Techniques for compensating variable display device latency in image display

A computing device for displaying an image on a display device, comprising:

• a memory storing one or more parameters or instructions for executing an operating system and one or more applications;
• a display interface coupled with the display device for communicating signals to display images on the display device;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and the display interface, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
• predict at least a direction of a motion during a latency between a first time associated with activating a first portion of the display device to emit light for displaying a first portion of the image and a second time associated with activating a second portion of the display device to emit light for displaying a second portion of the image;
• distort at least the second portion of the image, from the first portion of the image, to be displayed at the second time, based at least in part on a function of the motion and the latency to compensate for the latency by skewing at least the second portion of the image from the first portion of the image in a second direction that opposes the direction of the motion, wherein skewing at least the second portion of the image is based on transforming the motion from a real world coordinate space to a virtual coordinate space of the image and moving pixels of at least the second portion of the image in a direction opposing the motion;
• display the first portion of the image at the first time by activating the first portion of the display device;
• and
• display the second portion of the image, as distorted, at the second time by activating the second portion of the display device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising code executable by one or more processors for displaying an image on a display device, the code comprising code for:

• predicting at least a direction of a motion during a latency between a first time associated with activating a first portion of the display device to emit light for displaying a first portion of the image and a second time associated with activating a second portion of the display device to emit light for displaying a second portion of the image;
• distorting at least the second portion of the image, from the first portion of the image, to be displayed at the second time, based at least in part on a function of the motion and the latency to compensate for the latency by skewing at least the second portion of the image from the first portion of the image in a second direction that opposes the direction of the motion, wherein skewing at least the second portion of the image is based on transforming the motion from a real world coordinate space to a virtual coordinate space of the image and moving pixels of at least the second portion of the image in a direction opposing the motion;
• displaying the first portion of the image at the first time by activating the first portion of the display device;
• and
• displaying the second portion of the image, as distorted, at the second time by activating the second portion of the display device.