Apparatus, system, and method for mitigating motion-to-photon latency in head-mounted displays

A head-mounted-display system comprising:

• an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) that:
• receives an image frame to be displayed on a head-mounted-display system,
• wherein the image frame comprises:
• a subset of lines;
• and
• an additional subset of lines;
• receives, from a motion-detection sensor operating in conjunction with the head-mounted-display system, motion data indicating that the head-mounted-display system has moved since generation of the image frame, wherein the motion data is received after the subset of lines have completed processing by the ASIC and before the additional subset of lines have completed processing by the ASIC;
• and
• performs one or more hardware-accelerated intraframe processing operations on the additional subset of lines by modifying the additional subset of lines to compensate for the movement of the head-mounted-display system in accordance with the motion data even though the subset of lines are not eligible for the hardware-accelerated intraframe processing operations due at least in part to having completed processing when the motion data is received;
• and
• a display device communicatively coupled to the ASIC, wherein the display device:
• receives the additional subset of lines image frame from the ASIC special purpose hardware device;
• and
• displays the additional subset of lines image frame.

A method comprising:

• receiving, by an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), an image frame to be displayed on a head-mounted-display system, wherein the image frame comprises:
• a subset of lines;
• and
• an additional subset of lines;
• receiving, by the ASIC, motion data indicating that the head-mounted-display system has moved since generation of the image frame, wherein the motion data is received after the subset of lines have completed processing by the ASIC and before the additional subset of lines have completed processing by the ASIC;
• performing, by the ASIC, one or more hardware-accelerated intraframe processing operations on the additional subset of lines by modifying the additional subset of lines to compensate for the movement of the head-mounted-display system in accordance with the motion data even though the subset of lines are not eligible for the hardware-accelerated intraframe processing operations due at least in part to having completed processing when the motion data is received;
• and
• feeding, by the ASIC upon completion of the hardware-accelerated intraframe processing operations, the additional subset of lines to a display device of the head-mounted-display system to facilitate displaying the additional subset of lines.