Patents Assigned to Barco Control Rooms GmbH
  • Patent number: 11763704
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a support substructure for fastening a display tile to a support structure of a tiled display, the support substructure being characterized in that it is linked to the support structure by means of a first mechanism allowing movements of the display tile in a plane parallel to the nominal plane (XY) of the tiled display independently of the presence or absence of adjacent display tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: BARCO N.V., BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBH
    Inventors: Tom Adriaan Gerard Dewaele, Frank Michael Fischer, Stephan Frank Henry
  • Publication number: 20230069929
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a support substructure for fastening a display tile to a support structure of a tiled display, the support substructure being characterized in that it is linked to the support structure by means of a first mechanism allowing movements of the display tile in a plane parallel to the nominal plane (XY) of the tiled display independently of the presence or absence of adjacent display tiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicants: BARCO N.V., BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBH
    Inventors: Tom Adriaan Gerard DEWAELE, Frank Michael FISCHER, Stephan Frank HENRY
  • Patent number: 11443663
    Abstract: A support substructure for fastening a display tile to a support structure of a tiled display, where the support substructure is linked to the support structure by means of a first mechanism allowing movements of the display tile in a plane parallel to the nominal plane (XY) of the tiled display independently of the presence or absence of adjacent display tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: BARCO N.V., BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBH
    Inventors: Tom Adriaan Gerard Dewaele, Frank Michael Fischer, Stephan Frank Henry
  • Patent number: 10600384
    Abstract: An electronic system having an assembly of a plurality of electronic devices each driven by a local power unit and a power sequencer control circuit for controlling the power on or off operation of the local power units. The electronic devices can be for example display units of a display wall. An advantage of such an assembly, e.g. a tiled display or display wall, is that a low level or as little energy as possible is dissipated by the local power units such as DC power supplies associated with the electronic devices, e.g. tiles of a display, and the associated “housekeeping” electronics. A further advantage is a limitation of the inrush current at start-up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignees: BARCO NV, BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBH
    Inventors: Mahesh Chandra Joshi, Marcos Otero-Gensheimer, Subhash Chandra Dhyani
  • Publication number: 20200090560
    Abstract: A support substructure for fastening a display tile to a support structure of a tiled display, where the support substructure is linked to the support structure by means of a first mechanism allowing movements of the display tile in a plane parallel to the nominal plane (XY) of the tiled display independently of the presence or absence of adjacent display tiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicants: BARCO N.V., BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBH
    Inventors: Tom Adriaan Gerard DEWAELE, Frank Michael FISCHER, Stephan Frank HENRY
  • Patent number: 10545364
    Abstract: A matrix circuit substrate, having a substrate body, having a first surface and a second surface which are opposite each other, and at least one sidewall located between the first surface and the second surface, the sidewall having at least one recess; multiple electrodes, disposed in a crisscross arrangement on the first surface; and at least one first conductive material, disposed in the recess to correspond to at least one of the electrodes, and electrically connected to the electrode. Additionally, a display apparatus having such substrate, and to a method for manufacturing such substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignees: GIO OPTOELECTRONICS CORP., BARCO N.V., BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBH
    Inventors: Yuan-Liang Wu, Peter Gerets, Sven Schule
  • Publication number: 20190086705
    Abstract: A matrix circuit substrate, having a substrate body, having a first surface and a second surface which are opposite each other, and at least one sidewall located between the first surface and the second surface, the sidewall having at least one recess; multiple electrodes, disposed in a crisscross arrangement on the first surface; and at least one first conductive material, disposed in the recess to correspond to at least one of the electrodes, and electrically connected to the electrode. Additionally, a display apparatus having such substrate, and to a method for manufacturing such substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicants: GIO OPTOELECTRONICS CORP., BARCO N.V., BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBH
    Inventors: Yuan-Liang WU, Peter GERETS, Sven SCHULE
  • Publication number: 20190011749
