IP Library Granted Patent US 12,603,065
Granted Patent B2
US 12,603,065 · App. 18/603,492 · Granted Apr 14, 2026

Display system, image output apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program

Inventors: Toshiki Fujimori (Chino, JP); Hirohiko Kihara (Matsumoto, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
G09G3/36G09G2340/0407G09G2340/045
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Patent No.
US 12,603,065
App. No.
18/603,492
Granted
Apr 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display system including an image output apparatus that outputs an image having a first aspect ratio, and a display apparatus that displays the image output by the image output apparatus, the display apparatus transmitting resolution information to the image output apparatus, the resolution information containing information indicating a first resolution that is the resolution in a first direction and a second resolution that is the resolution in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the image output apparatus performing receiving the resolution information from the display apparatus, and outputting a first image to the display apparatus based on the resolution information, the first image having a third resolution lower than the first resolution, and the second resolution and having an aspect ratio equal to the first aspect ratio, and the display apparatus displaying a second image containing the first image and having the first and second resolutions.

Claims (50)

1 . A display system comprising:

an image output apparatus that outputs an image having a first aspect ratio; and a display apparatus that displays the image output by the image output apparatus,

wherein the display apparatus transmits resolution information to the image output apparatus, the resolution information containing information indicating a first resolution that is a resolution in a first direction and a second resolution that is a resolution in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction,

the image output apparatus performs:

receiving the resolution information from the display apparatus, and

outputting a first image to the display apparatus based on the resolution information, the first image having a third resolution lower than the first resolution, and the second resolution and having an aspect ratio equal to the first aspect ratio,

the display apparatus displays a second image containing the first image and having the first and second resolutions,

the display apparatus includes an optical apparatus that displays an image in a display region,

a placement region where the second image is placed is set in the display region,

the first and second resolutions are a resolution of the placement region or a resolution corresponding to an aspect ratio of the placement region, and

the display apparatus performs:

accepting the operation of changing the resolution of the placement region,

changing the resolution of the second image to the changed resolution of the placement region in accordance with the operation,

displaying the second image the resolution of which is the changed resolution of the placement region, and

transmitting the resolution information containing the first and second resolutions corresponding to the changed resolution of the placement region to the image output apparatus when accepting the operation of finalizing the resolution of the placement region.

2 . The display system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the image output apparatus

includes a display,

displays a third image on the display, the third image having a fourth resolution as the resolution in the first direction and a fifth resolution as the resolution in the second direction, and having the first aspect ratio, and

outputs the first image to the display apparatus when the first aspect ratio differs from a second aspect ratio corresponding to the first and second resolutions.

3 . The display system according to claim 2 , wherein the image output apparatus outputs the third image to the display apparatus when the first aspect ratio is equal to the second aspect ratio.

4 . The display system according to claim 2 , wherein the first image output by the image output apparatus is an image generated by enlarging or reducing the third image in accordance with the second resolution in such a way that the second aspect ratio is maintained.

5 . The display system according to claim 1 , wherein the second image contains the first image and a margin image corresponding to a difference between the first resolution and the third resolution.

6 . An image output apparatus comprising:

a display apparatus, a communication apparatus that transmits an image to the display apparatus; and at least one processor,

wherein the processor performs:

transmitting an image having a first aspect ratio via the communication apparatus,

receiving resolution information from the display apparatus via the communication apparatus, the resolution information containing information indicating a first resolution that is a resolution in a first direction and a second resolution that is a resolution in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and

outputting a first image to the display apparatus based on the resolution information when receiving the resolution information, the first image having a third resolution lower than the first resolution, and the second resolution and having an aspect ratio equal to the first aspect ratio,

the display apparatus includes an optical apparatus that displays an image in a display region,

a placement region where the second image is placed is set in the display region,

the first and second resolutions are a resolution of the placement region or a resolution corresponding to an aspect ratio of the placement region, and

the display apparatus performs:

accepting the operation of changing the resolution of the placement region,

changing the resolution of the second image to the changed resolution of the placement region in accordance with the operation,

displaying the second image the resolution of which is the changed resolution of the placement region, and

transmitting the resolution information containing the first and second resolutions corresponding to the changed resolution of the placement region to the processor when accepting the operation of finalizing the resolution of the placement region.

7 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program executed by a computer including a display apparatus and a communication apparatus that transmits an image,

the program causing the computer to perform

transmitting an image having a first aspect ratio via the communication apparatus,

receiving resolution information from the display apparatus via the communication apparatus, the resolution information containing information indicating a first resolution that is a resolution in a first direction and a second resolution that is a resolution in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and

outputting a first image to the display apparatus based on the resolution information when receiving the resolution information, the first image having a third resolution lower than the first resolution, and the second resolution and having an aspect ratio equal to the first aspect ratio, wherein

the display apparatus includes an optical apparatus that displays an image in a display region,

a placement region where the second image is placed is set in the display region, and

the first and second resolutions are a resolution of the placement region or a resolution corresponding to an aspect ratio of the placement region,

the program causing the display apparatus to perform:

accepting the operation of changing the resolution of the placement region,

changing the resolution of the second image to the changed resolution of the placement region in accordance with the operation,

displaying the second image the resolution of which is the changed resolution of the placement region, and

transmitting the resolution information containing the first and second resolutions corresponding to the changed resolution of the placement region to the computer when accepting the operation of finalizing the resolution of the placement region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 13, 2024
From: FUJIMORI, TOSHIKI; KIHARA, HIROHIKO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066750/0939 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-039391 · Mar 14, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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