 shows a display device with two separate display units arranged in a common plane
  • FIG. 2c shows a display device with two separate display units which have uniaxially curved display areas
  • FIG. 3 shows a fragmentary sectional view of the lighting device and its arrangement in the transition region between two separate display units in different embodiments
  • FIG. 3a shows an embodiment in which the at least one light source of the lighting device in a gap between the edge or edge sections of two separate
  • Fig. 3b shows an embodiment in which the at least one light source is arranged on the front side of two adjacent display units and covers the gap or transition region between the two display units and an abstraction protrudes from the gap and the Abstrahloptik the edge regions of the display units is arranged overlapping
  • Fig. 3c shows an embodiment, at in which the at least one light source is arranged in a gap between the edge sections, and the abstraction lies at the edges of the edges
  • Display units is arranged at least partially overlapping
  • FIG. 4 shows a schematic and exemplary representation of the sequence of the method for operating the display device in various design variants
  • FIG. 4a shows an embodiment in which two separate display units are assigned a common determination device for determining the color information from image blocks of the various display units
  • 4b shows an embodiment in which separate determination devices are used by the two display units to determine the color information from a respective image block of the respective display unit, and color information is determined to be time-parallel or at least time-overlapping
  • FIG. 5 shows a schematic, partially sectioned side view of an amusement machine, which has two display units in the form of flat screens, which are inclined relative to one another at an obtuse angle, between which a
  • Lighting device is provided in the manner shown in the previous figures, and
  • Fig. 6 a plan view of a display device with four separate display units, which are arranged above and next to each other to give a total rectangular arrangement, wherein in the gap-shaped spaces between the screens respectively lighting elements of the lighting device are arranged, which also in the square Space between the four display units protrude in the core of the arrangement.
  • the display device 100 may comprise two separate, self-contained display units 1 10 and 120, which may be in the form of screens, for example flat screens such as LCD screens or TFT screens.
  • the two display units 1 10 and 120 are arranged adjacent to each other, so that edge edges of the display units 1 10 and 120 extend parallel to each other or back to back and define a strip-shaped gap between them.
  • the lighting device 130 is arranged, which may be formed overall strip-shaped or adapted to the transition region between the display units 1 10 and 120.
  • the illumination device 130 may be at least partially positioned between the edge edges of the display units 110 and 120.
  • the illumination device 130 may comprise a plurality of illumination elements 131, 132, 133, 134, 135 and 136, which together form the illumination device 130 and may be arranged next to one another or in series one behind the other.
  • the aforementioned light-emitting elements 131 to 136 may each comprise at least one light source, for example in the form of an LED or an RGB unit, i. a red-green-blue light unit.
  • each of the light-emitting elements 131 to 136 may comprise a multiplicity of punctiform light sources which may be arranged in one or more rows in a matrix-like arrangement on a printed circuit board or in another suitable manner.
  • the display device 100 illustrated by way of example and schematically in FIG. 1 comprises at least one determination device 141. With the aid of the determination device 141, a first color information from an image block of the first display unit 110 and a second color information from an image block of the second display unit 120 can be determined. Furthermore, the display device 100 has a color control device 142 with which a color and / or a color spectrum of the light emitted by the illumination device 130 or by the individual illumination elements 131 to 136 can be controlled as a function of the first and second color information.
  • the at least one determination device 141 and the color control device 142 may, for example, be functionally combined to form a control unit 140 or designed as separate functional units. As shown in FIG.
  • the display units 1 10, 120 may be positioned differently with respect to one another and may themselves have different contours.
  • FIG. 2 a shows, two display units 210 and 220, which have just been formed, can be arranged at an obtuse angle to one another so that the observer's seat 201 facing front sides of the display units 210 and 220 to each other include an angle of less than 180 °.
  • an upper display unit 210 may be arranged substantially vertically, while a lower display unit 220 may be inclined to the vertical, in particular with a lower edge portion may be tilted forward to the viewer's seat 201.
  • the illumination device 230 can be arranged in the region of the bending axis between the two display units 210 and 220, cf. Fig. 2a.
  • Such an obtuse-angled arrangement of the display units can be particularly advantageous in order to integrate or install the display device 100 in a device housing 550 of an amusement machine 500, as shown in FIG. 5.
  • the two display units are denoted by 510 and 520, while the lighting device is denoted by 530.
  • the two display units 210 and 220 or 510 and 520 can be combined together with the lighting device 230 or 530 to form a preassembled mounting module 200, cf. Fig. 2a, which forms a dimensionally stable and unit-manageable assembly.