    Abstract: A display tile having a frame whose compliance is increased in a well determined region to accommodate the different thermal expansions of the frame and one or more substrates to which the frame is fastened. The display tile has also regions of increased compliance that will deform to allow different parts of the frame to be brought into contact and glued to the lateral sides of two superimposed substrates when at least one lateral side of one of the substrates is not coplanar with the corresponding lateral side of the other substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicants: BARCO N.V., BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBH
    Inventors: Nico NAAS, Tom Adriaan Gerard DEWAELE
  • Patent number: 10156748
    Abstract: A matrix circuit substrate, having: a substrate body, having a first surface and a second surface which are opposite each other, and at least one sidewall located between the first surface and the second surface, the sidewall having at least one recess; multiple electrodes, disposed in a crisscross arrangement on the first surface; and at least one first conductive material, disposed in the recess to correspond to at least one of the electrodes, and electrically connected to the electrode. Additionally, a display apparatus having such substrate, and to a method for manufacturing such substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignees: GIO OPTOELECTRONICS CORP., BARCO N.V., BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBH
    Inventors: Yuan-Liang Wu, Peter Gerets, Sven Schule
  • Patent number: 10108038
    Abstract: A display tile having a frame whose compliance is increased in a well determined region to accommodate the different thermal expansions of the frame and one or more substrates to which the frame is fastened. The display tile has also regions of increased compliance that will deform to allow different parts of the frame to be brought into contact and glued to the lateral sides of two superimposed substrates when at least one lateral side of one of the substrates is not coplanar with the corresponding lateral side of the other substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignees: BARCO N.V., BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBH
    Inventors: Nico Naas, Tom Adriaan Gerard Dewaele
  • Publication number: 20180227553
    Abstract: A tile and a tiled display system having at least two adjacent tiles each having a display screen with display pixels which are picture elements, where for coloured displays each pixel includes a plurality light emitting or light modulating elements. Each of the tiles has at least one first substrate of a first material and at least one first layer of a second material fixed to the first substrate where the thickness of the at least one first layer is less than the thickness of the first substrate; the coefficient of thermal expansion of the first substrate is less than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the at least one first layer and the distance between the at least two tiles is less than the size of a pixel on the display screen. The first substrates of adjacent tiles can be brought in mechanical contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicants: BARCO N.V., BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBH
    Inventor: Peter HICKL
  • Patent number: 9936177
    Abstract: A tile and tiled display system having at least two adjacent tiles each having a display screen with display pixels which are picture elements, whereby for colored displays each pixel is comprised of a plurality light emitting or light modulating elements. Each of the tiles has at least one first substrate of a first material and at least one first layer of a second material fixed to the first substrate where the thickness of the at least one first layer is less than the thickness of the first substrate; the coefficient of thermal expansion of the first substrate is less than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the at least one first layer and the distance between the at least two tiles is less than the size of a pixel on the display screen. The first substrates of adjacent tiles can be brought in mechanical contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignees: BARCO N.V., BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBH
    Inventor: Peter Hickl
  • Publication number: 20170307922
    Abstract: A display tile having a frame whose compliance is increased in a well determined region to accommodate the different thermal expansions of the frame and one or more substrates to which the frame is fastened. The display tile has also regions of increased compliance that will deform to allow different parts of the frame to be brought into contact and glued to the lateral sides of two superimposed substrates when at least one lateral side of one of the substrates is not coplanar with the corresponding lateral side of the other substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicants: BARCO N.V., BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBH
    Inventors: Nico NAAS, Tom Adriaan Gerard DEWAELE
  • Patent number: 9785045
    Abstract: Seamless display screens that are portable and can be installed in a fast manner, as well as a projection unit for use with several projectors as well as methods of making such display screens. The projection unit can be suitable for being used as a rear projection unit. Devices are provided for reducing depth of the projection unit, to compensate for blend zones and to make it easy to transport such as to be suitable for trade shows, e.g. mirrors or Fresnel lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignees: BARCO NV, BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBH
