Interactive system for calibration of display monitors

Claim 2

An interactive display for correcting signals to a CRT in a video monitor, comprising: shapes programmed to appear rectangular and of specific size on a properly adjusted monitor, for illustrating the nature and magnitude of adjustment needed for the monitor; a cursor icon movable in the interactive display according to pointer movement; and dragging handles configured for associating pointer movement and cursor location with control routines executable on a host computer, for providing corrective information to the video monitor in response to cursor position and direction and magnitude of pointer movement.

Claim 3

An interactive display as in claim 1 comprising an outer shape appearing rectangular on a properly adjusted monitor and having a first set of dragging handles at corners for adjusting the size of the display on the video monitor, an inner shape appearing rectangular on a properly adjusted monitor and having a second set of dragging handles for adjusting signals to the CRT for bowing and parallelism, and an inner dragging handle within the inner shade for adjusting the position of the display on the monitor.

Claim 4

An interactive display as in claim 2 wherein the second set of dragging handles comprises dragging handles along sides of the inner shape.

Claim 5

An interactive system for adjusting signals to a CRT in a video monitor from a host computer coupled to the monitor, comprising: an interactive display comprising shapes appearing rectangular on a properly adjusted monitor and a cursor movable in response to pointer movement; dragging handles in the interactive display associated with the shapes; control routines executable by the host computer configured to provide signals to the monitor according to cursor position and pointer movement.

Claim 6

An interactive system for adjusting signals to a CRT in a video monitor from a host computer coupled to the monitor, comprising: an interactive display comprising shapes appearing rectangular on a properly adjusted monitor and a cursor movable in response to pointer movement; dragging handles in the interactive display associated with the shapes; control routines executable by the host computer configured to provide signals to the monitor according to cursor position and pointer movement.

Claim 7

An interactive system as in claim 4 wherein the shapes appearing rectangular on a properly adjusted monitor comprise an outer shape appearing rectangular on a properly adjusted monitor and having a first set of dragging handles at corners for adjusting the size of the display on the video monitor, and an inner shape appearing rectangular on a properly adjusted monitor and having a second set of dragging handles for adjusting signals to the CRT for bowing and parallelism, and the interactive display further comprises an inner dragging handle within the inner shape for adjusting the position of the display on the monitor.

Claim 8

An interactive system as in claim 5 wherein the second set of dragging handles comprises dragging handles along sides of the inner shape.

Claim 9

An interactive system as in claim 5 wherein the host computer comprises video adapter circuitry configured for supplying video and synchronization signals to the monitor over conductors in a connecting cable, and wherein adjustment signals are placed in serial packets on one of the conductors in the connecting cable.

Claim 10

An interactive system as in claim 7 wherein the video adapter circuitry is configured as Video Graphics Adapter™ (VGA) circuitry and the connecting cable is a VGA compatible cable.

Claim 11

An interactive system as in claim 7 further comprising a controller in the monitor configured for receiving the adjustment signals and operating adjustment circuitry to the CRT in response to the adjustment signals.

Claim 12

In a general-purpose computer system having a CPU, a memory, input apparatus, a video monitor, and a video adapter for providing color, VSYNC, and HSYNC signals to the monitor over a multi-conductor cable, a monitor control adjustment system comprising: an input interface including a pointer device; circuitry controllable by the CPU for converting the user inputs to digital commands and data, for monitoring pulses of time VSYNC signal, and for placing serial data packets representing the digital commands and data on the line carrying the VSYNC pulses, between instances of the VSYNC pulses; and a controller in the monitor for receiving the serial data packets and performing adjustments in the monitor in response to the digital commands and data; wherein the monitor control adjustment system further comprises an interactive display provided according to prestored data in the computer memory, the interactive display having shapes programmed to appear rectangular and of specific size on a properly adjusted monitor, for illustrating the nature and magnitude of adjustment needed for the monitor, a cursor icon movable in the interactive display according to pointer movement, and dragging handles configured for associating pointer movement and cursor location with a control routine executable on a host computer, for providing corrective information to the video monitor in response to cursor position and direction and magnitude of pointer movement.

Claim 13

In a general-purpose computer system having a CPU, a memory, input apparatus, a video monitor, and a video adapter for providing color, VSYNC, and HSYNC signals to the monitor over a multi-conductor cable, a monitor control adjustment system comprising: an input interface including a pointer device; circuitry controllable by the CPU for converting the user inputs to digital commands and data, for monitoring pulses of time VSYNC signal, and for placing serial data packets representing the digital commands and data on the line carrying the VSYNC pulses, between instances of the VSYNC pulses; and a controller in the monitor for receiving the serial data packets and performing adjustments in the monitor in response to the digital commands and data; wherein the monitor control adjustment system further comprises an interactive display provided according to prestored data in the computer memory, the interactive display having shapes programmed to appear rectangular and of specific size on a properly adjusted monitor, for illustrating the nature and magnitude of adjustment needed for the monitor, a cursor icon movable in the interactive display according to pointer movement, and dragging handles configured for associating pointer movement and cursor location with a control routine executable on a host computer, for providing corrective information to the video monitor in response to cursor position and direction and magnitude of pointer movement.

Claim 14

A monitor control adjustment system as in claim 10 comprising an outer shape appearing rectangular on a properly adjusted monitor and having a first set of dragging handles at corners for adjusting the size of the display on the video monitor, an inner shape appearing rectangular on a properly adjusted monitor and having a second set of dragging handles for adjusting signals to the CRT for bowing and parallelism, and an inner dragging handle within the inner shape for adjusting the position of the display on the monitor.

Claim 15

A monitor control adjustment system as in claim 11 wherein the second set of dragging handles comprises dragging handles along sides of the inner shape.

Claim 16

A monitor control adjustment system as in claim 10 wherein the video adapter circuitry is configured as Video Graphics Adapter™ (VGA) circuitry and the connecting cable is a VGA compatible cable.

Claim 19

The method of claim 14 wherein, in the step for providing an interactive display comprising shapes, the interactive display comprises an outer shape appearing rectangular on a properly adjusted monitor and having a first set of dragging handles at corners for adjusting the size of the display on the video monitor, an inner shape appearing rectangular on a properly adjusted monitor and having a second set of dragging handles for adjusting signals to the CRT for bowing and parallelism, and an inner dragging handle within the inner shape for adjusting the position of the display on the monitor.

Claim 20

The method of claim 15 wherein the manipulating dragging handles step comprises dragging a central handle to position the display relative to edges of the screen, dragging handles of an inner shape appearing rectangular on a properly adjusted monitor and surrounding the central dragging handle to correct bowing and parallelism, and dragging corner handles of an outer shape appearing rectangular on a properly adjusted monitor to size the display relative to the screen.