Display device and display system including a plurality of display devices and electronic device using same

1. A display device, comprising:

a first data interface receiving image signals from a signal source and outputting the image signals;

an image processing circuit connected to the first data interface, receiving the image signals, converting the image signals into corresponding gray scale voltages, and outputting the gray scale voltages;

a screen connected to the image processing circuit, receiving the gray scale voltages, and displaying images based on the gray scale voltages; and

a second data interface connected to the first data interface, receiving the image signals from the first data interface, and outputting the image signals to a second display device connected to the second data interface;

wherein the first data interface further receives control signals from the signal source and outputs the control signals to the image processing circuit; the image processing circuit selectively outputs part of the gray scale voltages of every image or the whole of the gray scale voltages of every image to the screen, based on one of the control signals.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the image processing circuit further stores a first identification signal; the first data interface further receives a plurality of second identification signals from the signal source and outputs the second identification signals; the second identification signals correspond to the control signals one by one; the image processing circuit receives the second identification signals, finds a second identification signal that is the same as the stored first identification signal and a control signal corresponding to the second identification signal, and selectively outputs part of the gray scale voltages of every image or the whole of the gray scale voltages of every image to the screen, based on the found control signal.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the second data interface further receives the second identification signals and the control signals corresponding to the second identification signals, and outputs the second identification signals and the control signals to the second display device connected to the second data interface.

4. A display system, comprising:

a first display device comprising:

a first data interface receiving image signals from a signal source and outputting the image signals;

an image processing circuit connected to the first data interface, receiving the image signals, converting the image signals into corresponding gray scale voltages, and outputting the gray scale voltages;

a screen connected to the image processing circuit, receiving the gray scale voltages, and displaying images based on the gray scale voltages; and

a second data interface connected to the first data interface, receiving the image signals from the first data interface, and outputting the image signals; and

a second display device comprising:

a first data interface connected to the second interface of the first display device, receiving the image signals from the second interface of the first display device, and outputting the image signals;

an image processing circuit connected to the first data interface of the second display device, receiving, the image signals from the first data interface of the second display device, converting the image signals into corresponding gray scale voltages, and outputting the gray scale voltages; and

a screen connected to the image processing circuit of the second display device, receiving the gray scale voltages from the image processing circuit of the second display device, and displaying images based on the received gray scale voltages;

wherein the second display device further comprises a second data interface connected to the first data interface of the second display device, the second data interface receives the image signals from the first data interface of the second display device, and outputs the receives image signals to another display device connected to the second data interface of the second display device;

wherein the first data interface of the first display device further receives control signals from the signal source and outputs the control signals to the image processing circuit of the first display device; the image processing circuit of the first display device selectively outputs part of the gray scale voltages of every image or the whole of the gray scale voltages of every image to the screen of the first display device, based on one of the control signals.

5. The display system of claim 4 , wherein the first data interface of the second display device further receives the control signals via the second data interface of the first display device, the image processing circuit of the second display device selectively outputs part of the gray scale voltages of every image or the whole of the gray scale voltages of every image to the screen of the second display device, based on one of the control signals.

6. The display system of claim 5 , wherein the image processing circuit of the first display device further stores a first identification signal; the first data interface of the first display device further receives a plurality of second identification signals from the signal source and outputs the second identification signals; the second identification signals correspond to the control signals one by one; the image processing circuit of the first display device receives the second identification signals, finds a second identification signal that is the same as the first identification signal stored in the image processing circuit of the first display device and a control signal corresponding to the second identification signal, and selectively outputs part of the gray scale voltages of every image or the whole of the gray scale voltages of every image to the screen, based on the found control signal.

7. The display system of claim 6 , wherein the image processing circuit of the second display device further stores a first identification signal different from the first identification signal stored in the image processing circuit of the first display device; the first data interface of the second display device further receives the second identification signals from the first data interface of the first display device via the second data interface of the first display device, and outputs the second identification signals; the image processing circuit of the second display device receives the second identification signals, finds a second identification signal that is the same as the first identification signal stored in the image processing circuit of the second display device and a control signal corresponding to the second identification signal, and selectively outputs part of the gray scale voltages of every image or the whole of the gray scale voltages of every image to the screen, based on the control signal found by the image processing circuit of the second display device.

8. The display system of claim 7 , wherein the second data interface of the second display device further receives the second identification signals and the control signals from the first data interface of the second display device, and outputs the second identification signals and the control signals to another display device connected to the second data interface of the second display device.

9. An electronic device, comprising:

a signal source providing image signals;

a first display devices comprising:

a first data interface receiving the image signals from the signal source and outputting the image signals;

an image processing circuit connected to the first data interface, receiving the image signals, converting the image signals into corresponding gray scale voltages, and outputting the gray scale voltages;

a screen connected to the image processing circuit, receiving the gray scale voltages, and displaying images based on the gray scale voltages; and

a second data interface connected to the first data interface, receiving the image signals from the first data interface, and outputting the image signals; and

a second display device comprising:

a first data interface connected to the second interface of the first display device, receiving the image signals from the second interface of the first display device, and outputting the image signals;

an image processing circuit connected to the first data interface of the second display device, receiving the image signals from the first data interface of the second display device, converting the image signals into corresponding gray scale voltages, and outputting the gray scale voltages; and

a screen connected to the image processing circuit of the second display device, receiving the gray scale voltages from the image processing circuit of the second display device, and displaying images based on the received gray scale voltages;

wherein the second display device further comprises a second data interface connected to the first data interface of the second display device, the second data interface receives the image signals from the first data interface of the second display device, and outputs the receives image signals to another display device connected to the second data interface of the second display device; and

wherein the signal source further provides control signals; the first data interface of the first display device further receives the control signals from the signal source and outputs the control signals to the image processing circuit of the first display device; the image processing circuit of the first display device selectively outputs parts of the gray scale voltages of every image or the whole of the gray scale voltages of every image to the screen of the first display device, based on one of the control signals.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the first data interface of the second display device further receives the control signals via the second data interface of the first display device, the image processing circuit of the second display device selectively outputs part of the gray scale voltages of every image or the whole of the gray scale voltages of every image to the screen of the second display device, based on one of the control signals.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the image processing circuit of the first display device further stores a first identification signal; the signal source further provides a plurality of second identification signals; the first data interface of the first display device further receives the second identification signals from the signal source and outputs the second identification signals; the second identification signals correspond to the control signals one by one; the image processing circuit of the first display device receives the second identification signals, finds a second identification signal that is the same as the first identification signal stored in the image processing circuit of the first display device and a control signal corresponding to the second identification signal, and selectively outputs part of the gray scale voltages of every image or the whole of the gray scale voltages of every image to the screen, based on the found control signal.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the image processing circuit of the second display device further stores a first identification signal different from the first identification signal stored in the image processing circuit of the first display device; the first data interface of the second display device further receives the second identification signals from the first data interface of the first display device via the second data interface of the first display device, and outputs the second identification signals; the image processing circuit of the second display device receives the second identification signals, finds a second identification signal that is the same as the first identification signal stored in the image processing circuit of the second display device and a control signal corresponding to the second identification signal, and selectively outputs part of the gray scale voltages of every image or the whole of the gray scale voltages of every image to the screen, based on the control signal found by the image processing circuit of the second display device.