Image validation system for remote displays

Abstract

Systems, methods and devices are disclosed that provided for providing remote video feedback. The disclosure herein includes a transmitting computing device that is configured to produce an image frame encoded with metadata and to transmit the encoded image frame over a network to a remote display device. The remote display device includes a viewing screen contained in a chassis with bevel. The viewing screen includes an information validation pixel with the chassis extending over and covering the image validation pixel. The chassis also includes a photo sensor positioned on the under side of the bezel so as to be in operational view of the image validation pixel. The system also includes a sensor electronics module that is configured to detect the metadata when the metadata is displayed by the information content pixel and is received by the photo sensor. The sensor electronics module also generates image frame feedback information based upon the detecting. A remote computing device is included that is configured to receive the encoded image frame from the transmitting computer, render the encoded image frame upon the viewing screen and re-transmit the image frame feedback information to the transmitting computer from the sensor electronics module.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A display device, comprising:
 a viewing screen comprising a plurality of pixels in operable communication with a computing device;   a bezel attached to a form factor containing the viewing screen and covering at least a portion of the plurality of pixels;   a photo sensor positioned in operable view of the at least a portion of the plurality of pixels;   wherein the computing device is operable to render an image including an appended symbol situated within the image such that the appended symbol appears via the at least a portion of the plurality of pixels and is viewed by the photo sensor.   
     
     
         2 . The display device of  claim 1  wherein the at least a portion of the plurality of pixels consist of image validation pixels which are special purpose pixels reserve for displaying the appended symbol. 
     
     
         3 . The display device of  claim 1 , wherein the underside of the bezel supports a plurality of photo sensors. 
     
     
         4 . The display device of  claim 1  further comprising a sensor electronics module, the sensor electronics module being configured to poll the photo sensors to obtain information about the appended symbol. 
     
     
         5 . The display device of  claim 1 , wherein the sensor electronics module is configured to deconflict the data received from proximate photo sensors of the plurality in order to discern and aggregate information about the appended symbol. 
     
     
         6 . The display device of  claim 5 , wherein the sensor electronics module is further configured to feed the aggregated information about the appended symbology back to a transmitting computing device that created the appended symbology.