  • the determination device 241 and the color control device 242 - either as separate functional units (as exemplified in FIG. 2a) or summarized in a control unit 240 or 540 (as exemplified in FIG. 5) may be part of said pre-assembled mounting module 200. As shown in FIG.
  • two planar display units 210 and 220 may also be arranged in a common plane, whereby here too the lighting device 230 may be arranged in the transition region 202 between the display units 210 and 220.
  • the determining device 241 and the color control device 242 to a preassembled mounting assembly 200 may be summarized, wherein the determining means 241 and the color control device 241 also functional to a control unit 240th can be summarized
  • the display units 210 and 220 may also have a non-planar design, in particular have a curved contouring.
  • Display units 210 and 220 can in particular a uniaxially arched Display area 250 and 260 have, which may be curved concave towards the observer's place 201, but may also have a convex contouring. As shown in FIGS. 2c and 2d, the two display units 210 and 220 may be arranged relative to one another in such a way that the curved display surfaces 250 and 260 continue each other in a harmonious manner.
  • the lighting device 230 may be provided in the transition region 202 between the two display units 210 and 220 and be controlled by the color control device 242, whereby a summary of a preassembled mounting assembly 200 may be provided here as well.
  • the color control device 242 For a determination of the color information, at least one determining device 241 is again provided, which can be combined with the color control device 242 to form a control unit 240, for example.
  • the illumination device can be provided in various ways in the transition region 202 between the display units 310, 320.
  • at least a portion of the illumination device 330 may be disposed in the aforementioned gap 334 between the peripheral edges of the display units 310 and 320, said edge edges being formed by frame portions 317 and 327 of the aforementioned display units 310 and 320 could be.
  • Frame parts 317 and 327 can, for example, peripherally surround the screen area of the display units 310 and 320.
  • the luminous element 331 shown in FIG. 3 a may, for example, correspond to one of the luminous elements 131 to 136 shown in FIG. 1 and may comprise one or more light sources.
  • An abstraction 332, which captures the light emitted by the at least one light source of the light emitting element 331 and forms a beam 335, may also be at least partially disposed between the display units 310 and 320, said radiation optics 332 being, for example, a lens and / or a light guide may have or may be formed as a diffuser, for example.
  • the radiation beam 335 emitted by a radiating surface of the abstract optics 332 advantageously has a main emission direction 336, which is directed away from the front side of the display units 310 and 320 onto said viewing place 201 or runs parallel to a main emission direction of the display units 310 and 320.
  • the beam 335 widens so far that viewed from the viewer's seat 201, the Beam bundle 335, the edge edges of the display units 310 and 320, for example, in the form of the frame parts 317 and 327 covered.
  • the illumination device 330 including the aforementioned light-emitting element 331, can also be pre-faded into the transition region or gap 334 between the display units 310 and 320 or on the front side of the aforementioned
  • Display units 310 and 320 may be arranged. In this case, substantially only the terminal 333 for the color control device for driving the lighting device 330 may be led out through the transition region between the display units 310 and 320 to the back side of said display units 310 and 320, cf. Fig. 3b.
  • the lighting device 330 comprising the lighting element 331 (e.g., LED, RGB unit, etc.).
  • the illumination device 330 is at least partially arranged in the transition region or the gap 334 between the display units 310 and 320, wherein the abstraction 332, which captures the light emitted by the at least one light source of the light emitting element 331 and forms a beam 335, at least partially between the display units 310 and 320 and at least partially the transition region 334 between the display units 310 and 320 and edge edges of frame parts 317 and 327 of the aforementioned display units 310 and 320 is vorgeblendet. Furthermore, as FIG.
  • the illumination device 330 comprises at least two optical waveguides 337, from which color information captured by the respective image blocks 11 1 to 16 and 121 to 126 of the display units 310 and 320 is captured and sent to at least one determination device 342, 343 is transmitted.
  • the optical waveguides 337 are configured, for example, such that a color information of the respective image block 1 1 1 to 1 16 or 121 to 126 can be selectively transmitted to them, to which the respective optical waveguide 337
  • the color information transmitted from the optical waveguide (for example, the light or light spectrum emitted from the respective image block 1 1 1 to 1 16 and 121 to 126, respectively) can be correspondingly converted and evaluated.
  • the determined color information is then forwarded to a color control device 342 and used for driving the light-emitting element 331 - cf. Fig. 3c.