    Inventors: Stefaan Ducasteele, Tom Dewaele, Davy Van Colen, Lutz Nehrhoff Von Holderberg, Geert Matthys
  • Publication number: 20170084246
    Abstract: An electronic system having an assembly of a plurality of electronic devices each driven by a local power unit and a power sequencer control circuit for controlling the power on or off operation of the local power units. The electronic devices can be for example display units of a display wall. An advantage of such an assembly, e.g. a tiled display or display wall, is that a low level or as little energy as possible is dissipated by the local power units such as DC power supplies associated with the electronic devices, e.g. tiles of a display, and the associated “housekeeping” electronics. A further advantage is a limitation of the inrush current at start-up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicants: BARCO NV, BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBH
    Inventors: Mahesh Chandra JOSHI, Marcos OTERO-GENSHEIMER, Subhash Chandra DHYANI
  • Publication number: 20160366379
    Abstract: A tile and tiled display system having at least two adjacent tiles each having a display screen with display pixels which are picture elements, whereby for coloured displays each pixel is comprised of a plurality light emitting or light modulating elements. Each of the tiles has at least one first substrate of a first material and at least one first layer of a second material fixed to the first substrate where the thickness of the at least one first layer is less than the thickness of the first substrate; the coefficient of thermal expansion of the first substrate is less than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the at least one first layer and the distance between the at least two tiles is less than the size of a pixel on the display screen. The first substrates of adjacent tiles can be brought in mechanical contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicants: BARCO N.V., BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBH
    Inventor: Peter HICKL
  • Publication number: 20160357493
    Abstract: A method and a device for synchronizing the display of video frames from a video stream of a video insertion of a video image source, which is simultaneously presented on two or more displays of a display wall. The synchronous, tearing free display is realized by means of a video frame queue for the video frames, a mediation function which is commonly used by the network graphics processors involved in the display of the video insertion and which, during a mediation period that extends over a plurality of vertical retraces of the display wall, determines which video frame is displayed by the displays and establishes a balance between the vertical display frequency and the video stream frequency, and synchronization messages which are sent before the start of a mediation period by a master network graphics processor of a display to the slave network graphics processors of the other displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: Barco Control Rooms GmbH
    Inventor: Udo ZERWAS
  • Publication number: 20160299370
    Abstract: A matrix circuit substrate, having: a substrate body, having a first surface and a second surface which are opposite each other, and at least one sidewall located between the first surface and the second surface, the sidewall having at least one recess; multiple electrodes, disposed in a crisscross arrangement on the first surface; and at least one first conductive material, disposed in the recess to correspond to at least one of the electrodes, and electrically connected to the electrode. Additionally, a display apparatus having such substrate, and to a method for manufacturing such substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicants: GIO OPTOELECTRONICS CORP., BARCO N.V., BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBH
    Inventors: Yuan-Liang WU, Peter GERETS, Sven SCHULE
  • Publication number: 20160216601
    Abstract: Seamless display screens that are portable and can be installed in a fast manner, as well as a projection unit for use with several projectors as well as methods of making such display screens. The projection unit can be suitable for being used as a rear projection unit. Devices are provided for reducing depth of the projection unit, to compensate for blend zones and to make it easy to transport such as to be suitable for trade shows, e.g. mirrors or Fresnel lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicants: BARCO NV, BARCO CONTROL ROOMS GMBH
    Inventors: Stefaan DUCASTEELE, Tom DEWAELE, Davy VAN COLEN, Lutz NEHRHOFF VON HOLDERBERG, Geert MATTHYS
  • Patent number: 7445344
    Abstract: In order to align the optical components of a projection apparatus (1), more particularly a rear projection apparatus of a projection wall, wherein the projection apparatus (1) comprises a light mixing rod (8), it is proposed to arrange an alignment deflecting mirror (19) in the illumination path of the imaging device (11) between the lamp (3) and the light mixing rod (8), wherein said alignment deflecting mirror (19) can be adjusted by means of servo motors (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Barco Control Rooms GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Lang, Sören Dambach