US 12,260,147 B2
Display control method, display apparatus
Hongyu Wang, Beijing (CN); and Weiqiang Fang, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED, Beijing (CN)
Filed by Lenovo (Beijing) Limited, Beijing (CN)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/978,564.
Claims priority of application No. 202111284581.2 (CN), filed on Nov. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0136873 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/147 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/1431 (2013.01) [G06F 3/147 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display control method comprising:
obtaining an image signal from an electronic apparatus, the image signal including at least a first image signal and a second image signal, the first image signal corresponding to first configuration information, the second image signal corresponding to second configuration information, the first configuration information and the second configuration information each including display identification data, and the first configuration information and the second configuration information being used to enable the electronic apparatus to determine two different display areas;
determining a current display mode of a first display apparatus;
when the current display mode is a first display mode, controlling the first image signal to be output and displayed on the first display apparatus corresponding to the first configuration information and controlling the second image signal to be output and displayed on a second display apparatus connected to the first display apparatus and corresponding to the second configuration information; and
when the current display mode is a second display mode, controlling the first image signal and the second image signal to be output and displayed in the two different display areas of the first display apparatus, respectively, the two different display areas corresponding to the first configuration information and the second configuration information, respectively,
wherein controlling the first image signal and the second image signal to be output and displayed in the two different display areas of the first display apparatus, respectively, includes:
obtaining, by a processor, the first image signal and the second image signal through a first interface;
transmitting, by the processor, the second image signal to a switch device;
obtaining, by the processor, the second image signal output by the switch device to the processor; and
controlling, by the processor, the first image signal to be output and displayed in the first display area of the first display apparatus and the second image signal to be output and displayed in the second display area of the first display apparatus.