  • the display device 100 may also comprise more than two display units, for example the four display units 61 1, 612, 613 and 614 shown in FIG. 6, which may be positioned in pairs one above the other and next to each other, so that the display device 100 as a whole has a rectangular contour. Between the four display units 61 1 to 614, a substantially cross-shaped gap remains, in which illumination devices 621, 622, 623 and 624 can again be provided in order to harmonize the transitions of the image representations on the display units 61 1 to 614.
  • the aforementioned lighting devices 621 to 624 can each be strip-shaped or strip-shaped or adapted to the transition region or the gap between the display units 61 1 and 614. In this case, the aforementioned lighting devices 621 to 624 can also fill or cover the central area of the cross-shaped gap, in which case two lighting devices 622 and 624 can protrude into the central area in bursts.
  • At least one determining means 631, 641, 651 and 661 for determining the respective ones may be used for the lighting apparatuses 621 to 624, respectively
  • Color information and a color control means 632, 642, 652 and 662 for controlling the color or the color spectrum of the respective lighting devices 621 to 624 be provided.
  • Color controllers 632, 642, 652 and 662 may be implemented as separate functional units and associated with the respective lighting devices 621-624 or grouped together as shown in FIG. 6 to control units 630, 640, 650 and 660.
  • control units 630, 640, 650 and 660 In this case, for example, in each case one lighting device 621 to 624 can be controlled by the respective associated control unit 630, 640, 650, 660, which respectively communicates with the corresponding display units 61 1 to 614 to which the respective lighting device 621 to 624 is assigned or between the respective lighting units 621 to 624
  • Transition region the respective lighting device 621 to 624 extends.
  • said color control means 142 of which e.g. together with the at least one determination device 141 a
  • Control unit 140 may be formed, each of the lighting elements 131 to 136 of the
  • Lighting device 130 individually, i. be controlled separately and independently of the other lighting modules, where appropriate, a group-wise control can be provided.
  • Display device 100 the color and / or the color spectrum of the light are determined, which is radiated from a respective light emitting element 131 to 136.
  • the color control device 142 takes into account color information, of which the colors of the image representations on the display units 1 10 and 120 are taken into account. More precisely, for the activation of a respective light-emitting element 131, color information is considered which is determined from image blocks 1 1 1 and 121. These image blocks 1 1 1 and 121 extend at the edge regions of the display surfaces of the display units 1 10 and 120 and adjoin the respective lighting element 131, see. Fig. 1.
  • each luminous element 131 to 136 may each be assigned separate or individual image blocks to the adjacent edge of the display units 110 and 120, the subdivision of the bordering areas of the display units 1 10 and 120 into individual image blocks 1 1 1 1 to 1 adjacent to the illumination device 130 16 and 121 to 126 of the subdivision of the lighting device 130 may correspond to individual light-emitting elements 131 to 136, as shown in Fig. 1.
  • the image blocks 1 1 1 to 1 16 and 121 to 126 could also have a different structure of structure, for example, be spaced apart from each other or overlap one another in pairs.
  • each display unit 1 10 and 120 only one common image block could be assigned to each display unit 1 10 and 120.
  • only a single image block along each edge of the display surfaces of each display unit 1 10 and 120 may be provided adjacent to the lighting device 130 or, for example, the entire display area of each display unit 1 10 and 120 form the image block to be evaluated.
  • the subdivision shown in FIG. 1, however, allows a better color matching of the light of the illumination device 130 to the colors of the image representations of the display units 110 and 120 to that to the illumination device 130
  • Lighting device 130 are used in a first method step 1 - such as e.g. 1 shows a first color information from a respective image block 1 1 1 adjoining the transition region of a first of the at least two display units 1 10 and 120 and a second color information from a respective one to the transition region
  • color information eg emitted light / light spectrum
  • the respective image block 1 1 1 or 121 of the respective display unit 1 10 or 120 can be captured or coupled into optical waveguides 337 and transmitted to the at least one determination device 141 become.
  • at least one color signal is formed as a function of the first and second color information determined by the determination device 141.
  • This at least one color signal is then in a third method step 3rd used by the color control device 142 to control the lighting element 131 and the lighting device 130 in response to this at least one color signal. From the light-emitting element 131 or from the illumination device 130, a light is then emitted as a function of the determined color information whose color and / or color spectrum is determined by the at least one color signal.
  • the proposed method can be used in different ways.
  • the at least one determination device 441 can be used to determine the color information for a pair or a plurality of image blocks 41 1 and 421 of the two separate display units 410 and 420.
