Data rendering and driving of electronic device displays
AssigneeAppe Inc.
InventorsJun Li, Chaohao Wang, Hopil Bae, Mitchell H. Kline, Xiaokai Li
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject technology relate to displays for electronic devices and methods of operating the displays. The display may include an array of display pixels arranged in rows and columns. A v-drive operation in which rows are alternatingly operated about a center of each of two halves of the display is provided. Data rendering operations are provided that generate a virtual frame rate boost.
Claims24
An electronic device with a display, the display comprising:
- an array of display pixels including:
- a first half on a first side of a center of the array, and
- a second half on a second side of the center of the array;
- and display control circuitry configured to:
- alternatingly operate pixels rows on first and second sides of a center of the first half of the array of display pixels to display a first portion of a display frame in a split-screen mode of operation;
- and
- alternatingly operate pixels rows on first and second sides of a center of the second half of the array of display pixels to display a second portion of the display frame in the split-screen mode of operation.
A method of operating a display for an electronic device, the display comprising an array of display pixels, the array including a first half on a first side of a center of the array, and a second half on a second side of the center of the array, the method comprising:
- alternatingly operating pixels rows on first and second sides of a center of the first half of the array of display pixels to display a first portion of a display frame in a split-screen mode of operation;
- and
- alternatingly operating pixels rows on first and second sides of a center of the second half of the array of display pixels to display a second portion of the display frame in the split-screen mode of operation.
An electronic device having a display, the display comprising:
- an array of display pixels having a first portion and a second portion;
- and
- display control circuitry having multiple processing resources to provide a frame rate booster is configured to:
- data render, with a first processing resource, first display content for a first partial display frame to be displayed using the first portion of the array;
- display the first partial display frame using the first portion of the array;
- data render, with a second processing resource, second display content for a second partial display frame to be displayed using the second portion of the array;
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- display the second partial display frame using the second portion of the array, wherein the first and second processing resources provide separate control of the data rendering for the display.
An electronic device having a display, the display comprising:
- an array of display pixels;
- and
- display control circuitry having multiple processing resources to provide a frame rate booster is configured to:
- data render, with a first processing resource, a first configuration having a first subset of data for a first frame to be displayed using the array of display pixels;
- data render, with a second processing resource, a second configuration having a second subset of data for the first frame to be displayed using the array of display pixels;
- display the first subset of data during a first time period for the first frame using the array of display pixels;
- and
- display the second subset of data during a second time period for the first frame using the array of display pixels, wherein the first and second processing resources provide separate control of the data rendering for the display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.