Power and Data Communication Arrangement Between Panels

Abstract

A display includes a plurality of panel displays arranged in rows and columns. The plurality of panel displays includes a set of main panels and a set of slave panels. The rows are divided into a top section and a bottom section. The top section has a main top section row and the bottom section has a main bottom section row. Each of the panel displays of the main top section row and each of the panel displays of the main bottom section row are main panels, and each of the panel displays of the other rows in the top section and the bottom section are slave panels. Each row in the top section and the bottom section is coupled to a power supply through a corresponding breaker. The main top section row and the main bottom section row are coupled to a data line. Each of the main panels feeds data vertically to slave panels of the top section that are in the same column as a corresponding main panel. Each of the slave panels has a data connection directly to exactly one main panel.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A display comprising:
 a plurality of panel displays arranged in rows and columns, wherein the plurality of panel displays comprise a set of main panels and a set of slave panels, wherein each of the panel displays comprises a bi-directional input/output connection point for data communication between a main panel and a slave panel;   wherein the rows are divided into a top section and a bottom section, with the top section having a main top section row and the bottom section having a main bottom section row, wherein each of the panel displays of the main top section row and each of the panel displays of the main bottom section row are main panels, and each of the panel displays of the other rows in the top section and the bottom section are slave panels;   wherein each row in the top section and the bottom section is coupled to a power supply through a corresponding breaker; and   wherein the main top section row and the main bottom section row are coupled to a data line, wherein each of the main panels in the main top section row feeds data vertically to slave panels of the top section that are in the same column as a corresponding main panel, and wherein each of the slave panels has a data connection directly to exactly one main panel.   
     
     
         2 . The display of  claim 1 , wherein each of the main panels in the main top section row, except the last panel in the main top section row, feeds data in a serial manner along the row. 
     
     
         3 . The display of  claim 1 , wherein the data line is a single bi-directional line. 
     
     
         4 . The display of  claim 1 , wherein the data line comprises an input data line and an output data line. 
     
     
         5 . The display of  claim 1 , wherein each of the breakers comprises a 20 Amp breaker. 
     
     
         6 . The display of  claim 1 , wherein the power supply comprises a single phase 220V alternating current. 
     
     
         7 . The display of  claim 1 , wherein:
 each of the main panels comprises a plurality of bi-directional input/output connection points;   each of the slave panels comprises exactly one bi-directional input/output connection point; and   the bi-directional input/output connection point of each of the slave panels is coupled to a data connection with exactly one bi-directional input/output connection point of a main panel.   
     
     
         8 . A display comprising:
 a plurality of panel displays arranged in rows and columns, wherein the plurality of panel displays comprise a set of main panels and a set of slave panels, wherein each of the panel displays comprises a bi-directional input/output connection point for data communication between a main panel and a slave panel;   wherein the rows comprise a main row, wherein each of the panel displays in the main row are main panels, and wherein each of the panel displays not in the main row are slave panels; and   wherein the main row is coupled to a data line, wherein each of the main panels in the main row feeds data vertically to slave panels that are in the same column as a corresponding main panel, and wherein each of the slave panels has a data connection directly to exactly one main panel.   
     
     
         9 . The display of  claim 8 , wherein each of the main panels in the main row, except the last panel in the main row, feeds data in a serial manner along the main row. 
     
     
         10 . The display of  claim 8 , wherein the data line is a single bi-directional line. 
     
     
         11 . The display of  claim 8 , wherein the data line comprises an input data line and an output data line. 
     
     
         12 . The display of  claim 8 , wherein each of the rows is coupled to a power supply through a corresponding breaker, each breaker comprising an 110V/20 Amp breaker. 
     
     
         13 . The display of  claim 12 , wherein the power supply comprises a single phase 110V alternating current. 
     
     
         14 . A display comprising:
 exactly two hundred and eighty-eight panel displays arranged in rows and columns, wherein the panel displays comprise a set of main panels and a set of slave panels, wherein a total number of main panels and slave panels is equal to two hundred and eighty-eight, wherein each of the panel displays comprises a bi-directional input/output connection point for data communication between a main panel and a slave panel;   wherein the rows are divided into a top section and a bottom section, with the top section having eight rows and the bottom section having eight rows, wherein each of the panel displays of a fourth row of the top section and a fourth row of the bottom section are main panels, and each of the panel displays of the other rows in the top section and the bottom section are slave panels;   wherein each row in the top section and the bottom section is coupled to a power supply through a corresponding breaker; and   wherein the fourth row of the top section and the fourth row of the bottom section are coupled to a data line, wherein each of the main panels in the fourth row of the top section feeds data vertically to slave panels of the top section that are in the same column as a corresponding main panel, and wherein each of the slave panels has a data connection directly to exactly one main panel.   
     
     
         15 . The display of  claim 14 , wherein each of the main panels in the fourth row, except the last panel in the fourth row, feeds data in a serial manner along the fourth row. 
     
     
         16 . The display of  claim 14 , wherein the data line is a single bi-directional line. 
     
     
         17 . The display of  claim 14 , wherein the data line comprises an input data line and an output data line. 
     
     
         18 . The display of  claim 14 , wherein each of the breakers comprises a 110V/20 Amp breaker. 
     
     
         19 . The display of  claim 14 , wherein the power supply comprises a single phase 110V alternating current. 
     
     
         20 . The display of  claim 14 , wherein:
 each of the main panels comprises seven bi-directional input/output connection points;   each of the slave panels comprises exactly one bi-directional input/output connection point; and   the bi-directional input/output connection point of each of the slave panels is coupled to a data connection with exactly one bi-directional input/output connection point of a main panel.