  • the color information signals coming from the different picture blocks 41 1, 421, which are e.g. can be coupled into optical waveguide 337 and transmitted from these to the determination unit 441, successively given to the determination unit 441.
  • This can be achieved, for example, by means of a switching function in the determination unit 441.
  • this switching function for example, first a first color information of an image block 41 1 of the first display unit 410 can first be determined and, if necessary, temporarily stored. Then, e.g. a second color information of an image block 412 of the second display unit 420 is determined and possibly buffered.
  • a color signal or mixed color signal is then derived or mixed together from the two color information.
  • This mixed color signal can, for example, be derived from the determined color information in the manner already explained on the basis of a calculation rule (for example as an arithmetic mean, etc.) or with the aid of at least one color table.
  • the color signal is then used in the third method step 3 by the color control device 442 to control the illumination device 430, from which then the mixed color signal is converted into a light whose color corresponds to this color or mixed color signal.
  • FIG. 4b shows a further exemplary sequence of the proposed method, in which the color information from the image blocks 41 1 and 421 of the display units 410 and 420 can be determined simultaneously or approximately parallel to time.
  • separate determination units 443 and 444 are provided which, for example-as shown in FIG. 4b-are assigned to the separate display units 410 and 420 as their own determination unit 443 and 444.
  • a first color information of an image block 41 1 of the first display unit 410 is determined by a first determination unit 443 associated with the first display unit 410.
  • a second color information of an image block 412 of the second display unit 420 is determined by a second determination unit 444 which is assigned to the second display unit 420.
  • a transmission of the color information signals to the determination units 443, 444 can take place, for example, by means of optical waveguides 337.
  • the color information determined by the determination units 443 and 444 is then forwarded in turn to the color control device 442 in the second method step 2, which in turn may, if appropriate, take place parallel to the time.
  • the color control device is then analogous to the variant of Fig. 4a, the color signal or mixed color signal -. formed by calculation rule or on the basis of at least one color table.
  • this mixed color signal is passed on from the color control device 442 to the illumination device 430 for the corresponding activation and converted accordingly by the illumination device 430.
  • 4 c shows by way of example and schematically a further variant of the sequence of the method for operating the display device 100.
  • a mixing process is performed physically on the level of the lighting device 430.
  • associated image blocks 41 1 and 421 of the respective display units 410 and 420 determines the corresponding color information.
  • This color information is then converted in the second method step 2 into corresponding color signals.
  • These color signals are then forwarded in the third method step 3 by the color control device 442 to separate sub-groups or separate illumination elements 431 and 432 of the illumination device 430, so that the color signal which is converted by the one light-emitting element 431, e.g. is obtained from the color information of the image block 41 1 of the first display unit 410, while the other luminous element 432, the color signal is converted, which was determined from the color information of the image block 421 of the second display unit 420.

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La présente invention concerne un dispositif d'affichage (100) comprenant au moins deux unités d'affichage (110; 210; 310; 410; 510; 611; 613,120; 220; 320; 420; 520; 612; 614) et un dispositif d'éclairage (130; 230; 330; 430; 530; 621, 622, 623, 624) servant à éclairer une zone de transition (202) entre lesdites au moins deux unités d'affichage (110; 210; 310; 410; 510; 611; 613,120; 220; 320; 420; 520; 612; 614). L'invention concerne également un procédé pour faire fonctionner un tel dispositif d'affichage (100) et un appareil automatique de divertissement (500) comportant un tel dispositif d'affichage (100). Selon l'invention, ce dispositif d'affichage comprend, outre lesdites au moins deux unités d'affichage (110; 210; 310; 410; 510; 611; 613,120; 220; 320; 420; 520; 612; 614) et ledit dispositif d'éclairage (130; 230; 330; 430; 530; 621, 622, 623, 624), un dispositif de détermination (141; 241; 441; 443; 444; 631; 641; 651; 661) servant à déterminer une première information de couleur à partir d'un bloc (111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116; 411) d'une première desdites au moins deux unités d'affichage (110; 210; 310; 410; 510; 611; 613) et à déterminer une deuxième information de couleur à partir d'un bloc (121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126; 421) d'une deuxième desdites au moins deux unités d'affichage (120; 220; 320; 420; 520; 612; 614), ainsi qu'un dispositif de régulation de couleur (142; 242; 442; 632; 642; 652; 662) servant à réguler la couleur et/ou le spectre chromatique de la lumière émise par le dispositif d'éclairage (130; 230; 330; 430; 530; 621, 622, 623, 624) en fonction de la première et de la deuxième information de couleur.
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